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Share A scary afternoon in Washington, D.C. last week brought mental health back into the headlines. Earlier this year, I talked about the importance of using culturally and linguistically competent words, especially when talking about mental health. But in reviewing the coverage of the Discovery Channel hostage situation in Silver Spring, Maryland, it seems like [...] September 7th, 2010 | Tags: American Psychological Association, APA, breaking news, communication, cultural competency, Discovery Channel, health communications, hostage, James Jay Lee, linguistic competency, media, Media Relations, public relations, stigma, University of Washington, Washington DC, word choice | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Multicultural Outreach, Social Marketing, Strategic Planning, Training & TA
One comment | Share: Share General Stanley McChrystal is in big, big trouble. In a profile of McChrystal appearing in Rolling Stone magazine, he’s on the record saying things about his boss (a.k.a. the President of the United States), Vice President Joe Biden and the administration’s management of the Afghanistan war that should never appear in print. It was [...] June 23rd, 2010 | Tags: communication, General Stanley McChrystal, Integrated Media Services, Interview, Interviewee, media, Media Interviews, Media Relations, New York Times, PR, Rolling Stone, single overriding communications objective, SOCO, spokesperson, Tips | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Policy Communications, Strategic Planning, Training & TA
2 comments | Share: Share Wow. The BP PR team just can’t get it right. Even fifty days plus after one of the worst environmental disasters in history, the BP crisis communication strategy (if there is one) continues its downward spiral and never ceases to surprise me. Recently, the Christian Science Monitor reported that BP has been buying up top [...] June 14th, 2010 | Tags: BP, BPGlobalPR, British Petroleum, Christian Science Monitor, communication, crisis, crisis communication, Gulf Coast, Media Relations, oil spill, online media, PR, public relations, Saturday Night Live, spokesperson, spokesperson training, Tony Hayward | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Social Marketing, Strategic Planning, Training & TA
3 comments | Share: Share From coverage of Cornell University’s response to six students’ deaths by suicide to reports of entertainer Marie Osmond’s teenage son’s death by suicide, recently reporters are writing and talking a lot about suicide. While it’s great that news coverage is driving public dialogue about this often taboo topic, the news coverage does not utilize linguistically [...] April 5th, 2010 | Tags: AIDS, American Association of Suicidology, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Annenberg Public Policy Center, audience outreach, cancer, Celebrity Psychings, Cornell University, cultural competency, culture, health communications, HIV, language, linguistic competency, Marie Osmond, media, media outreach, news coverage, phrases, public relations, suicide, words | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Multicultural Outreach, Strategic Planning, Training & TA
3 comments | Share: Share I know, not everyone is Bill Gates. Very few people on the planet can gain 100,000 followers on Twitter eight hours after launching their Twitter profile. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndevil/ / CC BY 2.0 But perhaps we should start thinking like Bill. Using his newly formed Twitter community, Gates recently launched his newest endeavor, The Gates Notes, where he [...] February 18th, 2010 | Tags: advocacy, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, blogging, CEO, ethical dilemma, ethics, Facebook, Gates Foundation, Gates Notes, InSites, newsletter, Online Marketing, personal, persuasive storytelling, PR, PR-Squared, public relations, Shift Communications, social change, Social Marketing, social media, social networking, Strategic Planning, Tom Defren, Twitter | Categories: Design & Editorial, Integrated Media Services, Online Marketing, Social Marketing, Strategic Planning, Training & TA, Uncategorized
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