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Share Photo courtesy of Flickr user Fibonacci Blue On InSites, we’re no stranger to talking about the power of language to evoke perceptions of people and issues positively or negatively. In past posts, we’ve talked about the importance of person-first language, the virtues of culturally- and linguisticly-competent word choice when telling health stories, and even [...] April 4th, 2013 | Tags: AP, AP Style, AP Stylebook, Associated Press, audience research, cultural competency, illegal immigrant, immigration, Integrated Media Services, linguistic competency, Media Relations, mental health, mental illness, multicultural communication, Multicultural Outreach, person-first | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations, Social Issues
Leave a comment | Share: Share It was makeover week for social media platforms, with both Google+ and Facebook rolling out design changes. Photo courtesy of @vancomm The Associated Press updated its AP Stylebook to include guidelines about how journalists should address mental illness in their coverage. Most PR pros eat lunch at their desk? Get out, relax and enjoy the sunshine fellow [...] March 8th, 2013 | Tags: AP Stylebook, Associated Press, communications, design, Facebook, Google, mental illness, PR, PR pro, PRWeek Awards, public relations, Purple Round-up, social media | Categories: Design & Editorial, Integrated Media Services, Social Issues
Leave a comment | Share: Share Earlier this month Andrew Overton, one of our bloggers, discussed whether the AP understands Twitter after updating its social media guidelines, stating that retweets with no comment can be seen as expressing an opinion and that must be avoided. Now an internal memo from the AP reprimanding staffers for tweeting about Occupy Wall Street (OWS) arrests [...] November 17th, 2011 | Tags: AP, Associated Press, Gigaom, New York Magazine, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, social media, Twitter | Categories: Integrated Media Services
2 comments | Share: Share When the Associated Press updated its social media guidelines yesterday, it became very apparent to me and many other Twitter users that the AP fails to fully comprehend this important communications platform. Let’s take a look at the new Twitter guidelines for AP staffers: RETWEETING Retweets, like tweets, should not be written in a way that [...] November 4th, 2011 | Tags: AP, Associated Press, endorsements, Justin Bieber, Kim Kardasian, retweets, Twitter | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Online Marketing
Leave a comment | Share: Share On Wednesday, the Associated Press (AP) announced the appointment of former Jerusalem bureau chief Steve Gutkin as their new “Oil Spill Editor.” According to a memo sent to AP staff and released to the Poynter Institute: The Gulf Oil spill has been an enormous journalistic challenge. A sprawling story, much of it occurring literally out [...] July 2nd, 2010 | Tags: agriculture, AP, Associated Press, BP, British Petroleum, communication, cultural competency, editor, energy, environment, food, Gulf Coast, health, media, media outreach, Media Relations, oil spill, Oil Spill Editor, politics, The Poynter Institute | Categories: Integrated Media Services, Media Relations
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