The first rule of public relations

If I had to make a guess at the one, car­dinal, sac­rosanct, unbreak­able rule of pub­lic rela­tions it would prob­ably be: never take credit.

Does every­one obey this rule? Well, take a look at PR man Leo Hoff­man, of this out­fit, tak­ing credit. Con­tinue read­ing

Arguing against Nick Davies

Flat Earth News by Nick DaviesBritish writer Nick Dav­ies is an inspir­a­tion to a lot of young journ­al­ists, and rightly so (you can read more of his writ­ing on social issues here). But now he has moved from cov­er­ing drugs and crim­inal justice to report on journ­al­ism. And in doing so, he com­mis­sioned some research to back up his cri­ti­cisms and ana­lysis. Con­tinue read­ing