Posted: January 29, 2015, 12:25 p.m. by Katie Foster Howard. One day, while working for a PR firm in Birmingham, Alabama, Chloe Collins received a call from a former employer about a position opening up with the Sidewalk Film Festival. “I told [my employer] that
Posted: January 21, 2015, 2:41 p.m. by Katie Foster Howard. As a public relations student, I initially wrote this blog about how the feminist movement should be branded, as a kind of Feminist Movement micromanager. I thought, “We need one central organization, that represents the
Posted: January 18, 2015, 3:45 p.m. by Jean Faircloth. Running . . . You either love it or you hate it, but despite your differing opinions, we can all learn from it. Learning to run When I first began running, I could barely run half
Posted: January 12, 2015, 6:48 p.m. by Stefanie Dunlap In public relations, finding the most cohesive and beneficial partnerships can help launch a campaign even further and reach a larger audience. When searching for a partner, whether it be a celebrity or a brand, it
Posted: December 1, 2014, 3:11 p.m. by Rachel Uniatowski. It starts off with a ticket, to anywhere in the world, given to a deserving person involved in humanitarian efforts, but the best part — it doesn’t stop after just one person. “Fly It Forward” is
Posted: November 21, 2014, 7:25 p.m. by Mary Kathryn Woods. Hey, hey, hey, hey! As public relations practitioners, we can do more than chuckle at NBC’s “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon — we can learn. Since his debut on The Tonight Show in February
Posted: November 19, 2014, 1:53 p.m. by Amber Patterson. It is not a secret that the press and the world of public relations collide on a regular basis. A relationship with the media, however, is a vital tool in public relations — it helps garner
Posted: November 10, 2014, 5:40 p.m. by Michelle Sue Agee. As a slightly seasoned, soon-to-be public relations professional, I spend much time deciphering an array of positive and negative public relations scenarios that brands have created for themselves. These brands are either established or wrangling
Posted: November 7, 2014, 2:35 p.m. by Mary Kathryn Woods. A crisis breaks. Within the blink of an eye, the whole world knows. How? A little blue birdie with a big mouth that we call Twitter plays a significant role in spreading news stories. A few
Posted: November 3, 2014, 7:45 p.m. by Doug Killough. Just when we thought social media was becoming the new foundation for marketing and public relations strategies, Taco Bell throws us a curve ball. Taco Bell recently engaged in a social media blackout in an effort to
