Posted: March 16, 2015, 10:10 a.m. by Mackensie Henderson. After years of plummeting sales numbers, the music industry has taken to its key players to amass more publicity. Between Justin Timberlake’s success in bringing back vinyl records and Beyoncé’s innovative method of releasing an album, the
Posted: March 16, 2015, 10:05 a.m. by Sarah Parker. Pinterest just got a lot more exclusive. The avid bloggers’ favorite website announced last week that it is banning affiliate links, the embedded links that take Pinterest users to the sites that sell the featured item. For
Posted: March 16, 2015, 10:13 a.m. by Esther Workman. Public relations is a female-saturated industry dominated by males. But not for long. According to a 2010 Ragan study, the PR industry is 85 percent female, and yet, 80 percent of upper-level management is male. Those
Posted: March 16, 2015, 10:00 a.m. by Katie Vette. Is Twitter dying amongst our generation? It’s the question every 20-something has been asking themselves for the past few months — maybe even the past couple of years. A blog published by The Washington Post said
Posted: March 9, 2015, 2:16 p.m. by Haley Petrey. I’m stepping out on a limb by saying most of us are guilty of wasting away hour after hour pinning things to our dream homes and imaginary closets. A task so mindless yet it manages to
Posted: February 20, 2015, 2:00 p.m. by Laura Gregory. As public relations students, we learn time after time that the key to crisis communication is an immediate and sincere apology. However, the news headlines seem to indicate that this is not the approach most often
Posted: February 19, 5:20 p.m. by Mackensie Henderson. I sat in a small study room in my apartment, waiting for the clock to turn 7:30 p.m. to speak with a leading reporter for 11Alive, Bill Liss. After an hour of listening to his captivating stories,
Posted: February 19, 2015, 4:55 p.m. by Katie Vette. Graduation is quickly approaching for seniors across the nation. Communication majors have worked hard for four years (maybe more) doing everything from writing press releases to creating media kits to preparing campaigns for actual clients. Some
Posted: February 18, 2015, 2:35 p.m. by Ethan Wiggins. Every public relations professional knows that social media is one of the best strategies to reach your target audience. Social media sites can be used to facilitate conversation, humanize your company and unite your consumers. In
Posted: February 17, 2015, 9:21 a.m. by Haley Petrey. Big things are happening in Montgomery, Alabama, as steps are taken to transform it into the new tech hub of the South. The who Boyd Stephens, owner of Netelysis, Meg Lewis, the director of tourism
