Media relations help in 2008

Happy new year. For help with media relations, crisis communication, social media development or any other public relations need, visit MediaUnspun.net. The Philadelphia PR firm offers an initial free consultation.

Government v. Media

Read a newspaper column on bad media relations by Mark Grabowski:

"As a journalism professor who also runs a media relations firm, I believe that The Mississippi Press was both right and wrong in its editorial blasting Gautier city's media relations memo..."

Media relations advice for Newfoundland

Read column by Mark Grabowski on a media relations gaffe in Canada:

"A recent Meeker on Media Telegram weblog column (E-mail trail, Dec. 12, 2007) detailing an e-mail trail between a journalist and the premier’s communication director provides a good example of how not to deal with the press..."

Sports scandals and crisis communication

Read op-ed by Mark Grabowski on how recent sports scandals can teach executives and decisions-makers a lesson in crisis communications:

"...Not commenting or speaking through a lawyer will lead many to conclude that a player is hiding something. Consider that Mark McGwire went from being a Hall of Fame shoo-in to a pariah after taking a no-comment stance on his alleged steroid use..."

Barry Bonds is a PR disaster that could've been avoided

So says an op-ed by PR professor Mark Grabowski on Bonds and crisis communications:

"Why? Americans tend to err on the side of forgiving transgressors. But they hate being lied to..."

Welcome to Media Unspun's blog

For help with media relations, crisis communication, social media development or any other public relations need, visit MediaUnspun.net. The Philadelphia PR firm offers an initial free consultation. Its staff includes a communication professor, a former award-winning journalist, a physician, a lawyer and many other highly educated, trained and experienced experts.

Crisis prevention through foresight

Read advice by PR professor Mark Grabowski on how to handle Michael Moore and the bad publicity he and other investigative journalists inevitably bring:

"...what should a company do when a Michael Moore, 60 Minutes crew or other type of "investigative journalist" shows up on its doorstep unannounced? Too often, companies and organizations make the mistake of waiting for a public relations crisis to happen and then responding to it. No matter how much damage control a company does, it's hard to overcome an embarrassing clip from a movie or TV show that will be indelibly stamped in the minds of millions of Americans. A better approach is what many of us in the PR industry call 'crisis prevention...'"

Need media relations help?

For help with media relations, crisis communication, social media development or any other public relations need, visit MediaUnspun.net. The Philadelphia PR firm offers an initial free consultation.

Welcome to Media Unspun's blog

For help with media relations, crisis communication, social media development or any other public relations need, visit MediaUnspun.net. The Philadelphia PR firm offers an initial free consultation.