Educator and specialist in training in the virtual space
PR/Media Relations Writing Online newsrooms are often valuable – keep them updated and current with press releases, broadcast/print-quality images, story starters, contacts Newly introduced to “top lines” and “high lines” providing value-add to online applications Do your homework on your Continue reading…
MEETINGS, INTERVIEWS & ENGAGEMENT: Scott Lebar, managing editor Linda Gonzales, digital team/editor Bev Griffin, administrative support Nate Miller, digital team/analytics Brian Blomster, digital team/metro editor Andrew Seng, photographer/Instagram Amy Chance, political reporter and senior editor Ed Fletcher, city reporter Loretta Continue reading…
ONA Sacramento is the Sacramento Online News Association made up of editors, reporters, programmers and analysts from print, radio and TV media throughout the region. The group holds MeetUps, provides ongoing education and serves as a cooperative group focused on Continue reading…
I’m at a local coffee shop. Well – it’s past 6p so maybe now it’s a bar? It’s confusing for a little clinical professor like myself who spends 95% of her days surrounded by four kids at home, 125 kids Continue reading…
20 years ago I got my start in the field of communications working directly with the media, pitching stories, writing features and tracking media coverage in press clippings. In the early 1990’s we had to be entrepreneurial and creative in Continue reading…
Today my focus is in content strategy. Kevin Nichols of SapientNitro defines it as “getting the right content to the right user at the right time.” Perhaps an oversimplification. I would add that having a content strategy means managing content Continue reading…
The Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations at The University of Alabama has announced the fifth class for its Fellowship Program for Public Relations Educators. Ten educators will be placed in the offices of sponsoring organizations for two to Continue reading…
July 21 through August 2 I will embark on a new professional adventure. This spring I was awarded a fellowship through The Plank Center at the University of Alabama to serve as an Educator Fellow in partnership with Harley Davidson Continue reading…
What a joy it is to experience a ‘first day’ when HR paperwork, benefits orientation and IT stress calls aren’t part of it! First off I must note the stellar aesthetics, ambiance, energy and overall operational layout of their corporate Continue reading…
Today began with a Google Maps debacle. I have no idea how my husband and I got lost in this part of downtown Milwaukee with the sophistication of such technology but one missed turn and several “reroutings” later and I Continue reading…