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Media Orchard
http://www.ideagrove.com/blog
Media Orchard attempts to cultivate fresh thinking about journalism and public relations at a time when the line between the two is increasingly blurred. Media Orchard is the Weblog of the Idea Grove, a Dallas public relations firm.
- Added on: Apr 12th, 2005
- Country: United States
- Language: English
Recent Posts
43 People (and 1 Cat) Who Have Been Compared to Hitler
In alphabetical order… 1. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 2. Movie director Michael Bay 3. Fox News Channel host Glenn Beck 4. Pope Benedict XVI 5. Terrorist Osama bin Laden 6. U.S. President George W. Bush 7. U.S. President Jimmy Carter ...
25 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a PR Firm
Before I started the Idea Grove, I was a senior corporate communications executive for billion-dollar companies. I’ve led public relations campaigns of all sizes and budgets, and I know how important it is to select the right PR firm during the ag...
Eight Warning Signs That a Reporter Plans to Flip the Script
I love journalists. Heck, I used to be a pretty good newspaperman myself, and the blogosphere has given me a chance to dabble in the discipline of journalism again here and there. I also work daily to convince CEOs who are suspicious of the media (is...
The Limits of Improvisation
As a former newspaper reporter who later became the head of large corporate communications departments, I’ve had the opportunity to work closely with both photojournalists and corporate assignment photographers. And while many of the best assi...
The Case Against Morally Superior Journalists
I love journalism, and I respect and admire the work of journalists. I also know, in this era of angry bloggers, that so-called MSM (mainstream media) journalists take more unfair crap than just about any profession — with the possible exceptio...
Will Newspapers Ever Solve the Problem of Content Theft?
Say what you will about the RIAA. Ultimately, it made the trains run on time. The Recording Industry Association of America, the trade group for the U.S. music industry, has made many enemies in the Web world for its draconian approach to copyright....
