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If ever there were an illustration of the challenges that print media face when competing with electronic media (Internet or broadcast), it is this.
When I arrived at work this morning, a major local daily newspaper sit on the lobby counter. In big bold letters on the front page, the headline read, “Chrysler Survives.”
By the morning, [...]

As the media continues to find its footing and evolve into something that may one day make the current media landscape unrecognizable, one thing cannot be denied. The practice of public relations will necessarily evolve right along with it.
It’s pretty apparent that online media will eventually replace print media as we know it. Some media [...]

Andrea, a friend on Facebook recently pointed out the irony: The Freep wins a Pulitzer, but can’t even toot its own horn by printing a newspaper and delivering the story to my doorstep. Strange times.

Reporters M.L. Elrick and Jim Shaefer from the Detroit Free Press won journalism’s highest honor this week, the Pulitzer Prize, for their coverage of the text message scandal, which led to the resignation and felony conviction of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. When I heard the news, I couldn’t help but think how incredible this [...]

Facebook has been known for a PR misstep or two, but this week they are taking a different tack. Rather than setting the social media landscape ablaze by pushing down Terms of Service under the cover of darkness, or updating its very platform to the consternation of its user base, Facebook is letting its users [...]