Archive for November, 2011
TV News Cutbacks Limit Coverage of News
Despite an explosion in popularity and use of video by people, like you and me, TV news is actually in cutback mode. Case in point – the August 2011 East Coast earthquake.
The Downside of Attorneys Dictating Communications Plans
While attorneys can be a valuable resource and provide guidance and perspective for professional communicators, few lawyers have the skills to dictate communications plans that will result in substantive, favorable results. It’s not an area of expertise for most attorneys.
When Disaster Hits, Report Your Own News
When the disaster hits, news crews show up – reporters, photographers, satellite trucks. They do stories about human suffering and destruction, always in a predictable, formula approach. After a few days – seemingly on cue – they depart to move on to the next disaster du jour.
Veteran TV Newsman Dave Marash: Trend of TV News
Veteran TV journalist Dave Marash, winner of multiple Emmy Awards, writes for the Columbia Journalism Review on what’s happened to TV news in America. His messages: As a video revolution sweeps the world, US television news caps its lens.
Simple Way to Create a Communications Measurement Plan
Times have changed, and in today’s digital era, we have many accurate and effective ways to measure whether our communications work is making progress or needs a course correction.
Penn State Lessons: Zero Tolerance, Open Communications
Students at Penn State demonstrated last night in support of keeping coach Joe Paterno in his job. Beyond the fact that those students are nuts and apparently lack any ethical boundaries, they have no business being in college.
Pedophile sex scandal and coverup damage Penn State’s image
The leaders of Penn State clearly do not comprehend the massive damage they have caused to the image and reputation of the university.
Digital Revolution Forces New Approaches for Executives
The rapidly changing face of technology in recent years – particularly the online digital revolution – has had profound effects on all manner and styles of how we form opinions, gather information and connect with each other. Everything about how we communicate has changed.
News Media is More Naive, Inexperienced Than Liberal
Seeing the front page of the Glens Falls, NY, Post Star yesterday was a first for me, a shocker. Here was a newspaper that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009 publishing a partisan political opinion piece in the #1 priority news slot, the right column, on the front page above the fold.
