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Blog Talk, Teaching PR »

[24 Feb 2005 | One Comment | 2 views]

Paul Woodhouse, winner of the 2005 Best Blog by a Small Business award, has joined up with us for a new group blog – BLOGthencitity. We’ve been sort of stealthy in our setup, but people are already starting to notice the site – so, here we are – stepping out into the sun!
Thanks to Constantin Basturea of PR Meets The WWW, Kevin O’Keefe of Real Lawyers Have Blogs @ Lexblog and E. L. Eversman of AutoMuse for their visits and/or mentions in their blogs
BLOGthenticity is designed to identify and …

Blog Talk »

[23 Feb 2005 | Comments Off | 2 views]

Congrats to the winners of the 2005 Business Blogging Awards.
Our guy Jeremy Pepper was bested by his friend Mike Manuel – Media Guerilla, but it was neck-n-neck. Congrats to Mike! Jeremy’s a winner in our book, too.
Here are the rest of the winners. Check out their blogs, students. Some good writing and information available here!
Best Overall Blog – Security Awareness
Best Group Blog – Monty’s Bluff
Best New Blog – 800-CEO-READ
Best Law Blog – Phosita
Best VC/Entrepreneur Blog – Business Opportunities
Best Financial Industry/Investment Blog – Between the …

Blog Talk, Teaching PR »

[22 Feb 2005 | 2 Comments | 4 views]

Emily and Katie of the Foundations of Public relations class have come up with an idea – a blog. They are on a ‘quest’ – for an internship. I look forward to watching it unfold. We set it up together this afternoon.
They have started InternQuest, a blog aimed at (1) helping them explore internship opportunities and (2) sharing their discoveries with other PR students.
I turned them onto blogs in their class through the Auburn PR Blog and they’ve been biten by the blogosphere bug.
In …

Blog Talk, Journalism, Public Relations »

[21 Feb 2005 | Comments Off | 4 views]

For my classes, here are two sites I strongly encourage you visit. And, in my ongoing effort to find great female role models for you, these sites work perfectly. Justin and Jonathan, you’ll love these sites, too.
MediaBistro is a wonderful resource. They offer the Freelance Marketplace. Several students have used it to gain freelance writing experience. Becoming an AvantGuild member is really inexpensive. They offer $45/$49/$78 options. “AvantGuild is mediabistro.com’s premium membership for anyone who works with media content.”
MediaBistro offers …