Nov

12

Young Voters “Rock the Vote”

November 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The numbers in last week’s 2008 Presidential Election are in and prove that young voters showed up to the polls to make a historic difference. According to the Rock the Vote Campaign, 56 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 voted in the election last week. That’s 6 percent more young voters than in 2004 [...]

Nov

8

Free change

November 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Have you heard? The economy is going down.
During my three-hour drive home last weekend, I stopped in a random city off the freeway to get gas. As I got out of my car and was walking toward the convenience store, a middle-aged man approached me and asked, “Do you know where the unemployment office is?”
I [...]

Nov

6

Will International PR Help Me?

November 6, 2008 | 2 Comments

As I browsed the blogs written on PROpenMic, Justin Brunner’s “International Public relations – just a name or is this a specialty?” caught my attention. As a senior preparing to graduate in the spring, I’ve begun post-May plans that include the hope of living abroad.
While most of my peers have begun job-hunting, sending applications, resumes [...]

Nov

6

Crisis Communication and the Digital Age

November 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I know that social media is an emerging medium for the public relations field and it is vital that PR practitioners know the world of blogs, podcasts and social networks. It is not enough to just have information and opinions about your company’s products, services reported about, but now we have to be aware of [...]