By Susan M. Tellem, Partner, Tellem Grody PR, Inc.  According to tradition (and Wikipedia, of course), kissing the Blarney Stone endows the kisser with the gift of the gab and great eloquence.  No...

 By Susan Tellem, Partner, Tellem Grody PR I am proud to say that I have rubbed shoulders more than once with the Vatican. I served on the media advance team for Pope John Paul II’s visit to Los...

By Ann Willets, President, Utopia Communications  Q. My boss is prone to giving me a 45-minute PowerPoint and telling me to turn it into a news release without much guidance. What are some practical tips...

By Sally Falkow, APR, President and co-developer, PRESSfeed Remember the days when we’d read our newspaper with a cup of coffee in the morning and watch the evening news on TV?  We were quite happy to...

By Ann T. Willets, President & CEO, Utopia Communications, Inc. Most business executives think their relations with the press will be as testy as a White House news conference or a one-on-one...

By Sandra Fathi, President, Affect At the heart of any great public relations campaign is media relations. The ultimate PR goal is to garner media coverage that will drive brand recognition and build...

 By David Johnson, CEO, Strategic Vision, LLC Trade shows like Toy Fair and BookExpo are great places to meet buyers and also gain public exposure through media coverage.  News stories that come out of...

By Yujie Chen, Managing Director, PR Newswire China As China’s economy continues to enjoy strong growth, increased spend by their middle class and expansion overseas to compete with western and fellow...

By Suzanne Spurgeon, Founder, Women Media Pros An estimated 60 million Americans were expected to watch the first Presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney.  And now...

By Ann Revell-Pechar, Vice President, Carolinas at Arketi Group I’ve been making my rounds again, asking journalists and bloggers what it is that PR people are doing right, and what we’re getting...

By Chris Navalta, Senior Account Executive, Graham & Associates The year-plus-long drama that was the Dwight Howard “Indecision” was a headache for everyone involved – including Howard himself....

By Sally Falkow, PRESSfeed In the last year, several excellent studies highlighted how the changes in media consumption patterns are affecting the way journalists find stories and how media sites publish...