AP Style Update: website
@APStylebook announced today it has finally buckled on the Web site / website issue. Mark this day in history, AP Style nerds. We’re now to write the word as website, if you don’t understand the editing marks below. The organization is also considering changing state abbreviations — looking forward to that one. W.Va.? Really? Photo … Read more
Updated PRSSA Chapters on Twitter
Everyone should check out my PRSSA Chapters on Twitter page – I had the chance last night to update the list by 56 Chapters. That brings the directory to 134 local Chapters…not including links to next year’s National Conference and the official National Committee handle. I encourage Chapter executive boards to connect with other schools to … Read more
Putting Tight Writing in Perspective
Information overload. Every morning, I check headlines, my RSS feed, Twitter, Facebook and two e-mail accounts filled with alerts and PR resources. How do I keep up? Everything is “microcommunicated,” which I expect to pass spell check in the next few years. While the masses say e-mail is dead, I disagree. Almost every reporter I’ve … Read more
footprints Featured in PRSSA’s FORUM (Fall 2009 Issue)
This post comes with some irony now that I think of it. A full year removed from the position, I was asked to byline an editorial for the paper I once led as EIC, PRSSA’s FORUM. I provided the current staff a short list of topics I thought would be interesting from the perspective of … Read more
Have You Tried… 8/17/09
Have you tried creating a printout for each member to document personal successes and accomplishments for the year as an incentive for members to renew their memberships?
