footprints Featured in PRSSA’s FORUM (Spring 2010 Issue)
I’ll update the link when the online edition is built into the PRSSA website, but I thought I’d share the PDF of the latest issue of FORUM, PRSSA’s student newspaper. footprints was featured on page two of the issue. The headline? Post-graduation: Senioritis has no place in the workplace. Hope you all enjoy. Photo courtesy … 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… 7/30/09
Have you tried coordinating off-campus meetings for special occasions to create a different atmosphere?
Come Recommended
Let’s face it — now isn’t the easiest time for PR students to break into the industry as entry-level practitioners. It can be done, but outside of internships, I haven’t received many “OMG, Ryan!” e-mails. Students using my 16-point checklist know building an extensive network is crucial in finding a job in today’s economic climate. … Read more
