Ian Wright

It’s hard to imagine a worse response to a media inquiry than, “No comment.” But apparently many in the legal profession haven’t gotten up to speed on this basic rule of PR. Try this instead: I’m not sure, let me look into that and get back to you. Or: I don’t have all the facts [...]

I’m so glad I’m going to law school. Now I can be one of the most hated people on the planet-a PR attorney. Litigation communications is one of fastest growing areas of PR, but it’s still vilified and misunderstood by most. This article on PR Squared entitled “Bad Apples in PR” does defend PR, but [...]

As if anyone didn’t know, Michael Arrington is the most ethical journalist ever to walk the face of the earth. He would never allow himself to be influenced by PR or free schwag. So when someone called him up and offered to trade goods for press, he flipped out.

MobileCrunch.com has an article about firms paying PR interns to post favorable reviews for products on the App Store.

The latest rant against promotion comes to us today from a rather unlikely location: Chris Brogan’s Web site. Brogan’s bio says he is the president of New Marketing labs, a new media marketing agency.
Here’s a truth: If you have to tell me you’re the best, you’re not. If you have to write that you’ve got [...]

I have taken three journalism courses here at UT as part of my PR degree. The first was the same intro class that all the journalism students take. We all sat together in the same classroom. Journalists and PR practitioners living in harmony. The thinking is that since journalists are the primary audience for PR [...]