Comments for James Crawford's PR and Media Blog

Comment on Local journalists and ‘cut and paste’ by Adrian Moss

Adrian Moss — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:52:28 +0000

It’s interesting isn’t it? Espescially following a day after the head of the UK Press Association spoke out against a press card for bloggers. I guess it shows how quickly momentum is moving away from “professional journalism” to “amateur” work in these areas, (http://www.adrianmoss.net/2010/08/journalist-leader-worries-about-rise-of.html). Marketing to the new electronic outlets will probably become increasingly important for PR people.

Comment on PR Crisis – Steve Jobs takes a bullet for Apple by Jonathan Welsh

Jonathan Welsh — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:29:18 +0000

Jobs is the Mourinho of technology.

Comment on PR blogs worth reading by Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:01:08 +0000

I’m biased obviously but we reckon http://www.prmoment.com is a pretty good website for PR people

Comment on PR measurement, evaluation and analysis: a guide by admin

admin — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:03:04 +0000

Cheers Olivia. Planning is important.

Comment on PR measurement, evaluation and analysis: a guide by Olivia Landolt

Olivia Landolt — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:22:50 +0000

Great post James, and thanks for the Radian6 mention.

I like that you’ve included both qualitative and quantitative measurement objectives. What really stood out for me though is your emphasis on the importance of the planning/research stage as part of any PR activity – couldn’t agree more.

Olivia Landolt
Marketing and Community Manager
@6Consulting

6Consulting | The UK’s authorized Radian6 partner

Comment on Algorithmic Journalism? It sounds like maths, but it could be fun by admin

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 19:54:22 +0000

I agree with you, but there is no reason why we can’t have both!

Comment on Algorithmic Journalism? It sounds like maths, but it could be fun by Alex Roe

Alex Roe — Wed, 05 May 2010 10:10:48 +0000

I guess when this happens, I’ll have to hang up my keyboard.

I still think people appreciate decent, original writing – for the moment. I guess in the future news will come in Twitter size chunks.

Personally, I prefer ‘keyword’ journalism – but it ain’t easy.

Interesting blog.

All the best from Italy,

Alex
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Comment on I hate social media by admin

admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 20:22:40 +0000

I don’t want to get rid of ‘social media’, but I see the day when it won’t be treated as a separate entity. Hopefully, we won’t have social media consultants, or event talk about social media as being diffferent to ‘old’ media because sharing information online will be normal.

I started to make the point here in an argument I had with someone on Reddit. People get too caught up in definitions and theory, when in reality the theory is not an accurate portrayal of what is happening in the real world.

As you can probably tell, I am a voracious user of social media, but I am also keen believer in cutting through the crap so our industry can move on and work with some fo the great resources which are available online.

Comment on I hate social media by Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson — Sat, 01 May 2010 13:27:43 +0000

microblogging is really useful when you want to broadcast short updates. i am still leaning towards traditional blogging.”~

Comment on I hate social media by Clare McCausland

Clare McCausland — Sat, 01 May 2010 10:27:25 +0000

Your post amused me! As a student doing a specialised module in digital media PR I do not want to get rid of it, as I’m hoping it will look good on my CV that I can use online media to communicate with audiences using “social media”.

I totally understand where you are coming from though, but I feel that a mixture of “old” and “new” media are important for PROs to get as much exposure as possible. Your number 4, I agree with.
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