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It’s one of the Ten Commandments of PR: transparency. Apparently the Coghlan Consulting Group didn’t get the memo. Back in September the PR firm came under fire after the LA Times uncovered that Coghlan was affiliated with fake news site, News Hawks Review, and had been shamelessly promoting their client Central Basin Municipal Water District of [...]
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This past week, I attended a PRSA-NY event where the communications strategy of BP during the oil spill was put on trial. Paul Holmes presided over the case, while each side presented their thoughts on BP’s strategy. By the end of the tribunal I still hadn’t made up my mind about a verdict, but I [...]
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It’s pretty much a known fact here at Affect that if it was on TV, I probably watched it. And, seeing that “The Good Wife” is easily one of the best dramas on TV right now, I certainly caught this past weekend’s episode, where in-house crisis communications director Eli Gold (played by Alan Cumming), hits [...]
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As a pop culture junkie, I get excited when the entertainment industry creeps its way into my PR world (remember, I’m in tech…it doesn’t happen that often). So when Variety reported this week that Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice hit-maker Shonda Rhimes was given the thumbs up by ABC to pilot a new crisis PR [...]
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The European Union has once again fallen under some strong scrutiny, following the decision to halt all air traffic to and from Northern Europe for five days due to volcanic ash spewing into the air from Iceland. Politicians, media and the general public are all speculating as to whether a full halt was necessary and [...]
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I just read the post Under Fire, Bob Kerrey Starts a Blog on the New York Times City Room blog. The rather accusatory headline stopped me in my tracks. It seems to suggest that starting a blog under duress can actually undermine the benefits of blogging in the first place. Why should CEOs, or, in [...]
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