Archive for the 'Public Relations' Category

Note to activists: Leave foie gras, restaurants alone

1 Comment Published by Professor Les March 16th, 2008 in Community Dialogue, Public Relations, Current Events, Business News, Cuisine.

Foie gras, a truly great delicacy, comes from duck and goose liver. There are a variety of ways to serve it but my favorite is quite simple: fried with just a bit of salt, where the outside is an appealing roast brown and the inside remains soft, just firm enough to cut into wafer slices […]

Pushing healthy expressions back into the closet: Pride Week posters censored by U of U officials

1 Comment Published by Professor Les October 3rd, 2007 in Community Dialogue, Public Relations.

Prior restraint has once again visited a college campus: this time, at the University of Utah concerning a series of posters planned for the upcoming Pride Week sponsored by the campus Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center.
With Cathy Martinez, the center director, agreeing, the administration rejected the promotional posters on the basis that images were […]

Textbook Case of Communication Failure: Robert Murray and the Crandall Canyon Mine Tragedy

1 Comment Published by Professor Les August 26th, 2007 in Communication, Public Relations, Current Events.

An indispensable aspect of the public relations professional’s training is one’s ability to coordinate communication with the media and with key stakeholders in the public community during crises such as the recent tragedy in the Crandall Canyon mine.
Unfortunately, Robert E. Murray’s ongoing performance in dealing with the media and the public has stumbled catastrophically after […]

 

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