Tough Times For the Unemployed

Current Events in PRPublished July 25, 2010 at 4:54 pm No Comments

There’s no doubt about it, finding a job in this economy is still extremely difficult. Upon searching post, after listing, after offer, after lead, I am still an unemployed college grad.
When the United States entered its recession, the unemployment rate soared from 4.8% to 9.7% (more than DOUBLED) in13 short months. The employed were laid [...]

Kanye Creates Trouble for His Publicist

Current Events in PRPublished October 26, 2009 at 10:31 pm No Comments

Part of being a publicist means dealing with crisis management. Especially if you do publicity of Kanye West.
Many of us remember the stunt he pulled at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
19-year-old Taylor Swift won her first MTV VMA at this years MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video for her hit “You Belong [...]

Swine Flu Creates Trouble for WSU

Current Events in PRPublished October 26, 2009 at 10:18 pm No Comments

As WSU began fall semester in August, 2009, warnings of a swine flu outbreak were all over. Living so closely with 20,000 other students put us all at risk.
However, the media seemed to blow things out of proportion. International students were receiving phone calls from parents across the world to see if they were OK. [...]