This isn’t a textbook post that if you work in the industry, have read in newsletters this month about how PR will change in 2019. I don’t know how it will change. I know what will remain though. The public… Read More »PR and more — a look ahead
The week of Thanksgiving is a funky one. Many of us are still at work, yet there’s a different vibe, as people seem to cram in tasks that they might not do Thursday or Friday. Oh, and email boxes are… Read More »Public relations in the most unexpected places … After further review …
Last week I worked with Matt Millen’s Big Ten Network college football crew. Yes, it’s a team and all-around talented group, but to look around the production truck and the broadcast booth, there’s little doubt that it’s Matt’s crew. After… Read More »Upon further review … get well, Matt
Three-plus weeks and people are talking about the National Football League. Far from unusual this time of year. Buzz is good, right? Well, it’s rules have hit a rough patch (pun intended). Football players, coaches, fans and apparently, even officials,… Read More »NFL has people talking … After further review
Sometimes you have to know when enough is enough, not just for public relations sake, but your own. After weeks of excuses for statements to statements, Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer hasn’t realized that yet. Several Pro Football Hall… Read More »After further review … football dominates PR week
By now you’ve likely heard about the chaos during the women’s final at the U.S. Open. It certainly led to more conversation about tennis, but likely not in a way the USTA planned for its biggest event and PR blitz… Read More »After further review … Serena, tennis fans slam umpire, and football is back
Alabama football coach Nick Saban helped us forget about Urban Meyer for a day. No, Saban didn’t lie, he was, in layman’s terms, a jerk. The reason I put the two in the same camp is because they violated the… Read More »After further review … coach goes on a power trip
As someone who worked in Division I college athletics and have been involved with pro sports on other levels, I’m familiar with resources available to anyone that wants to make a good impression when they speak with the media. From… Read More »After further review … coaches and athletes need media training
The decision has been made. The Ohio State’s Board of Trustees’ announced that head football coach Urban Meyer will be suspended for three games and docked six weeks pay, and athletics director Gene Smith suspended for a little more than… Read More »After further review … OSU’s PR is PU
Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer released a letter in response to a media report and within minutes, his recently fired assistant, Zach Smith did a radio interview about his ex-wife Courtney’s domestic abuse accusations. Together the combination made like… Read More »After Further Review … Meyer’s message plus Smith’s spin equals a PR mess