Wake of Hurricane Katrina
Originally uploaded by Magnum in Motion. If you are a public relations practitioner that does media relations, you know that for the next few days there won’t be much room any “other news” bedsides that of the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall.

Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the hurricane’s landfall over the Gulf Coast. A few weeks later, Hurricane Rita slammed read more...

Mother of all Clichés
Originally uploaded by Aäron. I was reading an article about the top clichés used by journalists, and last week highlighted photo clichéread more...

Truth/Lies
Originally uploaded by Uh …Bob. I have been meaning to write about my support for the anti-astroturfing campaign, which was kicked off by Paull Young after hearing about a disturbing account of a pro-astroturfing speaker that was brought in by the read more...

professionalism
Originally uploaded by veo_. There are more than enough examples out there of public relations campaigns with questionable ethics,
outright criminal behavior, engaging in activities that read more...

I promise to return to regularly scheduled programming, but first, let's get some inspiration to face another week.

Sometimes it is easy to cave into the feelings of being overwhelmed, and even more tempting to say, "I can't," when faced with personal and professional obstacles. Here is a story about a father-and-son team that should you allow it, will inspire you to push past all the "can'ts" you might have pent up in your life. It is also a story that reminds me of the most important things in life.



Rick Hoyt was read more...