Published in Travel Insights & Images·6 days agoOh Canada(A Short Visit to Toronto and Montréal) It’s been three years since Web Summit’s sister conference Collision was physically held at Toronto’s Enercare Centre. This year it returned big time, with a sold-out audience of 35,000+ and more than a fair share of founders, entrepreneurs, VC’s, and tech luminaries to…Toronto6 min read
Published in Adventures in Consumer Technology·Apr 19Making Cents of News SubscriptionsPaywalls be damned! — If you’re an avid news consumer, like me, or your profession demands it, also like mine, you’re no doubt alarmed by the toll your daily habit is taking on your wallet. A quick tally of the digital news outlets to which I subscribe puts my annual outlay at around $1635…Journalism5 min read
Apr 12The 2022 PR/Media QuizWant to work in public relations? Test your mettle. — Peter Himler's 2022 PR/Media Quiz - Flatiron Communications The PR/Media Quiz has evolved over the years but remains a useful, albeit non-scientific, barometer of one's currency…flatironcomm.comPublic Relations1 min readThe 2022 PR/Media QuizWant to work in public relations? Test your mettle.Peter Himler's 2022 PR/Media Quiz - Flatiron CommunicationsThe PR/Media Quiz has evolved over the years but remains a useful, albeit non-scientific, barometer of one's currency…flatironcomm.com----
Oct 13, 2021Pivot on Facebook PRHow Nick Clegg & co. Game the Media Of all the media hats that Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway wear, it’s the Pivot podcast that brings out the best in both of them. Sure Kara’s “Sway” draws an eclectic mix of boldfaced names and “The ProfG Show” gets philosophical and…Pivot Podcast3 min read
Published in Adventures in Consumer Technology·Jul 4, 2021Getting Wired in NYC During COVID TimesIn January 2020, two months before the words SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus, and COVID-19 became frightening fixtures in our shared lexicon, my wife and I decided to take on a major real estate project: renovating a 2-BR wreck of an apartment in a pre-war Manhattan co-op building. …Best Buy6 min read
Apr 13, 2021Substack, Media Fragmentation & PRHow the Explosion in News Creators Affect Comms Pros It was inevitable. The ability to profit from a personal news brand through the creation and distribution of original content has gotten even easier. “We the media” started 15+ years ago with CGM/blogging and, to a lesser degree, podcasting and has evolved to the point where established journalists (with decent…Substack6 min read
Feb 2, 2021White House Communications Team Hits Some TurbulenceDid @PressSec’s Staff Seek Journalists’ Questions in Advance? I suppose it’s all relative. Compared to the horrific daily White House press briefings of the last four years — when there were any — the transparent and truthful approach of President Biden’s new Press Secretary Jen Psaki and her team is a breath of fresh air. Didn’t I read…White House Press Corps3 min read
Dec 20, 2020Journalism’s ReckoningDogma Be Damned: Set Real Journalists Free For many, it would seem unusual, if not highly suspect, for a long-time public relations executive to opine on the state of journalism and to offer remedies for its preservation. After all, aren’t most PR pros charged with positioning their clients more favorably in news and feature stories? …Journalism4 min read
Nov 9, 2020Can the Dems Find Their Soul and Take Back the Senate?The short answer is probably not. That is until the Democratic leadership recognizes a significant shortcoming in how their brand is perceived and the urgent need to mount a communications plan to fix it. Sure, “one America” resonated loudly with an electorate that was tired of four years of division…Politics4 min read
Apr 17, 2020Where PR is Needed NowI belong to several private groups for communications professionals on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Slack. In following the conversation strings, one can’t help but notice a palpable frustration by many practitioners that PR as a marketing communications discipline is DOA during the coronavirus crisis. …Pr2 min read