The abrupt dismissal of New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson last week highlights our obsession with the first mover advantage ideology i.e. Ms Abramson was the first female executive editor while Dean Baquet, her replacement, is the first African-American in the role. Much of the agro seems to be about Abramson hiring another person in on top and across Baquet, the …
MAN BITES DOG There’s an old saying among media hacks that a good story has to be a little different or unusual to catch our attention. Dogs biting humans is an everyday occurrence, a story is when the man bites the dog back. Anyone who has seen the movie, “The World According to Garp,” will remember …
This is a blog post I wrote for CongRegation – a one day ‘un-conference’ social media gathering that took place in Cong, Co Mayo, Ireland on Saturday November 30th 2013. There’s nothing social about Corporate Communications I came across a blog post by Ed Rex recently in which he wrote: “Saying a company has a view …
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