Andi Narvaez: Re-learning PR

Today I am sitting in the office. Meanwhile, the leaders of our nations meet in London for the G20 summit to put their heads together – to say the very least – to determine, among other things, what actions will take us one step further towards healing the global economy.

I found this next quoted text of particular interest because it is a good thing to ponder at this moment. With all the ups and downs of market – what is it that we are really looking at? Is this a bear economy or a bull economy? I learned these terms a short while ago as I am still just beginning to speak finance, but I shall be keeping them in the back of my head from here on out.

I’ve been working on the thoughts for this post for a while. I’m just going to post it and my guess is I’ll be updating it pretty frequently – but hope I don’t have to.

When “Really? with Amy Poeller and Seth Myers” made its first debut on Saturday Night Live I laughed.  But it’s not THAT funny anymore. Really…

Following up with my last post.

Here is an article from BusinessWeek  about Tribune’s current state of bankrupt affairs, Sam Zell’s folly and how mergers may be the catalysts of a sort of Armageddon like the one I mentioned.

But not all is bad news! Another article from PR Week talks about weeklies. In so many ways the underdog and yet, they seem to be very aware of their business model, of how the internet can be used in a way that won’t backfire and how they can cultivate the loyalty of their readers (86% of adults read a local community newspaper every week). 

I had dinner with one of my PR professors last night and we talked, among other things about media losing their jobs, Tribune filing for bankrupcy and road blocks in general.

When I got back home I read stories on Mashable and TechCrunch that seemed to add insult to the ongoing injury. Although the Pulitzer prize opening up to embrace online writers (unlike myself because we are talking breaking news, etc.) is a step forward in terms of  acknowleding the craft regardless of the medium, this latest development takes me back to something my profession said in reference to the newspaper industry losing to its own counterparts – not even – losing to itself online.

As of Tuesday, November 4, 2008 the country has been in an uproar. And with good reason.

Here is what I think about the elections: Everyone should vote.