Civil war letters show sharp contrast to email, Twitter
A friend loaned me a collection of priceless letters written during the Civil War by one of his ancestors. Reading these original, hand-written letters just as they were penned and sent is an...
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The Skype chat feature is to email messages as Twitter is to blogging. I am losing my ability to write long passages.
View ArticleA question for my summer session 2010 PR Writing students
Why is writing skill the fundamental core competency of the communication/public relations professional?
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I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. For spring semester PR Writing students’ last assignment, I gave them a job posting and instructed them to write a business letter applying for the job. Here is a...
View ArticleA question for my summer session PR Writing students
Why is good writing so important to the PR profession?
View ArticleA question for my summer 2012 Public Relations Writing students
Now that you have had this Public Relations Writing course, what will you do going forward to continually improve your writing skills and abilities?
View ArticleWords and phrases that drive me crazy
I am tired of people writing and saying: “reach out to” when they mean “contact” or “communicate with” “based off of” when they mean “based on” “alongside” when they mean “with” and “myself” instead of...
View ArticleA question for my Summer 2013 PR Writing students
What is your greatest personal challenge as a public relations writer? How will you deal with this challenge?
View ArticleA question for my Fall 2013 Public Relations Writing students
You have heard me talk a great deal about my Communication/PR colleagues and friends who I consider to be true professionals. What does being a Communication/PR professional mean to you? How do you...
View ArticleA question for my Spring 2014 semester public relations writing students
Writing skill is the fundamental core competency of the communication/public relations professional. Why? What will you do to improve your PR writing style and ability once you graduate?
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