The Guardian is starting a podcast
Posted Monday, November 28, 2005 at 10:07pm in Blogging, Media | Leave a Comment
Antony Mayfield is reporting that the Guardian is starting a podcast (subscription required…but well worth it), starring Ricky Gervais.
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PR Week: PR and the media - a one day conference
Posted Friday, November 25, 2005 at 10:18pm in Blogging, PR General | 2 Comments
Today I received my weekly delivery of PR Week (still finding this bizarre as I haven’t paid a subscription) and in it, there’s a pull out brochure for the up-and-coming PR and the Media: A One-Day Conference, which is taking place on 22 February 2006 at the Dorchester in London.
Looks like a great event. There’s some great media companies attending and presenting, including The Times, BBC, the Guardian, Nuts magazine, MSN, Nokia, O2 and others. And some fantastic topics for discussion:
9.05 If it’s not newsworthy it’s not going in.
9.25 Grab the media’s attention.
09.55 Broadcasting live on the airwaves.
11.10 Harnessing the power of the pen. (consumer, tabloid and broadsheet perspective.)
13.25 Managing your reputation in a 24-hour digital world.
14.10 So you want to be on TV.
14.40 Read all about it.
15.40 Opening the doors of communication.
The 13.25 slot seems very interesting, but I do have a few issues with it. It says:
Managing Your Reputation In A 24 Hour Digital World
Blogs, MMS, SMS, Bluetooth, Digital Radio And Podcasting: Take A Look At The Transforming Patterns Of Media Consumption And Their Cost Benefits For PR.
What about the dangers blogs possess? Should that not get addressed at the conference?
· Examining how new technologies are changing the face and rate of PR
consumption
· Harnessing the influence of blogs in your PR activity while still remaining ethical
· Evaluating reach with the proliferation of each channel – how cost-effective are these new methods of communication?
Harnessing blogs while still remaining ethical? What does that mean? Is it suggesting that bloggers are unethical?
The people presenting this segment of the conference are: Cripin Manners (PRCA chairman), Phil Riley (Chrysalis Radio), Glenn Manoff (o2 UK), Michael Steckler (MSN UK), and Claire Backhurst (Nokia UK & Ireland).
Now, after a quick Googling of these names, I can’t find any of them with a blog or podcast. Whether they track blogs and podcasting I don’t know, but I’m sure I’d rather have one of the speakers from last week’s blogging conference presenting.
Real bloggers and podcasters who can talk about the mediums first-hand would have a better argument and understanding than those that simply observe.
For the conference only, tickets are £645! That’s me certainly not going then!
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Open (finds, minds, conversations)
Posted at 9:23pm in Blogging | 1 Comment
I’ve just discovered a new UK PR blog via Constantin called Open (finds, minds, conversations). It’s written by director of Harvard Public Relations, Antony Mayfield.
It started last month but seems to have some good content in there already. And has its fair share of comments also: Jeff Jarvis being one of them.
Subscribed.
It’s a cold day
Posted at 1:53pm in Blogging | Leave a Comment
It’s a cold and quiet day on this Friday afternoon at the University of Sunderland. Looking forward to the weekend! 
New North East PR blog
Posted Wednesday, November 23, 2005 at 10:48am in Blogging | Leave a Comment
I’m happy to announce a new North East PR blog started after the great presentations at Friday’s Sunderland blog conference.
8:20 World is a blog by Peter Kerr - His location is the North East, so I’m guessing he practices here?
Welcome to the blogosphere!
Hat tip: Tom Murphy