The ruthless game of democracy
Originally uploaded by Ahmed Zahid. I respect Todd Defren. We have communicated both online and off, and I like his forward-thinking attitude and innovative approach to public relations. Plus, I just like him in general.

So, it might surprise some that we are having a bit of a friendly row.

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Shel Holtz and Neville
Originally uploaded by jeremiah_owyang. Shel Holtz is coming to San Antonio to give a half-day seminar about Social Media tomorrow. We would have loved to have Neville Hobson come along too, but our travel budget wasn't quite up to the challenge.

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Wake of Hurricane Katrina
Originally uploaded by Magnum in Motion. If you are a public relations practitioner that does media relations, you know that for the next few days there won’t be much room any “other news” bedsides that of the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall.

Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the hurricane’s landfall over the Gulf Coast. A few weeks later, Hurricane Rita slammed read more...

Mother of all Clichés
Originally uploaded by Aäron. I was reading an article about the top clichés used by journalists, and last week highlighted photo clichéread more...

Truth/Lies
Originally uploaded by Uh …Bob. I have been meaning to write about my support for the anti-astroturfing campaign, which was kicked off by Paull Young after hearing about a disturbing account of a pro-astroturfing speaker that was brought in by the read more...