Popular journalism exists in packs. Packs of packs. Packs of writers, packs of editors, packs of flaks and packs of sources. The flaks and sources introduce facts into the pack.
Popular journalism exists in packs. Packs of packs. Packs of writers, packs of editors, packs of flaks and packs of sources. The flaks and sources introduce facts into the pack.
The guy who led the NY Times Pentagon Papers team died this week. He was the real deal. It’s useful to consider the history, let me grossly over simplify and
A skilled communicator on my team once banned all uses of the word “that” in speech and writing. He enforced the rule with vigor. Seem unreasonable? It changed the way I
Over the past year I was fortunate enough to have a strong Non Commissioned Officer and friend who told me the truth- All the time and for the benefit of
Military communicators, today at 1:30 p.m. (eastern), the SecDef and Chairman will brief the press in the Pentagon. Watch live and pay attention. It’s been exactly one year since then-SecDef
In 2016, Maximum Disclosure was going to be a book. We outlined the chapters and thought through lessons to share with the Public Affairs community. But we didn’t like the
When the Information Bus is barreling down the highway, you’re not doing any good sitting back at the bus station, writing late PAG and talking about the problem. We’ve said
I went to a concert a few days ago. Even though people paid a lot of money and traveled from far away places the times, during the concert, when they
Bathroom humor ahead, in case you missed the headline. When my organization is on-boarding new members, my Public Affairs team teaches a brief class about clear and effective communication. Heading
You know the extra lame command messages we see on AFN and all around? The ones where the commander reads something next to the senior enlisted guy then at the