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.
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
Know when to challenge the false info – direct and indirect. No one likes fake news around their stories.
First, refresh on our first and second installment: Move with a purpose. Aggressively have your shit in order. Don’t bitch about coffee, just buy it and make it. Never look
We wrote about the lame PAO mantra. But there’s more. The true art to PAOing is knowing when to, and not to, engage or provide comment. I’m an aggressive dude.
There’s been plenty said about starting with why, some say Simon Sinek changed their lives. Let’s not go that far. In any useful organization that considers information important, you’ll want
We’ve seen plenty of commanders get upset because they weren’t informed about something in a timely manner. We’ve rarely (maybe never) seen a commander get frustrated because he was too informed.
I read this article about the USS Fitzgerald’s plight after it crashed into a shipping vessel near Japan. Many of the leaders lost mental and/or physical control of themselves. Some
My desk at work has a green phone for unclassified conversations, and a red phone for classified conversations. Without exception, I follow the rules about what I can say over
I’ve been thinking about the way our community handles crisis communication. Is it just me, or do PAOs get real nervous, and drop into “no comment” mode, when bad things