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Why Journalists Hate PRs Part 2
Well, because it’s Friday, and because I obviously didn’t learn my lesson the first time I wrote about this, here’s another prime example of Things PRs Do That Annoy Me, hot off the press this morning. (DISCLAIMER: Not all PRs annoy me. Not all PRs do Bad Things. In fact, most of them are lovely! I heart them! On with the ...
Continue ReadingNo One Loves a Red Haired Baby
Hey peeps. Tonight I’d like to talk about how hideously disfigured I am. No, this is not a digging-for-compliments exercise or even a self-indulgent entry focusing on the fascinating subject of how insecure I am about the way I look – I’m way too old for all that jazz. No, I actually am hideously disfigured, and do you know how I ...
Continue ReadingThe OC (That’s ‘Obsessive Compulsive’ to You…)
Did I ever tell you I’m a bit of a neat freak? Just a little bit, you understand. Just in the way that if, say, the room I’m in is untidy, I’ll get all itchy and not be able to breathe. I mean, I’m sure it’s nothing to worry about. Anyway, this is the latest Ikea Watch: That? Oh, you know, that’s just the ...
Continue ReadingPutting Your Life Online
Oh dear. I done created a monster. It seems that my post on Why Journalists Hate PRs has been read, in some quarters at least, as an attempt to “diss” the PR profession as a whole – and the horse it rode in on. It really wasn’t. I wouldn’t presume to take on the might of an entire profession – I’m way ...
Continue ReadingWhy Journalists Hate PRs – and Why PRs Hate Journalists
Well, I finished my Huge Project O’ Doom, and have been lying in a small ball under the desk, rocking back and forth and muttering to myself ever since. Just the usual, then. This particular project involves me receiving a couple of hundred press releases from PRs working for house builders across Scotland, which I then have to sift ...
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