Jack O'Dwyer, who has covered PR, communications, journalism and related fields in his own company since 1968, previously was a financial reporter at two of the five biggest daily newspapers in the U.S., the New York Journal-American (six years) and the Chicago Tribune (four years).
| • | Questions for Ray Kotcher, PRSA Board 'Counsel'(PRSA) Thu., Oct. 19, 2017
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| • | PRSA/Oregon Shames PRSA/NY with Blast vs. Bylaw Proposals(PRSA) Wed., Oct. 18, 2017
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| • | IABC Net Assets Dip to $222K from $1M in 2012(IABC) Tue., Oct. 17, 2017
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| • | PRSA Staff’s Out-of-Town Conferences Cost Millions(PRSA) Mon., Oct. 16, 2017
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| • | Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown Vetoes Cellphone Tower Bill(Healthcare PR) Mon., Oct. 16, 2017
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| • | Jay Baer Touts Word-of-Mouth PR to PRSA(PRSA) Fri., Oct. 13, 2017
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| • | PRSA, Chapters in Communications Collapse(PRSA) Thu., Oct. 12, 2017
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| • | Court Okays In-Store Warnings on Cellphones(Healthcare PR) Thu., Oct. 12, 2017
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| • | Health Advocates Beg Calif. Gov. Brown to Veto Cell Tower Bill(Healthcare PR) Wed., Oct. 11, 2017
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| • | PRSA Members Blocked Board Attempt to Gut Assembly(PRSA) Tue., Oct. 10, 2017
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| • | PRSA Flops on Ethics Code’s Info Promise Says Ex-Director(PRSA) Mon., Oct. 9, 2017
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| • | PRSA Board Power Grab Stopped by Ex-Board Member(PRSA) Sun., Oct. 8, 2017
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| • | PRSA/New York Joins National’s Press Boycott(PRSA) Sat., Oct. 7, 2017
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| • | Westhampton Board Pleads Radiation Ignorance(Healthcare PR) Fri., Oct. 6, 2017
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| • | Radiation Perils Should Be Told to PRSA Conference(PRSA) Fri., Oct. 6, 2017
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We have questions for Ketchum’s Ray Kotcher, permanent “senior counsel” to PRSA’s board and another indication of Omnicom/Ketchum’s influence on the Society.
The PRSA Oregon Chapter, saying “Hell No!” to proposals of the Society’s national board, shames silent PRSA/NY which is in collusion with national.
IABC, reflecting declines in corporate PR employment, showed a drop in net assets from $1M in 2012 to $222K in 2016 after a dip to $14K in 2015.
PRSA staff’s aversion to national conferences in New York (one in past 25 years) has cost upwards of $4.5 million in the past ten years.
Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday, after about a month’s wait, vetoed Senate Bill 649 that would have removed local control of cellphone tower creation. (2 reader comments)
Jay Baer, who touts the importance of customer service, told PRSA Oct. 10 that word-of-mouth is the key to business success.
The PRSA conference in Boston ended yesterday but a blackout continues on what happened at the Assembly Saturday, Oct. 7.
Retailers in Berkeley, Calif. must warn customers about possible harm from radiation from cellphones, according to a court ruling yesterday.
Health advocates are begging Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown to veto a bill that would vastly expand cell towers. A law allowing that was passed in September.
Opposition by PRSA members stopped bylaw proposals that would have increased board power to amend bylaws and which would have eliminated district representation on the board.
Member opposition yesterday stopped PRSA bylaw proposals that would have greatly increased board power to amend bylaws and which would have eliminated district representation on the board.
PRSA/New York has joined national PRSA’s press blackout of today’s Assembly by refusing to supply any coverage of the meeting.
Westhampton Beach trustees pleaded ignorance last night when asked if they recognized any danger to citizens from cell towers, cellphones, cordless phones, tablets, etc. (1 reader comment)
The dangers of microwave radiation from cellphones, cell towers, and routers in offices should be on the program of the PRSA national conference starting tomorrow. But it isn’t.