From Jon Garfunkel on April 3, 2006 at 7:05 PM
As the Staples ad goes, that was easy. Google News brings up a March 19th piece from BlackAnthem, which runs Armed Forces Press Services feeds. It doesn't get much clearer:
Note: Suzanne Fournier is the Public Affairs Officer for the Gulf Region Southern District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Iraq.
In case anybody hasn't gotten the message yet, blogging is public relations. e.g., Journalism = "writing about someone else"; PR = "writing about self".
I suppose I should hurry up and publish by examination of the "milblogs" that I'd promised Robert I was working on.
From Colin Brayton on April 9, 2006 at 1:44 PM
Well, almost. PR is advocacy speech, just like a defense lawyer's arguments to a jury. It must be true, but of course it has no obligation to endorse the prosecutor's side of the story. Journalism does have that additional obligation; a reporter is more like a juror, weighing what various interested parties have to say. Each is a useful, honorable social role--until we start wearing one hat--our Red Sox cap--while playing for the other team--the Yanks.
As the Staples ad goes, that was easy. Google News brings up a March 19th piece from BlackAnthem, which runs Armed Forces Press Services feeds. It doesn't get much clearer:
Note: Suzanne Fournier is the Public Affairs Officer for the Gulf Region Southern District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Iraq.
In case anybody hasn't gotten the message yet, blogging is public relations. e.g., Journalism = "writing about someone else"; PR = "writing about self".
I suppose I should hurry up and publish by examination of the "milblogs" that I'd promised Robert I was working on.