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Listen to Hugh’s advice and Ignore Everybody
Stephanie Lough | June 14, 2011
A short book with many ideas packed in, I found cartoonist-blogger Hugh MacLeod’s “Ignore Everybody” to be inspiring and motivational, even though I wasn’t always able to relate to all the lessons. MacLeod encourages people to find their creativity by deciding what it is one believes in, then to pursue it full-force and risk everything, […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Steve Chernek
Scott Hanson | June 13, 2011
Today’s #Media Monday takes us behind the camera, and behind the scenes of the Sun City Daily News Sun, as well as a couple other Northwest Valley Newspapers. We also get introduced to the Swamp Coolers (as seen here on FOX 10) and a guitarist known as Cherndog. Steve Chernek has had a camera draped […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Rick DeBruhl
Scott Hanson | May 23, 2011
Each Monday, we are posting a blog to help our readers get to know the media just a little bit better. Today’s #MediaMonday feature has some interesting turns. And with the Indy 500 just around the corner, the timing couldn’t be better. From Turn One at Phoenix International Raceway to Turn Four at the Indianapolis […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Fun Katy
Alison Bailin | May 16, 2011
Fresh off a full weekend of work – for a good cause – we are pleased to profile Sports 620 KTAR’s own “Fun Katy” today as part of our regular #MediaMonday column. She is a member of the morning team on the popular Doug & Wolf Show as well as a trailblazer among Arizona media […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Rebekah Sanders
HMA Public Relations | May 9, 2011
Go West, Young Man! Or, at least spend this Media Monday getting to know Rebekah Sanders, a fabulous reporter in the Arizona Republic’s West Valley office. As you can imagine, from the Coyotes to the Fiesta Bowl, she has had a lot on her plate thus far in 2011. If you are new to the […]
READ MOREBook Report Alert!
HMA Public Relations | May 6, 2011
HMA Public Relations recently played host to one of the Humphrey Fellows at the Cronkite School at ASU – Mohammed Alauddin. He was nice enough to offer up a guest book report blog for us! Take it away, Alauddin! There are few books that I actually enjoy reading but Robert L. Dilenschneider’s Power and Influence is one […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Ken Rudin
Alison Bailin | May 2, 2011
Alison is freshly back from her trip to Las Vegas to attend the Public Relations Society of America’s 2011 Western District Conference – and she brought us back a Media Monday game! Therefore, this week’s profile is on the one-and-only Ken Rudin, NPR’s Political Junkie where, for most of the past 20 years (beginning in […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Kevin Curran
Abbie Fink | Apr 25, 2011
Each Monday, we are posting a blog to help our readers get to know the media just a little bit better. With a TWIST! No, we aren’t posting story pitch tips or media lists, but instead great stories from the media themselves about their lives, their work and other little known facts! Think of it […]
READ MOREBook Club – The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur
Brittany Richardson | Apr 21, 2011
So it is my turn to review a book for the HMA book club. Stopped into Abbie’s office – she has a ton of books. She suggested The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, a book about starting your own business. The author, Mike Michalowicz, is speaking at the upcoming Counselors Academy conference that she is chairing and […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Taryn Jeffries
Alison Bailin | Apr 18, 2011
This morning’s #MediaMonday profile is making us hungry – as it should! Today, we are happy to profile Taryn Jeffries of Phoenix Bites. For those of you new to the column, each Monday, we are posting a blog to help our readers get to know the media just a little bit better. (For a full […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Jeff Munn
Scott Hanson | Apr 11, 2011
With both the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Phoenix Suns playing concurrently, our Media Monday today features a prominent member of both clubs’ broadcast teams. Jeff Munn is now in his 11th season as a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks broadcast team and has aptly become the “second voice” of the Phoenix Suns, filling in for […]
READ MORE#Media Monday – Colin Smith
Abbie Fink | Apr 4, 2011
Each Monday, we are posting a blog to help our readers get to know the media just a little bit better. But this Monday, we have a little something extra. Consider this our Media Monday: Welcome Wagon Edition as we profile KTAR’s newest team member, Colin Smith, to the Valley all the way from Ohio! […]
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