Author Archives: Alison Bailin
#MediaMonday – Kyra Love
Alison Bailin | Nov 3, 2014
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 […]
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#MediaMonday – Kristy Beyer Durkin
Alison Bailin | Oct 27, 2014
The only thing I love more than meeting people over a good meal is actually meeting people over a good meal. Like, for the first time. This was how I met Kristy Beyer Durkin, co-founder of WhereShouldWeEat.com. I know, fitting. As I sat – probably talking loudly to whomever would listen to my rant of […]
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#MediaMonday – Rocky Mountain Emmys
Alison Bailin | Oct 20, 2014
On Saturday, more than 600 members of the television news industry from Arizona, New Mexico and Utah joined together at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess for the 2014 Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards. The Vibe The event was a feast for the eyes, starting from the moment guests walked in, where a life-sized “Emmy” greeted them (not […]
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All I Really Need to Know I Learned from Abbie
Alison Bailin | Oct 17, 2014
For more than a decade, Abbie had that “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” poster hanging in her office. So, it made sense to title this very special post “All I Really Need to Know I learned from Abbie.” Why, you ask? Unless you are living under a rock, you know […]
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#MediaMonday – Molly Cerreta Smith
Alison Bailin | Oct 13, 2014
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 […]
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#MediaMonday – Kimberly Gunning
Alison Bailin | Oct 6, 2014
So, this Media Monday is a special one to me. That is because it is about a member of the media who didn’t listen to me – no matter how many times I tried to tell her something. And thank goodness. I met Kimberly Gunning, who is today the associate editor of WHERE Magazine(s). When […]
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#MediaMonday – Chris Gilfillan
Alison Bailin | Sep 15, 2014
In my book, anyone who takes me out for Thai food is good people. That makes Chris Gilfillan, who did just that a little over a year ago to talk all things “law and media,” very good people. As editor of the Record Reporter, Chris’ focus is to connect lawyers to general counsel and judges […]
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#MediaMonday – Local Media Done Good
Alison Bailin | Aug 25, 2014
Because the media all too often has to report bad news, I get excited when there is something truly happy to report. And, in this case, the media IS the good news! As a member of the Board of Governors for the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter (NATAS), I […]
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#MediaMonday – SPJ Honors Local Journalism Excellence
Alison Bailin | Aug 18, 2014
The team at HMA has been all smiles since learning that the Valley of the Sun Chapter, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) announced its First Amendment Award winners in recent days, recognizing outstanding work done by members of the state’s media that substantially made use of public records in 2013. Being in business for almost […]
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#MediaMonday – Happy Anniversary, Jim!
Alison Bailin | July 7, 2014
The year was 1999. The month was July. The station was KTAR. In July 1999 – 15 years ago! – KTAR hired wily reporter Jim Cross. We here at HMA – and we are guessing many of our blog readers – work with Jim a lot. So, we thought it would be fun to re-share […]
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#MediaMonday – John Faherty
Alison Bailin | June 30, 2014
I love to write – mostly, because I love to read. I like to think most of us communications folks fall into this category. Recently, one of the best reporters to ever work at the Arizona Republic wrote something that had me in tears as I read – repeatedly. The reporter – John Faherty, who […]
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#BookClub – The Tale I Told Sasha
Alison Bailin | May 23, 2014
Earlier this month, Abbie found a great blog that detailed out five “kids” books every business person should read. So, our team divvied them up and read each one to glean any and all business advice and lessons within. Abbie’s, titled The Lost Thing, is detailed here. My book, titled The Tale I Told Sasha, […]
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