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#MediaMonday – Kara J. Philp
Rachel Brockway | Sep 8, 2014
Each and every Monday, we post a blog to help our readers get to know the media just a little bit better. With a TURN and maybe a TWIST! No, we aren’t posting pitch tips or media lists, but instead great stories from the media themselves about their lives, their work and other little known […]
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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 – Just Misty
Rachel Brockway | Aug 11, 2014
Plus so much more! Every Monday, HMA introduces you to a member of the media! Last week we featured Jeff, co-host of Jeff ‘n Misty Mornings and this week we will feature his partner in crime, Misty. Misty is the program and production director at El Dorado Broadcasters and co-host of Jeff ‘n Misty Mornings […]
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#MediaMonday – Jeff Edwards
Rachel Brockway | Aug 4, 2014
I love when I have the opportunity to travel around the state and meet different media members. Just recently, I was in Yuma and had the chance to meet some great members of the media including Anna Chaulk from KECY Fox 9/ABC5 and Lou Gum from KAWC! Today’s #MediaMonday also comes from Yuma. It is […]
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#MediaMonday – Gina Salazar
Rachel Brockway | July 28, 2014
Every Monday, HMA introduces you to a member of the media – the new and the seasoned – that keep our local and national news gears turning. Today we hear from Gina Salazar, the new host of Better Arizona at CBS5. Gina has worked in the television industry since 1994 as a host, reporter and […]
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#MediaMonday – Theresa Greco
Kelly Potts | July 21, 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 – Marcy Luganob
Rachel Brockway | July 14, 2014
I love to feature members of the media on our blog every Monday. But I especially love it when I can feature a member of the media who I also consider a friend (we live only blocks apart and our sons even attend the same summer camp)! Today we hear from Marcy Luganob, the new […]
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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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#MediaMonday – Larry Hendricks
Rachel Brockway | June 23, 2014
Every Monday, HMA introduces you to a member of the media from around the state– the new and the seasoned – that keep our local and national news gears turning. Today we hear from Larry Hendricks, the news team leader at the Arizona Daily Sun. He also was previously a journalism instructor at Northern Arizona […]
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#BookClub: Glove Affairs
Scott Hanson | June 19, 2014
We’re in the middle of the baseball season. Of course, a book given to me by Abbie would have something to with America’s pastime. How could Glove Affairs, the Romance, History and Tradition of the Baseball Glove, by Noah Liberman, have anything to do with public relations? Well, it’s a stretch. Like a wide throw […]
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