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#MediaMonday – Tim Gallen
Alison Bailin | Feb 3, 2014
One of my favorite things about the social media age is sarcasm online – but only when done well, and when the person is good natured and laces his or her musing with genuine humor, too. And, one of my favorite social media “friends” who does it right when it comes to the occasional online […]
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#MediaMonday – Bonnie Stevens
Rachel Brockway | Jan 27, 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 Bonnie Stevens, editor of Flagstaff Business News and Quad Cities Business News. The best part of today’s Media Monday is that Bonnie was our […]
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#MediaMonday – Cloves Campbell, Arizona Informant
Scott Hanson | Jan 20, 2014
Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King. For our #MediaMonday profile, we asked Cloves Campbell, Jr., Co-Publisher, Board Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Arizona Informant to share his thoughts on Dr. King and what it’s like to be in the newspaper business. Since 1971, the Arizona Informant has provided an important voice for the […]
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#MediaMonday – Kelly Mixer
Alison Bailin | Jan 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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Six different types of client relationships and how to get the most out of them
Katie Snyder | Jan 8, 2014
Clients are like romantic relationships. You embark on a journey together where you will share negative and positive experiences and have to compromise to make things work. But just like personal relationships, client relationships can be challenging. The only difference is it’s really up to us (PR folk) to make our partner (client) happy. But […]
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Media Monday – Hayley Ringle
Katie Snyder | Jan 6, 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 – He’s simply known as “Coop”
Scott Hanson | Dec 23, 2013
Bruce Cooper has been the weekend sports anchor at 12 News, KPNX-TV, since 1986. That’s two years before I started as the weekend sports anchor at KPHO-TV. Obviously, Coop is still on the job. I first remember meeting Coop when we were each representing our stations in the media bracket of a Fiesta Bowl 3-on-3 […]
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#MediaMonday – Kim Steele
Rachel Brockway | Dec 16, 2013
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 Kim Steele, reporter at the Kingman Daily Miner. Kim has been in print journalism for almost 30 years, working as a writer, editor and […]
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#MediaMonday – Chris Bishop
Scott Hanson | Dec 9, 2013
I had the chance to travel to South Africa last April for our twice-yearly PRGN meetings. HWB Communications, our network partner in Cape Town, arranged to have Chris Bishop, managing editor, Forbes Africa, as one of our speakers. It was an amazing talk, not only because he is an editor with Forbes, but the fact that as a journalist, his life […]
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#MediaMonday – Teri Carnicelli
Scott Hanson | Dec 2, 2013
This week’s Media Monday comes to us from Teri Carnicelli, editor of the North Central News. The North Central News is a monthly publication covering the central core of Phoenix, from 19th Avenue to 44th Street, and Indian School to Thunderbird roads. The paper has a total circulation of 26,000. Teri has been with the […]
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#MediaMonday – Kevin Curran
Rachel Brockway | Nov 26, 2013
Happy 1st Anniversary at ABC15 to my good friend, Kevin Curran, assignment editor, teacher extraordinaire and today’s #MediaMonday! Kevin has been in the business for more than 30 years, starting in radio in the New York area. He came to Phoenix in 1992 as a radio operations manager, worked in Los Angeles for Inside Edition, […]
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#MediaMonday – Al McCoy
Alison Bailin | Nov 18, 2013
When I was 12 years old, Charles Barkley, along with new coach Paul Westphal, joined Kevin Johnson, Dan Majerle and others to form the greatest Phoenix Suns team of all time. The 1992-1993 Phoenix Suns season cemented me as a basketball fan for all eternity – thanks in great part to the fellows above, but […]
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