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#MediaMonday – Royal Norman
Scott Hanson | June 24, 2013
Friday was the first official day of summer, so we thought it would be appropriate for today’s #MediaMonday to be from someone who has some in-depth knowledge about Arizona’s weather, Royal Norman of KTVK-TV, Arizona’s Family’s chief meteorologist. He works weekday nights, appearing on “Good Evening Arizona” and “3TV News at Nine.” When he started […]
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#MediaMonday – Jeremy Stevens
Alison Bailin | June 17, 2013
Fun fact – HMA’s own Scott Hanson was once an ace television reporter. It’s true – and it was in the 1980s, so he did it with a PERM! (think Mr. Brady in the later years of the Brady Bunch). Much like our Mr. Hanson, we have another ace television star in our midst – […]
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#MediaMonday – Hannah Hayes
Stephanie Lough | June 10, 2013
Oh, how we love AZ Big Media! Not only does it publish some of our favorite magazines (including AZRE, Ranking Arizona, Experience AZ, Arizona Business, to name a few) and host some of our favorite events (like Arizona’s Most Admired Companies, People to Know, Healthcare Leadership Awards and Fifty Outstanding Women in Arizona Business), it […]
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#MediaMonday – Bret McKeand
Scott Hanson | June 3, 2013
Bret McKeand, president of the Arizona operations of Independent Newsmedia, Inc. USA, recently received The Order of the Silver Key Society from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Valley of the Sun Chapter. The award pays tribute to journalists from any medium with at least 25 years of experience in the state of Arizona (consecutive or cumulative) […]
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#MediaMonday – SPJ First Amendment Awards
Scott Hanson | May 20, 2013
The Valley of the Sun Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has recognized some of the top journalists in Arizona with its annual awards – spotlighting some of the best in the industry. The First Amendment Award honors published or broadcast work in 2012 that involved significant reliance on public records and open meetings. […]
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#MediaMonday – Sharing is Caring
Stephanie Lough | May 6, 2013
We at HMA Public Relations pride ourselves on our media relationships. We’ve had the pleasure of profiling a lot of media professionals in our #MediaMonday blog series over the past three years with nearly 140 individuals and publications featured. We also own FinderBinderAZ, a top database of Arizona media contact information. Another thing we love […]
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#MediaMonday — Mark Field
Scott Hanson | Apr 29, 2013
There are some 700,000 veterans living in Arizona. A “thank you for your service” is always appropriate. Today’s #MediaMonday comes to us from Mark Field, a U.S. Navy veteran himself. He is the publisher and editor of Arizona Veteran’s Magazine, a new publication dedicated to Arizona residents who have served our country. This isn’t Field’s […]
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#MediaMonday – Pat Summerall: One of the All-Time Best
Scott Hanson | Apr 22, 2013
Today’s #Media Monday is a little different. One of broadcasting’s most recognizable voices went silent last week when Pat Summerall died at the age of 82. I wasn’t born when Pat Summerall was playing in the National Football League. In his second career, however, he was among the very best. As I embarked upon my […]
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Are you an outlier?
Rachel Brockway | Apr 17, 2013
One of my favorite authors of all time is Malcolm Gladwell. He has written a few books you might have heard of including Blink, The Tipping Point, Outliers and What the Dog Saw. While all of them have concepts or ideas that apply can apply to public relations, for this blog I decided to discuss […]
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The Whole Kitten Caboodle
Alison Bailin | Apr 12, 2013
Yesterday, my world was shattered when Abbie noticed I used the phrase “the whole kitten caboodle” in a blog post. At first, I thought she – a clear dog person – was just giving me, “a clear kitty person” a hard time, as so many of you dog lovers do. (Ahem!). But, apparently the phrase […]
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Get Wack(er)ed Out with Us!
Alison Bailin | Apr 11, 2013
As most of you know, the team at HMA has been working hard to help plan and promote the PRSA Western District Conference, which is coming to the Valley for the first time in decades next week. In fact, our own Abbie S. Fink is co-chair of the whole kitten caboodle with PR buddy, Michelle […]
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#MediaMonday – Marc Buckhout
Alison Bailin | Apr 8, 2013
The Valley really is the smallest “big city” of all time. Get this: For the past several years, I have not only been pitching the Foothills Focus, which is a popular weekly newspaper covering all things in Anthem, Black Canyon City, Carefree, Cave Creek, Desert Hills, New River, north Phoenix and north Scottsdale, on a […]
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