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#MediaMonday – Yasmeen Hassan
Alison Bailin | Feb 27, 2012
We say it here at HMA all the time – we PR folks wear a lot of hats. Sometimes, we have our writing hats on. Other days, we have our event planning and story pitching hats on. And sometimes, we have our crisis management and business consulting hats on. Heck, most days we wear all […]
READ MOREWhen Pride Still Mattered -Scott’s take on the story of Vince Lombardi
Scott Hanson | Jan 12, 2012
When Pride Still Mattered by David Maraniss is a biography on Vince Lombardi, arguably the greatest football coach who ever lived. He is best-known for his coaching career with the Green Bay Packers that included seven NFL and/or Super Bowl titles in nine seasons. There are a lot of stories and descriptions about his life, […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Scott Bordow
Scott Hanson | Dec 19, 2011
Today’s #MediaMonday comes to us from Arizona Republic sports columnist Scott Bordow. In addition to his regular columns, you can often hear Scott filling-in as a guest host on some of the Valley’s sports talk radio shows. So,Scott, time to share! What do you want to tell the blogosphere about yourself today? Well, let’s see. […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Ed Baker
Alison Bailin | Dec 12, 2011
It’s always so random how you meet people in this business. I had the pleasure of meeting Ed Baker, editor of the College Times for the past 10 years, in Ken Koziol’s office at Entertainment Solutions back in 2004 or 2005. Entertainment Solutions was putting on its annual Tempe Music Festival and the College Times […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Katarina Kovacevic
Alison Bailin | Nov 28, 2011
Love to travel? So does Katarina Kovacevic. So much so, she is making a living out of it as a freelance writer and blogger. Today, we are pleased to have her as our #MediaMonday profile, and have asked her to share her wild ride into writing as well as her upcoming projects in Arizona and […]
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#LifeisGreat! Revealing the 7 Secrets to a More Joyful You! – @yitzwyne
Abbie Fink | Nov 18, 2011
Most of you know that I had the opportunity to travel to Israel in February 2008 with my lifelong friend Donna. The mission trip was led by Rabbi Yitz Wyne of Young Israel Aish Las Vegas and was attended by Rabbi’s son and five other people. The trip was incredible…so much to do, so much […]
READ MOREThe Fifth Estate
Kendra Schultz | Nov 10, 2011
Every month one of us HMA’ers reads a book that is related to our industry and reports back on the findings – our own little HMA Book Club (except we spare the whole group from reading the same thing). After putting this off for some time not being able to find anything that truly interested […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Mike Schmidt
Alison Bailin | Oct 31, 2011
Last week, we told you all about the fabulous Joe Chitwood, an honoree at this month’s Rocky Mountain Emmys. We thought we would continue on this path to talk about another of the big honorees from the evening on this Media Monday – Mike Schmidt. I met Mike while during the gala event when he […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Joe Chitwood
Alison Bailin | Oct 24, 2011
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of assisting with the Rocky Mountain Emmy Awards. During the gala event, the Emmys inducted some special individuals into the Silver Circle Society, which recognizes individuals who have served in the industry for a minimum of 25 years, with the majority of it being spent in the Rocky […]
READ MORE#MediaMonday – Sludge
Scott Hanson | Oct 17, 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 MORE#MediaMonday – Ilana Lowery
Abbie Fink | Sep 19, 2011
I’ve known Ilana Lowery going on 20+ years (eek!). We’ve certainly gotten to know each other as PR professional and journalist/editor. As editor of the Phoenix Business Journal, she oversees a team of first-class journalists who daily report on what is happening in our community and how that impacts our businesses. She responded to the […]
READ MOREWhere were you when…
Abbie Fink | Sep 9, 2011
This question is being asked a lot this week as we are approaching the 10th anniversary of 9-11. Like many on the West Coast, I was still in bed. After hitting the snooze button a couple times, I heard the very somber voices of Tim and Willy describing what had happened in New York. Because […]
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