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By: Celebrity special : Behind the Spin

Celebrity special : Behind the Spin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:15:48 +0000

[...] Sarah Callender describes her role in business to business communications. Ellis Noble loves the glamorous depiction of PR on television, but finds that the real work cannot quite live up to the image. To help untangle your expectations [...]

By: Here come the PR girls « Jade Goody

Here come the PR girls « Jade Goody — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:16:14 +0000

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By: richard

richard — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:43:00 +0000

I’m looking forward to your book, Greg. Meanwhile, here’s my second favourite chapter title from Morris and Goldsworthy’s latest book (reviewed elsewhere in Behind the Spin). The chapter on who constitutes the PR business is headed ‘Girls, gurus, gays and diversity’.

By: Greg Smith

Greg Smith — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:10:49 +0000

Here we go again. No wonder PR has an image problem and only seems to attract females. This was the core of my PhD study (soon to be published as “The Feminisation of Public Relations – but an old web site at http://people.aapt.net.au/~net/study). What is it that attracts TV producers to put out shows on PR, anyway? We’re up again being called spin doctors in the news media, and as being fluffy events people in the entertainment media. It’ simply a lose-lose situation. Time for national PR campaigns (US, UK, Australia, Canada) to battle this. Maybe that means attacking the TV shows.

By: Kate Brown » Quick scan of the net - celebrity clubs

Kate Brown » Quick scan of the net - celebrity clubs — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:19:28 +0000

[...] http://www.behindthespin.com/features/here-come-the-pr-girlsAlso, PR is pretty complicated to most people whereas just showing party invites, guest lists at clubs, and celebrity management is closer to most people’s general understanding of how the industry works. … [...]