VIDEO: Could Calling The Media Backfire?

Keith Yaskin of The Flip Side Communications LLC in Scottsdale, AZ explains why businesses should not assume a friendly reporter will ask softball questions.

Media Relations: Driving Straight For The Jugular

Pitching stories with little regard to who is receiving the ideas is not the casting-a-wide net path you should take. Ask lots of questions, define the target audience as narrowly as possible and [...]

Some Of The Silliest Stories I Covered In TV News

Some Of The Silliest Stories I Covered In TV News... Farmers worrying the government might tax them for cows passing gas

The Flip Side Interviews Fired Alabama TV Reporter

The Flip Side interviews Alabama TV reporter Shea Allen, who says she was fired for writing a blog. [youtube]http://youtu.be/j8Son9bxNLA[/youtube]

Will Steak And Candy Ensure The Media Quote You?

You do not want to sound necessarily like a politician or create the same environment of cynicism. But politicians remind us that journalists almost always prefer a witty soundbite that [...]

FLASHBACK: Associated Press Awards Dinner

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Will Newsrooms Learn From This?

The risk-reward factor is out of whack.

Media Relations: Was This Editor A Wimp?

Take five minutes to update someone on a story’s status. We’re big boys and girls. We can take rejection.

Reporters Are From Venus, Producers Are From Mars

When reporters love your story pitches, don’t immediately pop the champagne and drop the balloons from overhead.

We Took The Wrong Reporter To The Dance

Knowing a reporter's shift is important.