Sports is covered in many different ways in the media. Some articles focus on which team won a what game, and others look at what records were broken at a certain meet. However, there seems to be a growing trend in the media that focuses on one issue in athletics: Read more…
It is an exciting time right now especially for athletes– right now, the Olympic Trials are being held in the track and field capital in the US– Eugene, Oregon. When the Olympic Trials were held four years ago, it was in Sacramento. It’s amazing how time flies by– it was Read more…
Hello everyone! 🙂 This summer, I am taking two courses from my advisor, Dr. Michael Palenchar, and I have really enjoyed them. One class is Crisis Communications, and the other is a doctoral seminar on job searching. Even though I’m only starting my second year in the Ph.D. program at Read more…
In my public relations classes at Florida, USC, and here in Tennessee– we are told that one of the things that companies, individuals, and other entities forget to do in a crisis situation is be transparent. Robert Pritchard had an interesting post that talked about why it is so important Read more…
On my blog, I have talked a lot about athletes who have participated in negative activities or have been labeled as being “PR Nightmares.” I came across this interesting post that was on Fox Sports that listed the top ten athletes that were considered to be “Human Train Wrecks.” Some Read more…