On Wednesday, May 3rd, Revry took the IAB stage as the first LGBTQ-focused presentation since the NewFronts’ were founded in 2012.

As most of you know, I have retired from the world of academia after 37 years of teaching.  Earlier in 2021 I started the Magazine Media Center with the goal to preserve the past, present and future of the magazine media.

Communications and public relations veteran, Larry Thomas, has joined the UNICEPTA Americas Team as Vice President Sales. UNICEPTA is a global media intelligence service provider.

Now that Labor Day 2022 is history, the election season is now officially underway, although it really never stopped. And you can be certain that critics of far right and far left media outlets will shout 24/7 about the slanted and false coverage their rivals are disseminating. And so will politicians of all stripes.

Years ago, frustrated by the absence of a codified means to assess PR agency job candidates, I developed a questionnaire on media trends, PR, and popular culture. The PR/Media Quiz has evolved over the years but remains a useful, albeit non-scientific barometer of one’s currency and connectivity.

When thinking about the term “news literate,” you’d be remiss if you didn’t consider the way its definition has changed. The concept of being news-literate has been evolving over the past few years, particularly as the news itself has changed. “Back in the day” when everyone received the same news from the same three network stations, news literacy was based more or less on whether or not you had taken in what had been offered up. Now, given the multitude of news sources, fake news and unconscious bias, news literacy is strongly rooted in digestion and comprehension.

Today’s special guest is Mark Weiner, Chief Insights Officer at PublicRelay.   

Nearly all aspects of our lives rely on technology — and that’s only continued to increase during a global pandemic. Technology powers how we do business, it’s changed how we shop and it delivers instant entertainment.