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The nastiest critic lives in your own mind — but you can control the message.
I fully intended to write a thoughtful dive into the current media landscape’s status quo. Instead, I picked up a new book called The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. While I get to exercise my writing, editing, strategy, and creative problem solving muscles for clients...
Video Killed the Radio Star – Or Did It?
I wonder if there has ever been a time when the media – news, music, or art – hasn’tbeen in a state of upheaval? On Aug. 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m., “Video Killed the Radio Star” by tech-pop duo the Buggles became the first music video ever aired on MTV. The Buggles’ via...
How a newsroom mindset makes for stronger modern public relations work
When I first got started in journalism back in my college days, I had zero grand ambitions and one reliable skill: I could write. Thanks to an alphabetical fluke, I lived across the hall from a newspaper devotee and joined her club. After college, my first pro gig at...
Poe Real: Can the Baltimore Ravens End Their Slump by Honoring Edgar Allan Poe?
You likely remember Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven,” from your school days: A man “nearly napping” hears someone – or something – rapping at his chamber door. Roused from his dreamlike state, haunted by the loss of his “radiant maiden” Lenore, a raven appears at his...
What do the Coneheads have in Common with Jeff Buckley?
On the surface, the goofy 90s movie about aliens, “Coneheads,” and the talented 90s singer Jeff Buckley don’t appear to have much in common. But when I watched “Coneheads” and saw the documentary “It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley”...
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