PR Studies

Old media, new media, me media

My attempts to encourage students to blog on a voluntary basis have not, I admit, been a success. I've been in this job for three years (almost to the day), I've had a PR blog since 2001 (this one started in August 2003, replacing my previous effort), yet today I can introduce the first Leeds Met PR student to set up a blog as a result of my encouragement. Welcome Alex. (Her dissertation questions are challenging: can you answer them?)

I remain mystified that David and I are such enthusiasts while our students, who grew up with Google, don't seem to get it. Why, in a young women's profession, is it only the old men who blog?

Interestingly, the breakthrough for Alex seems to have been getting an article published in Behind the Spin (in print, and online). Perhaps it is still best to start with print...

UPDATE: I've had another first today. I've just taught my first all-male student class (on feature writing, a traditionally 'female' preserve compared with the 'male' activity of news writing). Must get gender off my mind...

UPDATE TWO: Chloe Chaplin (a first year PR student at Leeds Met) is also blogging.

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Old media, new media, me media

My attempts to encourage students to blog on a voluntary basis have not, I admit, been a success. I've been in this job for three years (almost to the day), I've had a PR blog since 2001 (this one started in August 2003, replacing my previous effort), yet today I can introduce the first Leeds Met PR student to set up a blog as a result of my encouragement. Welcome Alex. (Her dissertation questions are challenging: can you answer them?)

I remain mystified that David and I are such enthusiasts while our students, who grew up with Google, don't seem to get it. Why, in a young women's profession, is it only the old men who blog?

Interestingly, the breakthrough for Alex seems to have been getting an article published in Behind the Spin (in print, and online). Perhaps it is still best to start with print...

UPDATE: I've had another first today. I've just taught my first all-male student class (on feature writing, a traditionally 'female' preserve compared with the 'male' activity of news writing). Must get gender off my mind...

UPDATE TWO: Chloe Chaplin (a first year PR student at Leeds Met) is also blogging.