PR Studies

PR student bloggers

Have a look at Why PR students love blogs at Josh Hallett's hyku blog. My thought would be that all students should love blogs - but only very few do (and I'm reluctant to make it a compulsory assignment as that seems to defeat the voluntary, grassroots quality of a genuine blog.)

Note in particular this from Stuart Bruce's comment on the above discussion. (Stuart takes some of my students on short-term placements, and he has at least one working on a client blog at present.) Here's what he expects from students seeking work placements:

If a student hasn't "given something back" then we won't consider them. The pressure groups and politics might be contreversial with some but I'm still far more impressed by a student who has volunteered for something I disagree with than one who can't be bothered to "give something back".

In short, he's looking for passion and commitment. And a blog is a good way to demonstrate this.

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PR student bloggers

Have a look at Why PR students love blogs at Josh Hallett's hyku blog. My thought would be that all students should love blogs - but only very few do (and I'm reluctant to make it a compulsory assignment as that seems to defeat the voluntary, grassroots quality of a genuine blog.)

Note in particular this from Stuart Bruce's comment on the above discussion. (Stuart takes some of my students on short-term placements, and he has at least one working on a client blog at present.) Here's what he expects from students seeking work placements:

If a student hasn't "given something back" then we won't consider them. The pressure groups and politics might be contreversial with some but I'm still far more impressed by a student who has volunteered for something I disagree with than one who can't be bothered to "give something back".

In short, he's looking for passion and commitment. And a blog is a good way to demonstrate this.