Rebecca Theim
A former newspaper reporter and later a PR rep, Rebecca now lives in Las Vegas and freelances and blogs about the worst job market since the Great Depression at "You're Hired ... NOT!" (http://job-search-torture.blogspot.com/)
A former newspaper reporter and later a PR rep, Rebecca now lives in Las Vegas and freelances and blogs about the worst job market since the Great Depression at "You're Hired ... NOT!" (http://job-search-torture.blogspot.com/)
On Yours is a Very Bad Press Release
C'mon people ... I've been on both sides of the PR/4th Estate aisle and believe me, neither has a monopoly on professionalism or perfection. The following link is to a column I wrote after Wired.com Editor Chris Anderson reignited this tired argument three years ago by landing in the pages of The New York Times after blocking the emails of journalists who sent him spam, and then publishing all of their names. It turns out that Wired.com was simultaneously sending the exact same kind of spam to reporters. It's called a "delete" button, people ... use it and quit whining: http://bit.ly/an6yDB