I found two items today in Bulldog Reporter of interest. One, Craigslist is being sued by Cook County, Illinois for allegedly being the biggest source of prostitution in the country. The other is about the Seattle PI, owned by Hearst, shutting down as a daily and considering going to an online only ...

This story from The Guardian in UK is so astounding I kind of wonder if I am being hoaxed. I just got off a call with a student researching online crises and crisis management and one of the questions essentially was: do companies today “get it� when it comes to the online risks. I said I they w...

I’ve advocated that there are some times in a reputation crisis when you have to take the gloves off. I know I have done this on several occasions, particularly when the activist/opponent shows little regard for the truth and they are getting traction. These battles always come down to credibi...

Sooner or later, every site or application will fail. However the consequences depend not only on how the failure is managed but also on how it is communicated. Recently the web hosting company Media Temple and even Google have well illustrated how hard it is for modern connected organizations to re...

Facebook is taking the advice of its critics and allowing users to chime in on the way the site is governed. In a blog entry posted yesterday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is going to practice what it preaches on transparency. As a first step, Zuckerberg is inviting user feedback on two ...

It has been a while since I have written a post on track and field, but this story caught my attention.  Just after the Beijing Olympics,  CEO Doug Logan’s goals was to designate a panel of athletes and administrators to determine what the best course of action is to build the sport of track...

Each day I watch President Obama with continued fascination. There are certainly a lot of things to find fascinating in today's world. But, as a communications professional, it is clear that all of us have a lot to learn from our new President. There are layers of nuances in the way the President co...

It appears that the impact of his actions and inappropriate behavior has finally caught up with Michael Phelps.  After a media storm hitting the mainstream media, blogs, and internet sites– Phelps made the following statement to the media about his most recent PR Nightmare incident: “It...

Blogging certainly has its benefits and this morning I was one of 6 bloggers invited to participate in an interactive conference call with Admiral Harvey Johnson, number 2 at FEMA. Since it is Martin Luther King Day, the last day of this leadership group’s employment at FEMA, and the purpose s...

After the Mumbai terrorist attack, the Prime Minister for the first time, spoke at an important event honoring the country’s corporate heroes. During his 20 minute emotional speech, he touched upon Satyam. The Prime Minister said the Satyam episode is a blot in our corporate image both in India an...