Press release

Asheville: Still in the Rear-View Mirror

So, while all these normal people I know are freaking out over what news outlets are framing as mandatory pick-your gender public restrooms; the City of Asheville released the following…

NC Senate Press Release

How not to write a press release

Carolinas Medical Center put this out earlier today: Late last evening, a patient arrived at Carolinas Medical Center Emergency Department after visiting a country known for high risk of infectious…

New Carolina Journal Online features

Michael Lowrey reports for Carolina Journal Online about a recent N.C. Court of Appeals opinion that blocks police officers from extending traffic stops indefinitely. Jon Ham’s Daily Journal questions journalists’…

Budget Negotiations through Press Releases

Up until today the budget has been discussed, as it has been for decades, in a committee meeting or between legislators in their offices.  Today budget negotiations were communicated through…

A public relations “D’oh!”

Anyone who has prepared a press release for future distribution can feel the pain of the public relations staffer who committee this gaffe. I’m reminded of a former sportscaster colleague…

Orange gears up for May tax referendum

Despite the overwhelming defeat of a land transfer tax in 16 counties this week, Orange County, dominated by Chapel Hill politicians and residents with an unquenchable thirst for government-provided programs…

Re: The Gov’s Office

Chad, Unfortunately, quality of communication was not one of the results measured in the governor’s budget, which did count the number of “Press Releases issued by the Governor’s Office.” It…

Re: Jim Black and Roy Cooper

Voila (vwah-lah)! The press release is now on the Attorney’s General’s Web site with this e-mail to me from Noelle: Not all of our statements get posted to the website. …

Incase there were any doubts…. $$$

From a Press Release today: ‘On Friday, July 28, 2006 from 5 to 7 PM, Western NC Working Families Win will hold a celebration of the increase in North Carolina?s…

Re: Newspaper circulation down

I still haven’t had a good answer as to why local papers don’t cover local news instead of running local press releases?

Press-release journalism

This is the kind of reporting the mainstream press used to do on its own. Now it just accepts press releases and runs them without asking important questions, at least…