I was watching a news conference in 1987 when former Pennsylvania Treasurer Robert “Budd” Dwyer committed suicide by shooting himself in the mouth with a handgun. It was incredible television; shocking, saddening and ultimately maddening because he used a captive audience to commit a heinous act.
Today NBC News revealed Virginia Tech Mass Murderer Cho [...]
Archive for April 18th, 2007
A Multimedia Manifesto for A Desperate Man
Fade In. Ext. Courthouse: No Reason to Avoid Video
I started in video. 3/4-inch tape for news and 1-inch to make the fancy edits. It took hours to produce 1 minute of transitions, special effects and graphics. More than once I snarled the tape in the machine, usually 30-minutes to air. Such was the life of an analog editor.
In 1994 I [...]
Links for 2007-04-18
The social media revolution (in 15 minutes)
Another chime of the death knell. Personally, I find this a bit pretentious, but let’s see what you think.
(tags: PR social+media)
Is your workplace prepared? Reflections on the Virginia Tech tragedy – 16-Apr-07: Public Relations article: contact Dan Keeney
Many of my friends are now writing crisis communication plans. [...]