Month: May 2007

  • The Ragan and Melcrum competition

    Last week, Chicago-based Ragan Communications launched MyRagan.com, a free service aimed at communicators around the world that’s a mix of social network, knowledge and information resource. It’s captured a lot of imaginations and got off to a cracking start. When I…

  • Black Book: A stunning war movie

    Films about the Second World War war don’t do much for me. I can count on one hand such films that have made an impact, the most recent being Flags of Our Fathers which I saw on a plane journey…

  • Sky News launching newsroom in Second Life

    Satellite TV broadcaster Sky News will establish a news outpost in Second Life next month, becoming the first TV news channel to create a permanent presence in the virtual world. The 24-hour news channel is building a Second Life replica…

  • Listen to PR Unspun

    Last week in London, I was on a panel to discuss a broad and thorny question: How is the PR industry adapting now that social media is heading for mainstream adoption? The event was PR Unspun, organized by Chinwag Live.…

  • Ragan launches social network for communicators

    A phoned-in comment to yesterday’s FIR podcast from PR podcaster Bryan Person brought news of a new social network for communicators launched by Chicago-based Lawrence Ragan Communications. MyRagan.com quietly opened for business a few days ago. So quiet, in fact,…