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Promoting West Virginia
First offered by The State Journal published by NCWV Media. NCWV is West Virginia’s leading news source for over 155 years, featuring in-depth coverage of news, sports and events. The article is a...
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Media Wildly Incorrect Regarding Mass Shootings
Observations While there is an increase in mass shootings, it’s certainly not the one a day figures promoted by the media. Most of the data you hear and read about school crime and mass shootings is...
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Police Public Relations Stink
Observations Within law enforcement and the overall justice system, we are our own worst enemies through a lack of aggressive media and public relations. My book, “Success With The Media,” outlines a...
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Can Facebook Really Ban Criminal Activity?
Observations Facebook is banning violence, crime and criminal behaviors from its platform (see guidelines below). Social media is now a super-highway for mass murderers and their grievances. It’s also...
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Police Use of Force And Public Relations
Article Explaining police use of force to those who have never been cops is challenging. Because of endless negative videos, it’s starting to get more difficult than ever. Author Leonard Adam Sipes,...
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Police Take Back Their Image With The Lip Sync Challenge
Lip Sync Challenge Observations We’re not just talking about a couple thousand views, police lip sync videos are getting tens of thousands and in the case of Norfolk, millions. The response has been...
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Justice System: The Media Is Not Our Enemy
Observations Regardless as to your feelings about media relations and the justice system, reporters will let you influence them if you are seen as knowledgeable and trustworthy. It’s in our best...
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Breaking Bad News First
Colleagues: InTime recently offered an article by me on breaking bad news first through an examination of the state of Maryland’s assumption of the Baltimore City Jail. The article is available at...
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Reporters Blasted For Inappropriate Social Media
Observations Reporters are taking heat for inappropriate social media posts. This comes on the heels of harsh journalistic criticism of posts in police social media pages. “Journalists don’t deserve a...
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It’s Time To Rethink Criminal Justice Media Policies
Observations It’s time for law enforcement and corrections to understand that saying nothing to the media about an event and failing to put out false rumors can end in disaster. Yes, we don’t like or...
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Rated the 75th Best Marketing And Advertising Blog
Rated the 75th best marketing and advertising blog via OnToplist. “Multi-awarded media personality talks about marketing, public relations, social media, television, government, entertainment, current...
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Coronavirus And Crisis Communications
Highlights No one in law enforcement or emergency management is truly ready for the national, state and local coronavirus emergency and the potential for a massive disinformation effort. There have...
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Do Reporters Hate Cops? Law Enforcement And Media Objectivity
Highlights Is media objectivity a relic of the past (per the Columbia Journalism Review)? Many (most?) cops believe that media reporting of law enforcement and crime control is stereotypical, biased,...
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Ukraine’s President Zelinsky’s Speech To Congress
Zelensky at US Congress My response to a national news source asking for an evaluation of Ukraine’s President Zelensky’s speech to Congress: I have 35 years of directing media and public relations...
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The PIO Toolkit is a resource for everyone who works in public sector comms – law enforcement, emergency services, aviation, utilities, education, law… Featuring job vacancies, training, media...
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Deepfakes: Understanding The Risks, How To Spot Them
Article Reprinted with the permission of the PIO Toolkit team. PIO Toolkit Team Admin Aug 5, 2023 Deepfakes have become increasingly common and are now starting to impact every kind of communication....
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