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Tag Archives: Journalism
Four lessons from the Burson-Facebook fiasco
I’m ridiculously late to this, as usual, but people keep asking me about the Burson-Facebook thing because of my years at Burson, so I thought I’d post the gist of the response I’ve been giving. If you’re not familiar with … Continue reading
Getting your hopes up for news liberalization?
Don’t buy the keg just yet. Here’s a translation of an article from Party journal Seeking Truth from the excellent China Media Project. The thesis is that relaxation of media and news controls lead more or less directly to collapse … Continue reading
Tagged China, Journalism, Media, Politics, Propaganda
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Further to the dairy industry and naughty PR in China
I’ve always wanted to use the words “naughty” and “dairy” in the same sentence. But more on that some other time. I put a link to Gady Epstein’s excellent post on the recent dairy industry PR meltdown in my own earlier … Continue reading
Tagged Business, China, Ethics, Journalism, Media, Public Relations, Reputation
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Who collided with whom in the Diaoyu islands?
The Japan Probe blog, using material drawn from the ever-reliable ChinaSmack, has contrasted Japanese and Chinese news illustrations of the recent collision of a Chinese fishing boat and Japanese coast-guard vessel in the Diaoyu islands. As you can see from … Continue reading
Tagged China, Journalism, Nationalism, Politics, Propaganda
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We all live in (fear of) a yellow submarine
Imagethief’s undergraduate degree is marine biology. This is, as most people know, the usual pathway to a career in PR. It works something like this: Become interested in fish Pass organic chemistry Get a marine biology degree Find out how … Continue reading
Tagged China, China in the News, Journalism, Military, Technology, USA
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Alibaba’s Alizila is PR. Be proud!
I just read a post from Forbes’ Hana Alberts on Alizila, a homegrown company news site for the Alibaba Group. Alibaba has hired an experienced journalist, Time Magazine veteran Jim Erickson, to develop the articles for the site: Erickson isn’t “selling out” … Continue reading
Tagged Alibaba, China, Internet, Journalism, Media, Public Relations, Technology
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More on visualizations, accuracy and perception
It’s symptomatic of something that most of the regular comments to this blog now seem to come to the version that syndicates on my Facebook page. I mention this because in response to yesterday’s post on the worthy Chinfographics blog, … Continue reading
Tagged Journalism, Media, Public Relations
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Interesting new blog: Vizualizing China at Chinfographics
I have a soft spot for really cool data visualizations and well-executed infographics. They are often wonderful ways to tell stories or help people truly grasp complex issues or statistics. That’s why I’ve long liked the very cool Information is … Continue reading
Tagged China, Journalism, Public Relations
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Unsolicited advice for Xinhua’s new CNC TV news outfit
To listen to people moan about the fact that China has sixty “Confucius Centers” in the US to America’s zilch-nada in China you’d think the Chinese were wrapping up hearts and minds around the planet while America gets relegated to … Continue reading
Great interview with one of the definitive modern China writers
I recently finished listening to a podcast of a long interview of writer Peter Hessler by Ken Pomeranz, China Beat contributor and UC Irvine history professor. It’s nearly an hour and a half long, and a few weeks old, but … Continue reading
Tagged China, China in the News, Journalism, Writing
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