Tag Archives: Public Relations

Nasty for the Motherland!

Posted on October 26, 2024 by Will Moss

Can the administrative state get horny on main? Cards on the table, I’m a fan of the administrative state. Societies are large and complex, and a little technocratic competence goes a long way in ensuring the availability of public goods … Continue reading →

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The Great Luncheon Meat Disaster of ’24

Posted on September 14, 2024 by Will Moss

A food crisis hits me where it hurts This is one of the greatest things I have ever read in a press statement: First and foremost, our investigation has identified the root cause of the contamination as a specific production … Continue reading →

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Leaping into the Unknown (Again)

Posted on September 3, 2024 by Will Moss

A little over 20 years ago, a man I respected offered me a job I was interested in. This sent me into a panic. I had been living in Singapore for eight years and was going stir crazy. Following two … Continue reading →

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David Wolf – remembering a China hand

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Will Moss

In June 2004, I quit a perfectly good job at a little PR firm in Singapore and went to Beijing to do a three month language program. Eight years in Singapore had made me a bit stir crazy and China, … Continue reading →

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Three months that changed everything: communicating COVID

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Will Moss

I wrote an article about leading coronavirus comms for Intel during the first three months of 2020, when there was little information and lots of fear. We learned a lot of hard lessons. The introduction is below, and you can … Continue reading →

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Coverup? Huawei Should Send Its PR Bill to ZTE

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Will Moss

I’ve never been much for conspiracy theories. Not that I don’t like a touch of the fantastic in my daily life (I live in China, after all). But when you think about the sheer logistics involved in most of the … Continue reading →

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I’ll Be the Judge of the Air Quality in These Parts

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Will Moss

When I was young, lithe* and had elastic knees I studied the Japanese martial art Aikido. Aikido is interesting for a couple of reasons. First, despite what you saw in all those Steven Segal movies, it is very much bound … Continue reading →

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Good News! The Press is Out to Get You

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Will Moss

A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk about PR in China to a journalism class at Beijing Foreign Studies University. In any student talk the Q&A is always the most fun, and this group was no exception. Among … Continue reading →

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I Apologize if Anyone Felt Killed

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Will Moss

Apologies are an under-appreciated art. Most apologies crafted in the name of public relations sound intrinsically weaselly, often because the people making them are preoccupied with saving their prior reputation rather than getting past the mistake and rebuilding trust. I … Continue reading →

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Four lessons from the Burson-Facebook fiasco

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Will Moss

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 →

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