by Buck Banks | Jan 10, 2020 | NewmanPR Blog, PR Practice
Buzzfeed News offers up an exposé of something called “Black PR” in its investigative piece, “Disinformation For Hire: How A New Breed Of PR Firms Is Selling Lies Online.” The subhead is actually chilling: “One firm promised to ‘use...
by Buck Banks | Apr 25, 2019 | NewmanPR Blog
The public relations business thrives on awards, or, more accurately, the awards business thrives on public relations. Clients love receiving awards and so public relations practitioners are willing to spend time and sometimes money to “win” them. Three recent awards...
by Buck Banks | Mar 6, 2019 | Blog, NewmanPR Blog
Last week the “Today” show aired a segment about how to save money when booking a spring break getaway. The secret? Book through Costco Travel, a membership club that charges $55 per year to consumers for the privilege of shopping for commodities at a...
by Buck Banks | Jun 29, 2018 | NewmanPR Blog
Morning Consult recently released “The State of American Travel 2018,” a nationwide survey of 2,200 adults. The title of the survey conveys a sense of comprehensiveness and breadth that the report itself does not actually display, and some of the methodology and...
by Buck Banks | Dec 11, 2017 | NewmanPR Blog
On Monday morning, Sept. 11, I received the call. The day before, Category 4 Hurricane Irma had passed directly over the Lower Florida Keys, sideswiping South Florida and sweeping up the state. I was loading our car – we had evacuated Miami to a Fort Lauderdale...
by Laura Myers | Oct 23, 2017 | NewmanPR Blog
Sometimes it takes a creative eye, no matter how storm-weary. A stroke of luck. A sense of humor. A chicken on a paddleboard. NewmanPR’s video of Keys resident Karly Venezia and her year-old pet chicken Loretta on a paddleboard have gone viral. Free-range chickens are...
