Archive: February 1998

The Charlotte Observer P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, N.C. 28230-0308; ph: 704/358-5000 A Knight-Ridder newspaper with a circulation of over 300,000, The Charlotte Observer is targeted towards Carolinians and doesn’t run a lot of national and… Continued

There is still time to register for PR NEWS Seminarsc one-day "Advanced Crisis Management Workshop" on Feb. 17 at the Sheraton Washington in D.C. More than 15 industry leaders will offer tips and tactics on… Continued

When it comes to online communications, a lot more is required than glitzy hype, technology grandstanding and PR that just – as the saying goes – gives you an online presence. What can make a… Continued

A search on Lexis-Nexis by The Delahaye Group shows that 9,142 articles mentioning Monica Lewinsky were published between Jan. 20 and Feb. 3. Only 4,500 were published on the Timmothy McVeigh bombing verdict.

With the immediacy of the Internet, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with the press have become an inevitable component of media relations. But getting journalists to sign them can be a challenge in itself. For journalists, the… Continued

To get an insider’s look into the current state of hospital and health system governance and how CEO performance is judged, the American Hospital Association has published a new report on how hospital boards are… Continued

To put patients in the driver’s seat of their care, Pfizer’s Diabetes Control Network program is arming physicians and more than 20,000 diabetics with "Patient Passports," "Continuing Care Records" and a Mission: Control newsletter to… Continued

Healthcare Web sites need to be functional not flashy, says Michael Salius, president of Salius Communications, the PR agency talent behind the award-winning MedSpan Web site (http://www.medspan.com). The site was recognized last month by the… Continued

News Channel Sites Can Tell the Whole Client Story Until recently, the centerpiece of a state-of-the-art crisis management program has been the tried and true crisis management manual. But now, we live in a different… Continued

When the MillerGeer & Associates PR agency got the assignment to light a fire under the subject of obesity for the Center for Surgical Treatment of Obesity it knew it had to put a human… Continued