Press Interns

Freshman member of Congress is seeking 2 unpaid press interns for Washington, DC office.  Interns will assist Director of Communications with development and distribution of press releases, web site maintenance, blogs, social networking page, op-ed writing, development of constituent mailers, logistics of town halls, pitching to press, gather newspaper clips and more.  Interns will also be asked to attend committee hearings and follow specific legislative issues. Must have strong written and oral communication skills, and be able to work in a fast pace environment.Applicants should be professional, organized, able to take direction and willing to learn. Congressional internships are an excellent opportunity for both students and recent college graduates to gain Capitol Hill work experience. To apply, please e-mail a resume and cover letter detailing the times you are available to work to:  ResumeNY@mail.house.gov.

Burson-Marsteller Info Session on Tuesday, February 12 from 5-7PM.

Come join Monica Belsito (COL ‘05) and David Ambrose (COL ‘07) for an Information Session about Burson-Marsteller and the Harold Burson Summer Internship Program, Tuesday, February 12 from 5-7PM.

Alumni of the HBSI program, Monica and David will speak in more detail about the internship and B-M’s worldwide offerings. For more information about the program, see below.

“The Harold Burson Summer Internship (HBSI) Program is a paid internship at one of Burson-Marsteller’s U.S. offices. Each intern is assigned to a client team or specialist group, guided by an experienced professional. Every intern will have the opportunity to serve as an active team member, while learning critical communications skills. Colleagues from different specialty areas of the company conduct seminars for interns each week. Interns are also grouped into teams to work on a special HBSI project, which they present to a senior management panel for review. By the end of the summer, interns will have experienced many of the opportunities and challenges facing our clients. Additionally, the summer internship offers an invaluable career-development experience that may lead to an employment opportunity with us after graduation.”

Visit the event’s Facebook page where students can register to attend: http://georgetown.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7717118542. The event should also be listed on Hoya Career Connection.

Communications Job at Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Job No: 2008-0003B
Job Title: Media Relations Officer, International – Office of Communications
Department: Office of Communications
Grade/Level: (
Date Posted: January 02, 2008
The Media Relations Officer, International, is responsible for creating, implementing and managing communications for the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, the McDonough School of Business and international issues at Georgetown University; develops strong working relationships with key administrators, department chairs, deans, program directors, and faculty members throughout the University and develop a keen understanding of the University’s strengths and priorities in the particular area of global engagement and business; contributes to the communications strategies in support of Georgetown’s goals and objectives by generating increased visibility and awareness of the University’s academic excellence, research findings and the specific contributions of faculty in the University community; provides expertise related to the news media that cover issues in higher education, international affairs, and business; and provides guidance and/or direct assistance to colleagues on related public relations strategies and efforts. Reports to the Director of Media Relations. REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s degree in journalism, public relations, liberal arts, international relations or related field of study; at least two years of experience in public relations, journalism, broadcasting, higher education, non-profit institution or related area; excellent written and oral communications skills; good judgment; ability to work on deadline; demonstrated interpersonal skills; and flexibility. Plus for proven media placement experience and knowledge of Microsoft Word and related systems.

The Four C’s of Blogging

I recently came across an excellent posting in one of my favorite blogs, Logic+Emotion. Its author, David Armano, has a unique talent for making complex topics easy to understand.

This particular posting, “The Four C’s of Blogging” concisely and accurately points of critical success factors in creating, promoting and growing a blog.

What do you think?

Mark Story

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Are you part of Web 2.0?

This article gives some simple steps to increase your organization’s web presence. What are you currently doing at your work place or in your personal life to be a part of Web 2.0? As a consumer, how do you want companies to interact with you?

Practice Your Blogging

http://www.webpronews.com/blogtalk/2007/10/15/building-a-bridge-between-your-story-bloggers-people

This article addresses the growing demand for PR professionals who can blog and know blogging. Author Brian Solis highlights the need to understand blogging and to know how to tell a good story. Afterall, who wants to read a boring blog?

What do you think about blogger relations? Do you have experience working with bloggers and what have you learned in your courses about blogging?

Question from an MPS SCS Student

I’d love to know which blogs get the most buzz from the students in our program.

Can anyone recommend a great blog — or two? I’d really like to hear from folks about blogs that are focused on developing topics in the communications field. It’s great we have all found “For Immediate Release” – it’s excellent. Blubrry.com has some great branding blogs. I’ve also enjoyed the Ragan Communications site. Anyone have other recommendations?

Responses:

Here are 2 sites that I’ve found interesting:

PR Meets the WWW: http://blog.basturea.com/
By Constantin Basturea – Director, New Media Strategies – http://www.converseon.com

The New PR Wiki: http://www.thenewpr.com/wiki/pmwiki.php

These I like for PR/new media/social media: http://www.pr-squared.com http://www.socialmediatoday.com
And these I like for levity’s sake! http://icanhascheezburger.com/ http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/
Enjoy!

Richard Edelman has a blog called 6 a.m. I believe he posts his thoughts on communications and public relations everyday.

I have just stumbled across http://www.prdisasters.com/. It is very interesting.

From David Wescott of “It’s Not a Lecture“:

I’ve got a few for your class, Mark:

http://nowisgone.com/ - this guy (Geoff Livingston) is local to you

http://everyoneisthepress.blogspot.com/

http://crisisblogger.wordpress.com/

http://www.nevillehobson.com/

And I rattled off a dozen here:

http://itsnotalecture.blogspot.com/2007/08/dozen-people-who-know-what-theyre-doing.html

Try www.ethicaloptimist.com . The blogger’s name is Ann Higgins, President of Utopia Communications. She spoke on Oct. 11 to our Ethics Class.

Here’s one I found: http://prblog.typepad.com/strategic_public_relation/ They’ve got some pretty interesting stuff!

I usually read this one http://blog.holtz.com/ but I keep this one http://wordsmith.org/ and other word blogs on my bloglines to help keep my writing unique.

Georgetown SCS Student Comments So Far

We’re off to a great start on our blog. Since the comments are listed to the side, I thought I would post all of the anonymous comments here so that they are a tad more visible. They are, unedited:

“What makes this program so unique is its professors. They are all extremely dedicated and work hard to make their courses valuable. They put time and effort into their lesson plans and it shows. I have been so happy with the program, thus far. I particularly enjoy the guest speakers. They have been entertaining and informative.”

“I’m very happy with the program. I’ve met great people and the professors are great, very dedicated. I’m thankful for this opportunity, and I’m learning so much!!!”

“I am grateful to have this new and exciting opportunity. I am loving my classes, the discussions and such. I work fulltime and I thought that going back to school might be too draining. But seriously, the only draining thing about class is finding parking in Georgetown! My classes are always engaging and never boring. I highly recommend to those thinking of applying. Oh, and maybe we can have a vending machine at the M st location!”

“Note: You will need a computer (laptop) for this program, especially one you really like and are comfortable working on. It will be your life saver!”

“I think this program is fantastic and I am so excited about the classes that I am taking, and the ones that I will be taking in the future. The only suggestion I have is in regards to class planning. I would really like to know more about the paths possible, and the classes I should take to get there.”

“I am very thankful and excited to be member of the MPR community. While I love the program I cannot wait to see what the future will hold for me once I am finish.”

“I was thrilled when I learned about this program, and find the classes to be challenging, and the professors and students to be quite knowledgeable. Each person is an asset to the program, and I look forward to applying some of the practices learned in the classroom to the office. “

“The program is a great opportunity for students to learn more about the PR field from actual practitioners. I really enjoy the guest speakers giving their real world experiences.”

“I think this entire program is so exciting, from the blog to the development of many new relationships. The opportunities are endless.”

“I am enjoying the program thus far. I feel it is very rigorous and will properly prepare me for my field.”

 

 

MPPR-750 Gets an Online Shout-Out!

Shel Holtz, one of the thought leaders in the convergence of online and offline public relations, fielded questions from a few Georgetown SCS students during a recent podcast.

Read all about it or listen here.

What do you think of the podcast, its topics, or the growing field of online public relations?

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