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5 Media Literacy Tips to Avoid Election Misinformation

By Alex Perez and Alex Mahadevan for Poynter Carl Azuz isn’t dead. That’s a fact. Despite some tweets about the beloved former CNN 10 host’s mortal status, Azuz is alive and focused on fighting misinformation ahead of the midterm elections. With the midterm elections looming, Azuz and TikTok influencer Hasley Pitman are kicking off their MediaWise ambassadorships to […]


Surviving a Professional Faux Pas

From the RIPS Law Librarian Blog Years ago, at an on-campus interview, questioning librarians asked me if I realized there was a typo in my resume.  Decades before spell check and Grammarly, it was easy and common to see typos of various sorts in all types of documents.  My mistake of only one letter created […]


How To Get A Google Review Removed

By Annette Choti for Above The Law Violations that Allow Law Firms to Remove Reviews While the process of removing a Google review is not necessarily complex, Google’s guidelines determine if you have a review that is eligible for removal. However, there are common violations that may allow law firms to remove reviews from their Google […]


The Bruce Willis Deepfake Is Everyone’s Problem

By Will Bedingfield for WIRED JEAN-LUC GODARD ONCE claimed, regarding cinema, “When I die, it will be the end.” Godard passed away last month; film perseveres. Yet artificial intelligence has raised a kindred specter: that humans may go obsolete long before their artistic mediums do. Novels scribed by GPT-3; art conjured by DALL·E—machines could be […]


Today’s Lesson for Schools in Crisis: Make Communication Part of the Solution

By Thom Fladung, Hennes Communications So far in 2022, as of the end of September, Hennes Communications had worked with dozens of schools, school districts and other education organizations. Our work involved serious issues and potential controversies including: Sexual misconduct allegations involving teachers Sexual misconduct allegations involving students Tense labor negotiations Superintendents facing no confidence […]


September 11: Escaping the South Tower and a Framework of Surviving an Infrastructure Disaster

Detect, Deny, Deduce, Debate, Decide, Do, Drive, Deliver and Divulge Kevin Laub was in the South Tower of the World Trade Center on 9/11 when the North Tower was struck by the first plane.  Despite being told there was nothing to worry about, followed by instructions to stay in-place and the inertia and paralysis of […]


Difficult Conversations Happening in the Boardroom

Introduction by Nora Jacobs, Hennes Communications Over the years, we’ve helped a number of organizations announce management transitions involving their CEO – a change that, even when well-planned – requires carefully crafted communications in order to minimize distractions, concerns and disengagement among stakeholders.  Most often, we work closely with the board chair and board leadership […]


Is Your Crisis Communications Plan Up to Date?

By Claudia Pritchitt for Professional Planner If you were looking for a prime example of how not to manage crisis communications – look no further than Optus. Since the news of its data leak broke Optus has failed at every turn to communicate adequately with impacted customers, with government agencies trying to assist, and with media reporting […]


How Social Media Amplifies Misinformation More Than Information

By Steven Lee Myers for The New York Times It is well known that social media amplifies misinformation and other harmful content. The Integrity Institute, an advocacy group, is now trying to measure exactly how much — and on Thursday it began publishing results that it plans to update each week through the midterm elections […]


Better Crisis Communications Needed in Health Emergencies

Trust is key for combatting a pandemic or other public health emergency.  Trust is predictive of how people are going to take in information and act on that information.  Trust is incredibly difficult to earn but so easy to lose.  Here, you’ll find a list of guiding principles for crisis communication.       Photo […]


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