Archive for the ‘Media’ Category

How higher ed journalists use the Web: Peggy Berkowitz, editor of University Affairs

March 30th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

While I tend to focus my posts on US higher ed institutions, I know that more and more readers actually work at Canadian universities and colleges. That’s why I’ve decided to interview for this series about higher ed media Peggy Berkowitz, the editor of University Affairs published in print and online by the Association of […]

Higher Ed TV: UNL’s RealNebraska (Part 2), from online videos to the TODAY show

March 29th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

Don’t worry, I don’t plan to run a five-part series on RealNebraska, the video show produced by the admission office of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. But, I HAD to tell you about this. David Burge, the host of the show and the associate director for admissions at UNL, posted a comment to my […]

How higher ed journalists use the Web: Tim Goral, editor at University Business

March 7th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

As I mentioned yesterday in the first post of this series, “How higher ed journalists use the Web: Scott Jaschik, editor at Inside Higher Ed,” I interviewed a few journalists for my last column: “PR on the Web 101.” My big boss at University Business, Tim Goral, also shared with me how he uses the […]

Campus Technology now offers news updates via RSS

March 6th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

With its new website redesign, Campus Technology has made the leap into the RSS age. The magazine targeted to higher ed IT and Web professionals now offers news and updates via an RSS feed. Go subscribe to it with your favorite RSS reader! Now, if only their newsletters had their own individual RSS feeds as […]

How higher ed journalists use the Web: Scott Jaschik, editor at Inside Higher Ed

March 6th, 2007 Karine Joly 3 Comments

If you’ve read my last University Business column titled “PR on the Web 101,” you know that I’ve interviewed a few higher ed PR pros as well as reporters and editors to come up with 7 components of highly effective media relations web pages. But, I’m sure all the readers working in PR and Media […]

7 components of highly effective media relations university web pages

February 13th, 2007 Karine Joly 2 Comments

For my latest column in University Business, “PR on the Web 101,” I’ve identified 7 must-have features for any effective online newsroom. I selected the following components after asking a few editors and reporters for their wish lists. A direct link from the home page 24/7 e-mail and phone (including the area code) contact information […]

Feb. 2007 University Business column: “PR and the Web 101”

February 2nd, 2007 Karine Joly 2 Comments

My first UB column for 2007 is now available in the February issue as well as online: “PR and the Web 101” If you are a University Business reader who has just discovered collegewebeditor.com, welcome! Don’t forget to subscribe to this blog via RSS or email. If you have any questions or feedback about the […]

Finally, University Business offers its Daily Higher Ed News via… RSS!

November 22nd, 2006 Karine Joly 2 Comments

I was just checking something on University Business website when I saw the nice little RSS orange icon right next to the News section. Here’s the RSS feed. When I added it to my Bloglines account, I got the news from Nov 16. though (it might be Bloglines as I can see Nov 22 items […]

Why some higher PR people don’t follow up on media requests (The Answers!)

November 16th, 2006 Karine Joly No Comments

If you’ve read this blog, you know that I posted earlier this week my first rant (hey, 1 out of 260 posts, that’s not too bad) titled “Why PR people don’t follow up on media requests?” This was a real question that I ask myself and this blog’s readers after the PR contacts of 3 […]

Why don’t PR people follow up on media requests?

November 13th, 2006 Karine Joly 9 Comments

That’s a real question. If you have the answer, please post it in the comment area. I’m sure reporters and editors (and, actually some read this blog, too) will be interested to know. I’m currently completing my research for my next article. As regular readers know, I write the Internet Technologies column for University Business. […]