Friday, 8 October 2010

PR vs. Journalism

Working in PR, I suppose I'm not best placed to have an 'objective' view on the subject of PRs vs. Journos, but I read an article last week that really addressed the differences and more to the point, tensions, between the two gatekeepers of the news.
Weber Shandwick's head of media north, Sarah Park wrote an article on leading media site, How Do last week titled - ‘Strained relations - can PRs and journalists get along?' Not surprisingly, the article has sparked a lot of interest from people in the industry, chipping in with a gripe to justify their side of the debate. But unlike the endless list of bitter commentators, Park had a very subjective and eye opening account of why she believes communication between the two has hit an all time low.