#comm306

Posts tagged with #comm306 were created for students in COMM 306, Integrated Strategic Communication at Queens University of Charlotte.

  • 30 Questions for a More Localized Media Release

    30 Questions for a More Localized Media Release

    Making any story a local story is one of the great challenges of both journalism and public relations work. This semester in my Integrated Strategic Communication course, students were working on media releases and feature stories. Seitel’s The Practice of Public Relations notes that most media releases either struggle to be well-written, localized, or newsworthy (and…

  • Mixing Reporters and Students: A “Live” lesson in media relations

    Mixing Reporters and Students: A “Live” lesson in media relations

    When the news of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s generous grant (to name the James L. Knight School of Communication) was announced, I knew it wouldn’t be long before the gift impacted my teaching opportunities in the classroom; but I never thought that the impact would be so strong on the very…

  • Feedback for New Bloggers

    Feedback for New Bloggers

    Blogging can be a daunting task for those who are new to the practice. Here are some general notes I’ve compiled after reading the first week’s blog posts in my integrated strategic communication course, followed by five tips for improving our blog community in this course. Source Citations: If you use a quote from any…