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May 29
@KTLAMorningNews Can you get rid of DiCarlo and bring back Kriski?
It's not for his womens/ladies screw up. It's a consistent issue with him, foot in mouth and stupid comments. And usually offensive.
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May 19
.@LinkedIn just published its inaugural Top Companies list for Los Angeles. Ten companies, ranked on real career data: promotion velocity, skills growth, retention, internal mobility.
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May 19
Take Disney off the top and the list reads like an industrial census of a city that doesn't think of itself as industrial.
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May 19
Two recent @UCLA events left me bullish on LA tech.
The Anderson Venture Accelerator: real founders working on real ideas across CPG, biotech, and music.
The AI Live Arts Summit at the Nimoy: artists embracing AI, not resisting it. A student hackathon (skewing overwhelmingly female) that shipped genuinely interesting work.
The kids are alright.
techinla.substack.com/p/the-…
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May 18
Got to share some hard-won lessons in @AJFeuerman's Spin Cycle this week alongside a great group of PR pros. The hits: look at the camera on Zoom, stop talking after the interview, and no, you can't review the article before it runs.
ajfeuerman.substack.com/p/pr…
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May 13
Why you let your PR person ask these questions. We're allowed to (expected to) look like a dick or stupid and it saves the client from the awkward viral moment.
Plus, he didn't read the room and drop the subject. He leaned in.
Awkward moment kicks off KTLA interview with Xavier Becerra. @CaliforniaICP Full report: ktla.com/news/california/xav…
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Apr 13
The "you don't need PR" posts are back for their annual resurfacing.
Always the same format: listicle, humble brag about media hits, mom is proud.
What they miss: media relations is one part of the job. Counsel, strategy, issues management. That's the rest of it.
And the tell? When crisis hits, these same people are calling a PR person immediately.
Dismissing a discipline doesn't make the need for it disappear.
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Apr 9
The LA Times wrote an obituary for Silicon Beach and missed one of the killers: itself.
No one covers tech in LA. One of the top engineering hubs in the country, and it's basically invisible.
So I started a newsletter: techinla.substack.com/p/the-…
Subscribe or pitch me...
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Apr 6
As a subscriber to Wired, I'm hoping for the story that includes every single touchpoint: furry mom influencers on Twitch w/conspiracy theories.
Apr 6
HELLO today is my first day as a senior culture writer at @WIRED and I am very excited to be here! Please pitch me at ej_dickson@wired.com if you have any story tips related to: influencers, streamers, weird right-wing internet shit, furries, and moms being too online
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Apr 2
Two people doing AI in comms the right way: @KyleArteaga at @bulleitgroup and @DandotLewis at The Comms Stack.
Not theory. Not vibes. Actual process, actual testing, actual answers. Kyle has been doing the work at Bulleit, testing wire services for AEO/GEO, building AI into the actual agency process. Dan interviewed him for The Comms Stack, and it's one of the better reads on where AI and comms actually are right now.
It's worth the read to get new insights (and go subscribe): thecommsstack.com/p/why-the-… .
(Also: not a real book, but someone should write it.)
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Apr 1
Not an April Fool's Joke (at least, I'll bet money it isn't).
A restructuring firm got a big assignment. FT tried to reach their PR contact (see ft.com/content/05c9515a-d183… ). No record of her anywhere. AI said the headshot was 97% likely fake.
Their entire PR function was AI.
Meanwhile, our industry keeps insisting AI makes human PR more important. Someone didn't get the memo.
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Apr 1
A WSJ linguist says bad grammar/spelling is a "power move" that signals: you're so unimportant, I don't need to write well.
My translation: I'm so insecure, I need to pull power moves.
The people cited as the biggest offenders? A group I'd never want to be associated with, even in passing.
Good grammar is respect. For your reader, your message, and the language itself.
(They don't respect you. We know.)
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Jeremy Pepper retweeted
Mar 29
Even commercial truck thieves need a break.
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Mar 29
Going to @detroitsymphony children's events throughout my formative years gave me an appreciation of classical music and the arts.
Hope they still do those series.
Mar 29
IF You get a chance.. no matter what city you are in .. go to the Symphony in your town .. it will change your life
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Mar 29
Hemorrhoids? Gets nervous on stage so has to pee? I don't think I've been that fidgety since kindergarten.
But bets he thinks he's being clever noting being annoying.
Mar 29
Are Palentir’s shareholders and customers ok with this behavior from CEO Alex Karp? x.com/MmisterNobody/status/2…
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Mar 29
Seeing a PR person waxing poetic about a reporter after they leave a newsroom, but also begging someone to send gift links to articles because they’re too cheap to subscribe.
Pretty much the entire media/PR issue in one line.
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