Archive for July, 2008

The National Housing Crisis Affects South Carolina

Comments Off Krista Robertson Posted on July 24th, 2008
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No one can avoid the subject with all the media attention. However, most of us live in a dream world and think things like foreclosure will never affect us. Well, it’s time to wake up. The national housing crisis is real and very close to home. Sunday the Charleston Post and Courier reported on foreclosure [...]

The future of the newspaper as we know it…

Comments Off Jessica Munday Posted on July 21st, 2008
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After coming across some interesting statistics about newspaper audiences from Journalism.org. I thought I would share one in particular that really stood out to me. Take a look at this graph of “Daily Newspaper Readership by Age Group.” This graph represents the percentage of individuals reading newspapers in an average week from 1999-2005 (editor’s note: [...]

CoolPeople who really care!

Comments Off Krista Robertson Posted on July 17th, 2008
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The great staff at CoolPeopleCare have done it again…giving back to nonprofits. Their new initiative allows virtually anyone to raise money and awareness for their favorite cause by donating a percentage of any merchandise purchased through their online store. And the best thing is…it’s easy. Basically, CoolPeopleCare will issue unique coupon codes to individuals who [...]

Wow! A PR Diva! What an honor!

Comments Off Jessica Munday Posted on July 17th, 2008
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Check out my recent profile on Palmetto PR Divas, a fun and informative public relations blog created by Kim Banks of Simko Communications and Liza Jones of Payne Jones Public Relations. These girls really know the meaning of paying it forward. Once you are profiled you get to nominate a fellow PR professional to be [...]