KC Star columnist victim of an unethical cheap shot

I didn't think it was really all that condescending. I think it was ill-advised.

Just as bad was the PR woman's response about how many skills and talents PR folks have that the averaged dim-witted writer couldn't comprehend.

I really don't know of any successful newspaper people who have gone into PR or public affairs or communications who haven't done a great job.

 

Mark Cuban applauds the columnist's no-bullshit approach, given that he's a veteran of the work force with a 30-year paper trail behind him.

http://blogmaverick.com/2009/08/28/success-motivation-a-great-letter-dissed/

 

I would say that accountability can also come from your (loyal) readers. Sure, there are bloggers (and commentators in print, TV, radio, etc.) who speak only to a slobbering group of devotees. But more often, I think, the consumers of said blog content can and do provide an invaluable service by calling bloviators on their bullshit.

Accountability to the public is in my mind more important than accountability to the people you're writing about -- provided you have your facts straight when you're writing about them.

 

And Hendricks says he doesn't regret sending the email, nor how he presented himself.

http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=169169

 

She regrets it, but I'm not seeing the word "apology" or any derivative...

 

Pretty fascinating stuff, regardless.
The second e-mail, its in the Poynter link, is even more interesting, because he apologizes for sounding flippant, but he was basically saying, I make some decent coin now and I don't want to waste your time if this is a poorly-paid, entry-level gig.
And that he would rather be writing for them than promoting the company's writers.

I know that I've applied for for gigs without my employer knowing and it would royally suck if they leaked I was looking to a blog.

 

Hendricks' "inquiry" is a good example of how not to get a job, but I was really bothered by the blogger trying to keep the company anonymous, but calling out Hendricks. The point could have still been made without using anyone's name, so it's only appropriate I guess that her name be out there and open to criticism. The PR-loving blogger also showed why no one would ever confuse him for being a journalist with his move of protecting the company but naming the letter writer. It was a lame move.

 

Yeah, she regrets it now that she's took a little blowback.

Want to vent? Bitch to a co-worker. Don't obliterate personal privacy.