Please accept my apologies

Talk about a creator’s cluster. Ya think a little post looks ok to send and well …

I sincerely apologize to the few of you who received unintentional emails from me last week. As you know, or figured out, I changed newsletter platforms. A few who previously unsubscribed were included in the data carryover. I tried to remember those who left during the last two years, but if you received my emails in error, please accept my regrets and click below to help me update my files. I never want to spam (which is why I’m anti-pop-up, too). If you choose to stay, know I appreciate your time.

But wait - there’s more. The other issue I found is related. (Can I blame this on driving through a blizzard to get to a couple of games?) The unsubscribe and copyright buttons didn’t appear in the footer of this note last week. They were there, but only if you held a 27th-century magnetic telescope to the copy. Omitting those is against the law, and I certainly don’t want to face the feds because I went Casper on my copy. Again, I hope you’ll accept my apologies.

PR thoughts …

If you thought last year’s media bloodletting was bad, look at this week. From the Los Angeles Times to Sports Illustrated, TIME and others, a most important community element continues to be decimated with layoffs and closures.

I worked as a junior journalist early in my professional life. I call it that because I was in college and writing for my university’s newspaper, but it gave me the chops to string for what at the time were some of the biggest media outlets by circulation in the United States.

Knowing the industry from journalism and public relations sides of life has helped me greatly and, as a result, my public relations and publicity clients. Today I work harder than ever to sniff out fact from folly and preach accuracy whether we talk about clients’ earned or owned media. I’ve been called and accepted the tag of No B.S. agent as a result. I’ll take it.

Please support hard-working journalists who still bust their tushes to tell you stories you may not otherwise know. Their work keeps communities, teams and leaders accountable. Whether they report for legacy media outlets or independent distributors, reporters’ work is as important as ever.

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