Over the past few years, social media has become the biggest platform to show support for different social and human rights causes. From Black Lives Matter to Supporting Ukraine, individuals and businesses are sharing their support with posts on their pages. Now, more than ever, is the time that we should ask ourselves what we [...]
I have a confession: I love watching public relations play out on the TV screen. I don’t think I’m alone in the fact that Scandal’s Olivia Pope ignited my initial interest in public relations. Watching her cover up a multitude of White House crises was exciting, suspenseful and, frankly, pretty badass. However, as much as [...]
You’ve seen the news, the media, the protests. What you do with your voice amidst social justice movements is entirely your decision. At Ben & Jerry’s, using business power to voice progressive beliefs is at the core of their brand mission. You may know Ben & Jerry’s as simply an indulgent ice cream company. However, [...]
Summary of Guest Marvis Herring is a journalist currently working at WLKY News in Louisville, KY. He previously worked at Wood TV8 in Grand Rapids, MI. As a graduate of Grand Valley State University, Marvis has been both an anchor and producer when working in news. When not on camera, Marvis loves to travel, [...]
Here we are, in the middle of a global pandemic, and at the very beginning of an undoubtedly, justified, powerful racial movement. These times are flooded with varying controversial and uncontroversial emotions by impassioned citizens who some have kept quiet and some have shared. One of the main conversations of today is deciphering the means [...]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks (and centuries of racism), you have seen social media plastered with the Black Lives Matter movement. Long overdue for black voices to be heard and fought for, white people cannot simply stand back and watch. Silence has allowed black lives to be killed [...]
By: Brooklyn Wilson (@brookwilson97) Fake news has been around since the birth of the media and has continued to grow into the powerhouse that it is today. Why? It’s cheap and easy to publish, the media has its own agenda, and our country is more politically polarized than it ever has been, therefore encouraging media [...]
