This is Steve Lubetkin’s primary blog (formerly “Lubetkin’s Other Blog”), where he comments on journalism, communications, and public relations issues of importance, and encourages a dialogue with readers. Steve is a veteran public relations practitioner and a long-time national leader in the Public…
In this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we have a conversation with Charlie Kratovil, a community activist and award-winning hyperlocal newspaper editor in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Kratovil started the local news website New Brunswick [Read more...]
In this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we feature a panel discussion on agency business development hosted by the Senior Professionals group of the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. [Read more...]
Veteran Philadelphia TV news assignment editor Bob Timms joins Steve Lubetkin for a conversation about the changing face of broadcast news. [Read more...]
Alyssa Zeff, vice president, Davis & Co., previews the online webinar she will conduct on visual content and infographics for the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators on April 30, from noon to 1 p.m. [Read more...]
Beth Gordon, president of Accelerate Team Performance, previews her March 21 IABC Philadelphia program, "Creating and maintaining high-performance culture during transformational change." [Read more...]
A panel conversation, "Leadership for Ultimate Performance: Yours, Your Organization's, Your Peers', Your Team's," recorded at the Senior Professionals Group meeting sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. [Read more...]
In this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we chat with Naresh Vissa, CEO of Krish Media Marketing and author of the book, Fifty Shades Of Marketing: Whip Your Business Into Shape & Dominate Your [Read more...]
In this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications Podcast, we present two short panels offered by the New Jersey chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, recorded May 10, 2018 in Rahway, NJ. [Read more...]
In this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications Podcast, we present a panel discussion on leadership held May 2, 2018 by the Senior Professionals group of the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of [Read more...]
In this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications Podcast, we present the 2018 Meet the Media panel produced by the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America in cooperation with the New Jersey [Read more...]
“No one is waiting for Washington to do anything remotely intelligent any more,” Bruce Katz says. Listen to an audio podcast of Katz' remarks. [Read more...]
Media relations has been a mainstay of the PR industry for decades, but that’s changing, especially as newsrooms shrink. Companies large and small are now telling their own stories, publishing them on SEO-enhanced online news [Read more...]
On this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we present this year’s “Meet the Media” panel, sponsored by the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. The panel was held March 30, [Read more...]
In this episode of the Trafcom News Podcast, cross-posted from Donna’s podcast site, Donna Papacosta and Steve Lubetkin, co-authors of The Business of Podcasting, discuss some of the business aspects of podcasting, specifically how to [Read more...]
In this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we talk with Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel of the National Press Photographers Association about freedom of the press, constraints imposed by government on the working press, [Read more...]
Patrick Jackson was one of the pioneers of what he called “behavioral public relations,” but his untimely death in 2001 at age 68 didn’t stop Jackson Jackson & Wagner, his firm from continuing to work [Read more...]
In this installment of the Lubetkin on Communications Podcast, we present a panel discussion recorded July 12, 2016 at Temple University in Philadelphia. The panel, co-sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA), the Society [Read more...]
On this edition of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we chat in-studio with StevieChris and José Rosado, hosts of the Angry Millennial Podcast. The Angry Millennial podcast features Interviews with creatives from all walks of [Read more...]
In this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we hear a panel presentation from the April 28 NJCAMA meeting in Princeton, NJ. At the New Jersey Communications, Advertising, and Marketing Association’s April 28, 2016 [Read more...]
In this edition of the Lubetkin on Communications Podcast, we present a “Meet the Media” Panel conducted by the New Jersey Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America on April 5, 2016 at Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ. [Read more...]
James (Jim) E. Lukaszewski (Loo-ka-SHEV-skee) is one of America’s most visible corporate go-to people for senior executives when there is trouble in the room or on the horizon. In this podcast, he speaks with Steve Lubetkin about the state of crisis PR, and his upcoming May 12 appearance at IABC Philadelphia. [Read more...]
On this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we bring you a "Meet the Media" panel organized by the Delaware Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. [Read more...]
On this edition of the Lubetkin on Communications Podcast, we chat with Ken Jacobs, the principal of Jacobs Executive Coaching and Jacobs Communications Consulting. About the Guest Ken Jacobs is the principal of Jacobs Executive [Read more...]
After 40 years as a print journalist covering entertainment and feature news, most recently for the Philadelphia Daily News for nearly two decades, Chuck Darrow is today launching the next chapter, a weekly radio program, [Read more...]
In a digital age, is there still a demand for a traditional newspaper clipping service? For Gregory Weber, owner of Garden State Press Clipping Service, the answer for more than 40 years has been a [Read more...]
In this edition of the Lubetkin on Communications Podcast, we chat with Rob Biesenbach, a corporate communications expert, author, actor and public speaker, who will be presenting his seminar, “Act Like You Mean Business: Lessons [Read more...]
In this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications Podcast, we present an October 15, 2015 panel discussion on Content Marketing from the New Jersey Chapter of the American Marketing Association. How do you get your [Read more...]
A new survey of the advertising industry suggests that morale in many agencies is “low” or “dangerously low.” What’s behind the unhappiness? We chat with Doug Quenqua, editor in chief of Campaign US, the magazine [Read more...]
In this edition of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we are covering communications at two ends of New Jersey. In our first segment, an interview with Michael O’Connell, host of the popular “It’s All Journalism” [Read more...]
Steve spoke about his journey of “Baby boomer reinvention” at PodCamp Philly September 19, as part of Content Camp/PodCamp Philly 2015. You can hear his presentation in the Lubetkin on Communications podcast in the player [Read more...]
In the April 14, 2015 edition of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we chat with Joan Detz, a veteran speechwriting expert and presentation skills coach. Joan will be offering her workshop “How to Write Short [Read more...]
In this episode of the Lubetkin on Communications Podcast, we present a panel discussion by two networking experts, Bob Madonna and Steve Smolinsky, who shared their approaches to effective business networking at the December 8, [Read more...]
Update, July 31: The Business of Podcasting is now available for instant download on the Amazon Kindle. Click here to order. In this episode of the Trafcom News Podcast, produced by Toronto-based podcaster Donna Papacosta, [Read more...]
In episode #53 of the Lubetkin on Communications Podcast, we present a media panel recording, “Video killed the radio star and Twitter buried Facebook,” held May 8, 2014 at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ. [Read more...]
For more than 40 years, Larry Litwin, APR, Fellow, PRSA, has been teaching the practice of public relations at Rowan University, Glassboro, Gloucester County, NJ, and elsewhere. Following a distinguished career in broadcast journalism with [Read more...]
In episode #51 of the “Lubetkin on Communications Podcast,” a speaking appearance by Steve Lubetkin at the New Jersey Bankers Association’s 2013 marketing conference, held Thursday, June 6, 2013 in Monroe Township, NJ. In this [Read more...]
Zeeshan Zaidi, lead singer and producer of the New York-based indie rock band The Commuters, joins Steve Lubetkin on this edition of the Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast. From The Commuters’ website: Before forming [Read more...]
In the 50th episode of the Lubetkin on Communications podcast, we present a panel program, “Beyond Likes, Tweets & Check-Ins: What it Takes to Make REAL News.” The podcast was recorded at an April 17, [Read more...]
Back in the early 1970s, we had a music room in the basement. My dad played the vibes (see photo), mom played the Lowrey organ, and we hosted musical accompanists from among my dad’s students [Read more...]
Our guest in this edition of the Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast is singer/songwriter Alexandra Inglis. Alex has been performing since she was eight, and she has already appeared at legendary Jersey Shore clubs [Read more...]
In this edition of the “Lubetkin on Communications Podcast,” we present a panel discussion hosted November 28, 2012 by the Social Media Club of Delaware at the Marriott Courtyard Hotel, Newark, DE, on “Social Media [Read more...]
In November 1979, Iranian revolutionaries stormed and captured the US Embassy in Teheran. Angered by the US Government decision to permit the former Shah of Iran to enter the US for cancer treatment, they held [Read more...]
Update: We decided to use the August Compuschmooze column to update the available information about Talmud study materials on the web. You can read the column and check out the links we discovered at the [Read more...]
In this episode of the Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast, we speak with bestselling author Jason Jennings, author of The Reinventors: How Extraordinary Companies Pursue Radical Continuous Change, in which he describes the characteristics [Read more...]
Every September, the Public Relations Society of America promotes “Ethics Awareness Month,” to inform and educate the public relations profession about ongoing issues and concerns regarding PR ethics. There is an extensive collection of ethics [Read more...]
In this episode of the Middle Chamber Books and Music Podcast, we speak with marketing expert Dick Martin about his most recent book, Secrets of the Marketing Masters – What the Best Marketers Do – [Read more...]
In this episode of the “Lubetkin on Communications” podcast, we present a “Meet the Media” panel discussion recorded February 23, 2011 in Wilmington, DE, at the breakfast meeting of the Delaware Chapter of the Public [Read more...]
In this live recording from PodCamp Philly 2010, we speak with Chuck Stanley, one of the co-hosts of the Eagles Fancast podcast, about doing a sports podcast. Chuck describes himself as “a bleed-green Eagles fan, [Read more...]
In this special PodCamp Philly 2010 podcast, we interview Paul “@Caffination” Muller, host of the Caffination Podcast, and the technology guru behind the scenes at PodCamp Philly 2010. Paul runs technology for the Architecture Department [Read more...]
In this special podcast recorded live at PodCamp Philly 2010, we speak with Amy Childs. Amy is a “happiness consultant” and hosts the “Whatever Whatever Amen” Podcast. Says Amy, In my work as a Happiness [Read more...]
In this special podcast #4 recorded live at PodCamp Philly 2010, we interview Howard Yermish and Sandy Spadaro of the “10 Minutes at Exit 4” podcast. Thanks in part to insane amounts of coffee, Howard [Read more...]