
Jaws is the best movie of all time. I watch it several times a year with intention and focus, hoping and searching for some new meaning or lesson I have not yet encountered [...]
I love it when two of the worlds I’m most interested in collide: sports and public relations. However, I can’t say I’m always a fan of the reasons for the collisions. For instance, Penn State and its football program are not new to the spotlight. The recent attention surrounding the Jerry Sandusky child abuse scandal [...]
A Chain of Command Checklist
When Secretary of State Alexander Haig stepped up to the White House podium on March 30, 1981, he surely recognized he was facing any number of difficult questions. President Reagan was on an operating table at a nearby hospital, undergoing surgery to remove a bullet from his chest. The media frenzy [...]
Gosh, today’s job market certainly isn’t what it was when I was in college — and that was just over a decade ago! I remember meeting with college guidance counselors who told me to look for a job that matched my skills. My skills? I didn’t think I had any skills then [...]
Cokie Roberts shared with various news outlets the late great former First Lady, Betty Ford, requested that when the time came Roberts deliver a eulogy at Mrs. Ford’s funeral. Mrs. Ford asked Roberts to discuss the old ways of Washington, when R’s and D’s were friends and as a result government worked.
I often hear the [...]
Widmeyer Communications hosted Katja Smirek, a colleague from Public Relations Organisation International (PROI) partner fischerAppelt, one of Germany’s largest independent communications firms, in DC for two weeks this June. Katja is a project head in fischerAppelt’s Berlin office. She works regularly on a number of public affairs-focused programs on topics such as transportation and higher education.