'Am I the PR A***hole?' New PRWeek podcast launches

About this episode

The episode discusses anonymous PR confessions and ethical dilemmas in public relations.

In each episode of the new podcast series Am I the PR A***hole? (AITPRA), PRWeek will read out your anonymous PR confessions and our judges – Lynn Advisory founder Shayoni Lynn and Hoffman Agency UK co-MD Richard Fogg – will decide whether an ethical line has been crossed. Confessions can be submitted via this link. This week’s confessions include: Purposely uploading unflattering images to a press portal Pitching the same ‘exclusive’ to two rival newspapers Asking juniors to sort travel admin And finally… booking a destructive thrash techno band for a credit card launch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: PRWeek

Guests: Shayoni Lynn, Richard Fogg

Topics covered

• PR ethics
• anonymous confessions
• media relations
• public relations
• judgment
• ethical dilemmas

Keywords

• PR confessions
• ethical lines
• media pitching
• travel admin
• techno band booking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PRWeek

Books & works: Am I the PR A***hole?

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