GET A JOB
Sabre Holdings seeks a media relations manager. Must have at least five years experience in a marketing or corporate communications department or agency, plus a bachelor's degree in PR, communications, journalism or related field. Contact Andrea Scott at andrea.scott@sabre-holdings.com. ... The Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, Fort Worth chapter, seeks a membership coordinator. Requirements include bachelor's degree and computer competence, including Microsoft Office applications. Experience with writing, editing or managing publications desired; web design and network administration capabilities a plus. E-mail résumé to Kathy R. Kelly, chapter executive director, at krkelly@fwtscpa.org. ... From Lauren M. Olson: "Considering a career in law? Consider the Texas Wesleyan University School of Law, law.txwes.edu." ...
Two positions are open at the USC Annenberg School for Communication: an assistant professor specializing in race/ethnicity with an emphasis on social change issues, and a full-time tenure-track associate professor. File review begins Oct. 15. Send a CV, three letters of recommendation and work samples to Dr. Abigail Kaun, Associate Director, School of Communication, Annenberg School for Communication, 3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281, kaun@usc.edu, (213) 740-0934. ... A San Antonio-based PR firm seeks a freelancer for a variety of projects, including web copy, marketing materials, bylined articles, client testimonials and business development proposals. Must have experience developing materials for a law firm or legal department of a corporation. E-mail synopsis of relevant experience and fees to melindah@kgbtexas.com. ...
The "Today" show has a one-year entry-level assistant position available. Mostly clerical work and some research; no media experience necessary, just a deep interest in the news. E-mail résumé to melanie.altarescu@nbc.com. ... Can you greet? Can you memorize the inventory in home furnishings? Can you focus the troops who do? Wal-Mart has openings for a senior reputation manager, senior communications manager/diversity, internal communications manager, PR manager/merchandising, PR manager/government communication, government relations manager and several community affairs managers. Contact Ryan Loken at ryan.loken@wal-mart.com or (479) 204-3059.
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COMINGS & GOINGS
Exits ... at the S-T: Blab! editor Doug Perry, to The Oregonian in Portland as assistant team leader for the Living section
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PRESIDENT'S CORNER
Pamela Smith, Greater Fort Worth PRSA
Since ethics seem in short supply these days, maybe I should not have been surprised at the modest turnout at last month's luncheon on the topic (PRSA national proclaimed September Ethics Month). Those of us who attended had an excellent time. Maybe those who didn't attend were busy cleaning up the unethical practices of others.
At the luncheon, each table was handed a potentially unethical scenario. We pondered how to escape our dilemma, which wasn't always easy. I learned a lot from my peers that day. After the group discussions, I felt empowered. I was reminded that ethics is one of those things you carry with you. It affects the decisions you make every day, both at work and at home.
So if you get discouraged when you watch the news or read the paper, remember that you can make a difference by choosing to be ethical in all that you do. For more information about ethics in public relations, visit that section of the national PRSA web site, prsa.org/_about/ethics/.
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PRESIDENT'S COLUMN
Tim Tune, IABC/Fort Worth
Sooner or later, you'll want to hold a special event, and it won't succeed without having someone at the top who can juggle copious details. Patrick Grady, RadioShack senior director of events and recognition, is just such a leader. He will share his event-planning secrets this month at IABC/Fort Worth.
Patrick is responsible for the planning and execution of all of the company's events, including Peak of Performance, a weeklong celebration and training extravaganza that includes an Emmy-style awards show, numerous plenary sessions and receptions, dozens of breakouts and Answers Expo, a private trade show presented by vendors for about 2,000 RadioShack top performers, their guests and executives.
Patrick's tips can be applied to events as complicated as Peak of Performance or simpler affairs, such as your next team-building retreat. So join us Oct. 5 and learn from the master event planner.
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OVER & OUT
John Dycus, Fort Worth SPJ
Retiring (vs. shy and retiring) UTA Public Affairs director and Gridiron scripter emeritus Donna Darovich was my first editor, which means she has been correcting my work -- making me smile -- for almost 40 years. She gets all glassy-eyed and starts to hyperventilate over whatever it is she's doing next (which she won't detail), so if she's happy, I'm happy. Still, Davis Hall at UTA will not feel the same without her. Elaine Marsilio at Donna's favorite university newspaper has a fitting tribute, full of appropriately warm and warmly appropriate quotes. Feel free to supply your own.
Rocky Deutscher reports that her beloved, Jack Raskopf, responded "fabulously" to quintuple-bypass surgery ("two more than Clinton had!") Sept. 29. An apparent poster guy for geriatric good health, when Jack went in for a routine stress test, the doctors found 90 percent blockage in at least one artery and immediately scheduled the operation. No fooling, no symptoms. As for Jack's managing the surgery so well, an upbeat Rocky says, "We had a lot of people praying for him." Send those cards to 2533 Walsh Court, Fort Worth 76109-1057. And if you're one of the prayers, no sense stopping now.
Everywhere the must-reads. Bill Moyers brought the house down last month in New York. His speech is here. And: Visiting Iraq's interim prime minister, Dr. Iyad Allawi, "is a short course in just how bad the situation has become for anybody associated with the American purpose in Iraq. To reach the house is to navigate a fantastical obstacle course of checkpoints, with Iraqi police cars and Humvees parked athwart a zigzag course through relays of concrete barriers. ... " Full story here. And: In arguing that the runaway trend in media mergers must stop, Seattle Times publisher Frank Blethen makes a case that "democracy is in crisis -- not in far parts of the world but right here in the United States." More here.
Closing words, Bush family division: "Had we gone into Baghdad -- we could have done it, you guys could have done it, you could have been there in 48 hours -- and then what? Which sergeant, which private, whose life would be at stake in perhaps a fruitless hunt in an urban guerrilla war to find the most-secure dictator in the world? Whose life would be on my hands as the commander in chief because I, unilaterally, went beyond the international law, went beyond the stated mission, and said we're going to show our macho? We're going into Baghdad. We're going to be an occupying power -- America in an Arab land -- with no allies at our side. It would have been disastrous." -- George H.W. Bush, in a 1998 speech to Gulf War veterans ... "There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee -- that says, fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again." -- George W. Bush, Nashville, Sept. 17, 2002
