By Lesley | Published:
November 19, 2009
I attended a talk given by The Vancouver Sun’s managing editor, Kirk Lapointe at school the other day. He spoke about the future of journalism and public relations. One of the most compelling things he said that stayed with me was that the era of making a career out of journalism for 30, 40 years [...]
By Lesley | Published:
November 6, 2009
For one of my courses, PR 1140 – Computer Skills, we’re learning how to use Adobe InDesign. One of the assignments was to do a 10 page magazine spread. Since one of the requirements was to use high resolution (read: 300+dpi) pictures and I was feeling a little lazy, I used widescreen desktop wallpapers. Want [...]
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By Lesley | Published:
October 30, 2009
The past two months have just been a total whirlwind of activity for me. I’ve done so much work in the past two months in school – and at work – that have just made me wish for one day off where I wouldn’t have anything to do. Oh right – I also went to [...]
By Lesley | Published:
June 23, 2009
The Canadian Public Relations Society held their national conference from June 7 to June 9 at the Westin Bayshore in downtown Vancouver. I was lucky enough to volunteer as a live blogger and MC assistant during those three days, working as little as six hours to a maximum of fourteen hours each day. No complaints [...]
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By Lesley | Published:
June 12, 2009
June 9th was the last day of the Canadian Public Relations Society 2009 National Conference. For those of you just catching up, this conference was held at the Westin Bayshore, minutes away from Stanley Park. After doing a full day of live blogging and MC assisting, I was drop dead tired but also exhilarated by [...]
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