Erin Caldwell’s PRblog

Well, they have for a while, right?  I think I recall being subscribed a year ago or so.  My memory is really foggy, but for some reason, I had access to PRWeek for a brief time — either as a trial or a special limited-time access or something.  Probably had something to do with being a student at the time.  At any rate, thanks to Constantin’s update, I’ve rediscovered PRWeek’s feeds.

Hmm.  There seem to be some glitches.  Ahh … and yeah, you still have to have a subscription to view the regular news content in full view.  But beyond the glitches, I seem to be able to read the blog content fine.  (I subscribed to all three blogs they offer for now; trying them all out.)

This post in The Editors’ Blog struck me as interesting.  It’s calling for people to send in press releases via RSS, rather than email.  Surely, other people out there are doing that, but this caught my eye because I hadn’t really seen that practice mentioned much.  We used RSS to distribute news releases at Camp ASCCA while I was an intern there.  (Granted, RSS pick-up in rural Alabama is rather slim, but that Robert French — always super-on-top of things!)

I very much agree with Mr. O’Brien’s point that RSS helps cuts down on email noise.  It’s spam-proof.  (Knock on wood.)  Goodness knows if I have to subscribe or opt-in to anything, the last place I want it going is my Inbox.