The Senior Vice-President with Dittus Communications, Kevin Walker, believes that Taser International, which makes the Taser stun guns that have caused dozens of deaths in the United States alone, is misunderstood.

"Newsroom managers throughout the Middle East recognize the need for improved standards among the region's journalists, and training programs are proliferating," writes Gordon Robinson, director of the Middle East Media Project, in the summary to his report "Tasting Western Journalism: Media Training in the Middle East." (PDF) Robinson finds that media training is turning into a "large and gr

PR Week reports on the video news release industry's response to Senator Byrd's one-year measure and the Truth in Broadcasting Act, both of which require disclaimers for pre-packaged "news" segments.