Peer's Blogs

This weeks assignment was to read the a couple blogs of my fellow students in my PRR 332 class. The first blog I chose to read was my friend Mallory Mullane's blog. I have known Mallory ever since I started at Quinnipiac so I figured it would be interesting to see what is on her mind. Her blogs, so far, have been about one of her first loves, hockey. I, myself, love hockey as well as I am a die hard New York Rangers fan. Even though she is an Islander fan, it was interesting to see what she had to say. Seeing that she has worked for a couple of hockey teams now she knows a lot more than I do about sports public relations, and that is what I would one day love to get into. Mallory would be a good person for me to talk to, to try to get some connections and an inside scoop to the PR world of sports.

The next blog I read was the blog belonging to Katie Warner. Katie's blog is about non-profit public research. I am not to familiar with the whole non-profit side of PR so I wanted to see what it is all about. Seeing as Katie worked for a non-profit company, it is a good place to start. After reading her blog, I got a good idea for what it takes to work in this field. It takes a big heart and passion. The dedication for working for a non-profit company is what makes it successful. You need people who love what they are doing and will  work their hardest no matter what.

How Important Are Ethics?

Growing up in my house, my parents taught me what was right and what was wrong. I learned my manners, i learned what i should say yes to, and i learned what i should say no to. I was always under the impression that morals and ethics were very important and that you needed them going through life. But as you look around at celebrities, or "our role models", you kind of think that since the way that they act without them, are they really important?

Celebrities are always in the news for getting in trouble. They think that they get a free pass because they are looked up too. Just because you are a celebrity, doesn't mean that you can just break you're probation because you want too or drive drunk because you are loved by so many. Their egos just go through the roof and they feel invincible. Like they can do no wrong. And when young kids see this, they could think that it is okay to do.

The worst case that sticks out in my mind is the Chris Brown and Rihanna case. If any guy in the world thinks that it is okay to do this to a woman then they deserve to be in jail for a very long time. Arguably, the biggest lesson my dad taught me growing up was to not lay hands on a girl ever. And a celebrity can go out and do this and get community service? Any normal average joe gets much worse then that. But since it is a celebrity doing it, all he needs to do is apologize on television and he is in the clear. When kids see celebrities, such as the ones above, act the way they do, then the ethics and morals of America and around the world go down the drain quickly.

First Blog

This will be the first ever blog that I have ever started. Since I am new to this, I suppose I really don't know what to expect. This blog, hopefully, will be a way for me to explain how I am feeling about things we are learning, and by doing this will help direct me in a way that I would like to choose a career path too. I am still unsure of what part of PR I want to go into, so I am really hoping that this class helps me out a lot in picking a field.