Welcome to Media Disc!

I refrained from blogging for years. I joined social networking sites, became dependent upon e-mail and kept tabs on multiple news sites. When my Internet connection goes down—either due to Comcast updates or user misunderstanding—I am suddenly lost and disconnected. However, as the real-work phase of my life looms, I will finally join millions of others and start a blog, a now-essential instrument in a professional’s toolbox.

I am a junior at the University of Oregon studying journalism, public relations and economics. I am starting this blog to record observations and occurrences within the public relations world. I plan to focus on public relations used by musicians and the record industry, but I am open to learning about any hip public relations topic. The dynamic nature of the Internet and worldwide communications keeps public relations and communications constantly progressing.

Media Disc will serve as a digital diary of my ideas about public relations and how it will change in the future. As a free source of media coverage, public relations’ applications cannot be underestimated. I hope to keep this blog updated after my departure from J452 and use it throughout my academic career.