>hen there's the nifty
>fact that when a former 'reporter' from KUHF left she took a PR
>job with the Texas Medical Center.
Lots of journalism schools have repositioned themselves as broad schools of "communication," which includes advertising and PR in the curriculum. It's not uncommon for a journalist who wants to make some more $ to hop to the PR game.
One of the delights of doing a radio show is that you get listed in directories, and therefore called by publicists. While some book publicists can be serious, interesting people, most others of the breed are repellently oily and upbeat. I don't know how they can stand it, making phone call after phone call, touting some crappy company or product or concept, sounding like it's the most important thing since indoor plumbing.
Doug