January 11, 2013

Anonymous asked: "All kidding aside, we do hope that Seau and other football players are ok." -- Did you know that Junior Seau's dead..? (And that the only way they were able to diagnose him with the brain disease is because after his suicide his family donated his brain to the National Institutes of Health..?)

Hi there, Thank you for your note. Yes, I did realize my mistake quickly after sending out the newsletter and I cannot apologize enough for it - both to you and the rest of the Muck Rack readers. We had a correction and apology run in today’s Daily. I do appreciate you taking the time to point it out though. -delia

December 22, 2012
Muck Rack: What to buy the journalist in your life | A holiday gift guide

muckrack:

via http://satanloveslola.tumblr.com/Let’s face it, you’re a busy news person. You wear 1,000 hats and your desk is overflowing with tasks not yet finished. There is no time for leaving your desk, finding parking, browsing the holiday windows or shopping. But, at the end of the day, you still have to put on one more hat (the…

November 29, 2012
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of writing for New York magazine

Here are all of the pieces that came out of it: 

Saturday:

  1. Black Friday Came Early This Year
  2. PSY Puts ‘Baby’ in the Corner
  3. Some New Yorkers Did Actually Vote for Mitt Romney
  4. PATH Will Take Commuters to WTC Come Monday
  5. Glenn-Beck Backed Congressman-Elect to Ghostwrite Elizabeth Smart’s Memoir
  6. For $hame, New York Times! 
  7. President Obama Is a Small Business Saturday Guy


Sunday:

  1. Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo Estimate Hurricane Sandy’s Billion-Dollar Damage 
  2. Police Say Bronx Teen Was Strangled To Death 
  3. GOP Lawmakers Acknowledge Need for Higher Tax Revenues
  4. Thanksgiving Box Office Has Best Weekend Ever
  5. Morgan Freeman Makes Marriage Equality Sound Really Good
  6. The New York Times on the 2013 Mayoral Race: ‘Where Are the Jews?’ 

You can also see them on the NYmag page.

November 25, 2012
Gym Class drummer talks about success - Web Exclusive - The Hofstra Chronicle

As the Gym Class Heroes were preparing for their show at the Adams Playhouse, drummer Matt McGinley, 25, who along with front man Travis McCoy founded the band in his freshman year of high school, took time away to chat with the B Section.

Read more.

November 25, 2012
At the Mediabistro Cocktail Party in New York, August 2012 with Vision Monday’s Deirdre Carroll
(Photo by Mediabistro)

At the Mediabistro Cocktail Party in New York, August 2012 with Vision Monday’s Deirdre Carroll

(Photo by Mediabistro)

November 25, 2012
Selima for June Ambrose Launch at Le Bain 3.24.2012
Pictured with June Ambrose and Vision Monday’s Deidre Carroll
(via Selima Optique)

Selima for June Ambrose Launch at Le Bain 3.24.2012

Pictured with June Ambrose and Vision Monday’s Deidre Carroll

(via Selima Optique)

November 25, 2012
'Jigsaw' Games: Lady Soverign Dishes on Her New Album - Blackbook

By Delia Paunescu

March 16, 2009

When Lady Sovereign first made her debut stateside, she broke all kinds of molds, stereotypes and records. The petite MC shares that she doesn’t care about fashion, that too much work makes her unhappy, and how to properly ask her aboard your yacht. With her second album Jigsaw coming out next month, Lady Sov also explains that England hasn’t yet embraced her the way America did, but remains hopeful for the future.

Read more.

November 1, 2012
Muck Rack: PR pro tip: pitching after Sandy

muckrack:

In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, when so much of the tristate area is either underwater or without power (including Muck Rack’s office!), we received the following question that’s on many peoples’ mind from Laura Fitton at HubSpot (a Muck Rack Pro subscriber):

“I’d LOVE to see…

November 1, 2012
Muck Rack: How a Facebook page with 165k likes is keeping the Jersey Shore in the loop

muckrack:

During the uncertainty of Hurricane Irene last year, one Jersey Shore resident decided the area needed real-time news as quickly as possible. So Justin Auciello created Jersey Shore Hurricane News as a Facebook page. This time around, his site proved more useful than ever, gaining over…

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Filed under: my writing 
October 24, 2012
Muck Rack: The Lady Behind the Meme

muckrack:

Since her blog went up during the second debate at Hofstra University, Veronica De Souza, social media expert, creator of the Tumblr Binders Full of Women, and new media sensation has made the media rounds.
Muck Rack snagged De Souza on Thursday, who is herself a Hofstra…

I interviewed internet sensation Veronica De Souza about Binders Full of Women and her newfound media fame.