Now in its third edition, In the News is the standard Canadian textbook on media relations, used across the country. The authors provide an introduction to media relations, grounded in both communications theory and hands-on, day-to-day experience. Whether you need to promote your issues to the nation or reach small, targeted groups, this book is your step-by-step guide. In the News is perfect for communications students; media relations practitioners in the private, public and voluntary sectors; and anyone who wants to break a story.

William Wray Carney has a Honors BA in English Literature from Trent University in Peterborough Ontario and studied journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa Ontario. He has over 30 years of experience in media, public relations and education. He has been a sessional instructor at the University of Regina and the University of Alberta and was Adjunct Professor in risk communications at Concordia University College in Edmonton Alberta. His work in public relations was primarily in the public sector in Alberta and Saskatchewan and he is now semiretired from government, maintaining a small private practice in Regina Saskatchewan. He is the author of In the News: The Practice of Media Relations in Canada (University of Alberta Press, 2nd edition 2008.) In 2009, the Canadian Public Relations Society presented the Award of Attainment to Carney “whose personal activities and/or leadership have gone beyond the call of duty or responsibility to an employer or client and resulted in a pronounced contribution to the status and acceptance of the Public Relations function as a whole.”

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Colin has over 30 years of experience as a public relations practitioner in the private and public sectors. His experience includes issues management, stakeholder relations, media relations, and marketing. He is an Assistant Professor at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta and is an accredited member and a Fellow of the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS). He earned his Master of Arts in Professional Communications at Royal Roads University, Victoria.

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Mark Hunter LaVigne, MA, APR, FCPRS (Fellow, CPRS) has more than 25 years’ experience as a public relations practitioner, professor/lecturer and published author. For more than 20 years, he has owned and operated his PR consultancy, with a focus on media relations. He wrote the media relations chapter in “Fundamentals of Public Relations and Marketing Communications “ University of Alberta Press (2015). He has also published a children’s book, “The Adventures of Matilda the Tooth Fairy,” and writes and performs music on acoustic guitar, harmonica, ukulele and vocals and co-founded the band The Coyotes, whose CD “Out of the Woods” can be found on iTunes amongst various portals.

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[ In The News: 3rd edition] is co-written by communications professionals, for communications professionals, but it’s instructive for any member of the audience coveted by officialdom and press: the general public, you... In The News is entertaining and refreshingly frank." Blacklock's Reporter, March 30, 2019 [Full article at https://www.blacklocks.ca/review-monkeys-organ-grinders/]

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