Author Archives: Melanie Mcknight

The phrase “communication is power” is an important idea for people to keep in mind every day. Communication is simple, yet very complex. There is much to learn about how to communicate efficiently and how to use communication to one’s advantage. It is said that the difference between people who are successful and the peopleContinue reading “Blog Assignment #3”

News is noteworthy information about current and/or important events happening in the world. The eight elements that make news newsworthy are timeliness, prominence, proximity, significance, unusualness, human interest, conflict, newness. I believe pop culture should definitely be considered news because it falls under the element of “prominence” and sometimes “novelty.” Most of the pop cultureContinue reading “Blog Assignment #2”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. My name is Melanie McKnight, I am 19 years-old, and I am a Public relations major at Georgia Southern University. Before I enrolled at GSU, I was a dual enrollment student at Georgia Gwinnett College. Finishing my freshman year of college as a senior inContinue reading “Melanie’s Blog”