Tuesday, April 04, 2006

"Grandma in Iraq" a PR Flack?

Justin Root has posted a story about Suzanne Fournier, the Grandma in Iraq, who writes a blog for the Cincinnati Enquirer. She states at the top of the blog that she's stationed with the "U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers", but she doesn't go out of her way to point out that she is a Public Affairs Officer within the Corps. Given the nature of Public Affairs, Mr. Root is left with questions.
Should a news organization have a military flak writing for it at all? If so, shouldn't she be explicitly identified as a public affairs officer?

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