Posts By: Clay Bradshaw

This week we were asked to write a small assortment of media releases for the Tipton Children’s Home. I honestly wasn’t aware that media advisories existed, and had only written one media pitch before that was sub-par at best. As I worked through these assignments, I realized how personal journalists and their connections are with each other. I figured it would be a business-as-usual type of encounter, but it takes media contacts a reasonable amount of time to research, relate to and reach out

Earlier this week, I realized that I unintentionally created an alter-ego for myself. In the last business card design, I created Jon Hammond as a filler name. Looking back on it, he is actually an embodiment of one of my life goals: to work as a community manager for Bungie [likely under the guidance of DeeJ (David Dague), the current community manager].He seems like enough of an interesting character for me to interview, just to see how he’s gotten to where he is and how I can get there. I sat

After learning about some design basics over the past two weeks (design concepts and typography), we have completed our first assignment: a business card. It was a difficult process that definitely had me frustrated at times, but it’s done and I’m reasonably proud of how it came out. Bungie is a video game developer based out of Bellevue, Washington. Their most notable work is the unforgettable Halo series, and their current project: Destiny. I’ve been a hug fan of their work since I first got

Prior to this semester, I have done minimal work in practicing design because I had no idea how programs like InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator work. I split the cost of an Adobe Creative Cloud license with my sister, a senior advertising student at OU, in an attempt to teach myself.It didn’t go too well. Most of it probably won’t see the light of day until I have some better work to contrast it with in a post, and my hope that this may happen increased a little during my PR Pubs class this

It’s pretty safe to say that most people think they understand the English language and its nuances. We all passed Language Arts in elementary school. We all passed that evil, eighth grade English class. We all passed senior year English literature. We learned how to write properly during that time frame, right? Hopefully. Did all of those writing tips stick around afterwards? Debatable.There are a few grammar necessities that may have been left along the way: writing with clarity, reducing

PR Publications has officially gotten into the material that is, currently, the crux of my existence: design and typography. It’s a huge component of the current multimedia world we live in, it enables a whole new realm of communication and I love the current style of design. The catch: I’m incredibly indecisive. Those who know me know how bad it can be, whether it’s deciding on a place to eat, what to wear or if I want to be social enough. When it comes to designing and branding I’m terribly

Just in case I haven’t met you yet: Hi, my name is Clay Bradshaw and I am currently a sophomore public relations major at the University ofOklahoma. Born and raised in Plano, Texas by a die-hard Longhorn dad, I ended up on the other side of the Red River because my sister, Annie, was better at brainwashing.There’s a long-winded story about how I ended up wearing the crimson and cream (and what piqued my interest in PR), but I will save that for another time. I have enjoyed my short time as a PR

      This first week of classes has been the most laid back yet, but knowing me, I will wake up Monday morning with two papers, a project, four group assignments and a midterm all overdue. For example, I’m starting this blog post an hour before it’s due and I have next to no ideas about what to write, so I’ll just summarize the class that I think will likely be the most interesting class to me: Public Relations Publications.      Towards the end of the day on the first day we were told to watch

     In the first meeting of my Public Relations Publications class we have been tasked with keeping up with a weekly blog (something that I’ve been putting off for a while now). I’ll have this series of blog posts arriving on Fridays, and will serve as a look into what I’m learning in the class and how it applies outside of the classroom. I’ll be looking to be a bit more introspective in this series, so I think a good place to start would be to pick out my favorite study space.     Most often