Shinta Huyn, 18, started her internship with WordStorm PR earlier this year, as she kicks off her University of Technology Sydney, Bachelor of Arts (Public Communication) degree. Here, she shares what it’s like to be an honorary Stormette: Why did you take an internship with WordStorm PR? I took an internship with WordStorm PR in […]
When I packed up my things and shipped them over to Sydney from Western Australia last month, I had not one thing to my name. A permanent place to stay wasn’t finalised and I had no job lined up. Leaving my lovely friends and family behind, I flew across the country with only a few […]
Last Thursday, Stormers Jenny, Sarah, Sophie and I attended the very first social media networking event organised by Social Media News Australia. While a small event, it was a great opportunity to meet other people in our industry, as well as catch up with ex-Stormettes to see what coups their agencies had accomplished. Not only […]
This week an email crossed the WordStorm server from one of our favourite tech writers putting feelers out to meet some of his e-contacts. He wrote, ‘I don’t drink coffee, but let’s catch up for a ‘coffee’… Lunch is harder but I am partial to a good steak and chips.’ It was a […]
More than 1.6 million people stayed up late on Sunday night to watch Novak Djokovic take out Rafael Nadal in an epic Australian Open finals match. That’s a whole lot of staffers willing to be tired at the start of the working week, but what of their partners who didn’t want to stay up and […]
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Blogging– WordStorm PR are all over social media because we understand what a valuable addition those tweets and status updates can be to a company! No longer is it enough for a brand to use a website and a telephone number as their only point of contact with consumers. Customers now […]
A statement made on Monday by the Wikimedia Foundation has informed us that Wikipedia is staging the first ever blackout of the site in protest to anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress. Lucky for us media hounds addicted to trawling the ever expanding pages of Wikipedia, at this stage the site will only be blacking […]
As PR’s it’s our duty to help in raising awareness of important issues that need to be addressed to the public. The festive season is generally a happy and fun period that we spend surrounded by friends, family, food, drinks and laughter. As Christmas fast approaches, it’s important for us to remember just how […]
As I am currently typing this, the word is that Kyle Sandilands’ management, Austereo has considered sacking him after his controversial on-air outburst to a journalist, which resulted in a whopping 17 advertisers withdrawing their sponsorship from 2Day FM. Many advertisers have said that Kyle’s behaviour did not reflect the values of their brands, […]
Last night, a few of us Stormettes went to Gotham on Oxford Street, Darlinghusrt, for PRIA’s Celebrity Endoresement seminar. The evening was informative and relaxed, and we had the privelage of listening to four extremely talented and experienced professionals. The speakers were Craig Eardley, who played a big part in consulting the Greater Building […]