I attended a fascinating awards ceremony in New York City on Tuesday night that clarified for me some of the generational differences in journalism and the way stories are communicated these days.
There was more than a whiff of righteous indignation on display in the Meatpacking District of New York last night as the city's media elite gathered to listen to a debate hosted by The Guardian and chaired by CBS' Charlie Rose.
Is it too soon to do another column about Harold Burson? Well, actually no, any excuse to write about the great man is a good one.
Just as with inspirational leaders such as IBM's Jon Iwata, when the head of the largest PR agency in the world speaks in depth about the profession and his vision for the future it is also usually worth listening.