On the air: One might say everything is coming up daisies for LSU Manship School of Mass Communication professor Robert Mann. His book, Daisy Petals and Mushroom Clouds: LBJ, Barry Goldwater and the Ad That Changed American Politics, has taken him across the country in promotional appearances, and today he’ll be on NPR’s Talk of the Nation at 1:30 p.m. to discuss the book as part of the show’s “Political Junkie” segment. The local NPR affiliate is WRKF at 89.3 FM. The book discusses the infamous “Peace, Little Girl” ad from Lyndon Johnson’s 1964 presidential campaign, which featured a young girl picking flowers leading up to a nuclear explosion. It cast a deep, emotional contrast between the campaigns of Johnson and Republican opponent Barry Goldwater, and is considered a landmark in political advertising. You can learn more about the book, which was published this fall by LSU Press, by clicking here; and you can watch a recent CBS interview with Mann here.
On the water: The New Orleans Business Alliance and the maritime industry serving the Port of New Orleans have signed an agreement to promote greater collaboration between the two as it relates to economic development. Alliance President/CEO Rodrick Miller and Michael Kearney, chair of the New Orleans Board of Trade, signed the Memorandum of Understanding Tuesday evening. The Board of Trade will provide the business alliance with guidance, assistance and data pertaining to members in the maritime industry. The measures will ensure an allied effort between the business community and the Port of New Orleans on issues related to economic development, the groups say.
