Camino Collections: Humor and More

Our work is not funny, but we can learn a lot from those who are. That’s why we at Camino PR join the millions of people who tune in to news comedy shows like the Daily Show. Watching Jon Stewart reflect on the absurdity of the day’s events is like tuning in to the Olympics of sound bites.

Those of us who believe in public relations as a vehicle to spark social change are generally a serious bunch. We chose this collection of cartoons to launch Camino PR for two reasons. One, humor helps us be creative people. And two, in a rapidly changing news environment where parody news can too often provides more authentic insight than some ideologically-driven news outlets, this book recognizes the complicated landscape for communications professionals.

When funny people are also committed to social justice, their influence is enormous. Victor Borge wrote that laughter is the shortest distance between two people. A few years ago Molly Ivins wrote her last column, which said “…rasie hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous…”

I know Camino PR will help you have an impact on the public discourse. For some levity along the way, let us know if you could use the Camino PR book of Cartoons. Here are some of our favorites.