Barker speaks/week 6/PR

Travis Barker was recently involved in a plane crash, which took the lives of his best friend/assistant and bodygaurd. He was also severely injured himself. Travis recently spoke to DJ AM for the first time since the accident via blog. When I found out Travis spoke for the first time on his blog I was shocked! Wow, we have come far in a social media aspect! In the old days (six months ago) this would have been published in a newspaper article or aired on a video interview, but instead he opted to write on his blog. In the past few months I have noticed a trend among celebrities. Instead of calling up MTV or Perez Hilton they just release the information or statement themselves. By doing this the artist can connect on a more personal level to his/her fans as well as not having to pay a publicist. Travis Barker was able to update his fans on his status as well as share his condolences for the lives lost in the plane crash. With a blog you get the whole story. If it were a TV interview the channel would have cut out most of what he said because of time restraints. Travis Barker inadvertently brought about awareness to the blogging world. I wish him a speedy recovery.