For Your Summer Reading List: A PR Memoir Worth Reading

Book Review: Me & Jimmy! Tales of A Junior Staffer in the Carter Whitehouse, by Vicki Robb

PRSA-NCC member Vicki Robb, APR has written a personal and fascinating memoir of what it was like to be a young public relations professional working her first job in the Carter White House.

There aren’t many books that provide a real insider’s view of what it is like to work in public relations, and almost none that candidly talk about what it feels like to be a rookie.  Vicki eloquently captures so many of those feelings and worries many of us will recall having on our first jobs.  Her experience, of course, was magnified by the tremendous pressure of working in the White House Press Office, and those insights are particularly fascinating.

If you can remember what it was like to make your first mistakes on the job, as well as the elation of your early successes, you will find much to relate to in this book.

Vicki has an entertaining, warm, and sincere writing style that captivates and draws you into her story.  The book also includes several photographs that help bring the story to life.  I couldn’t put it down until I finished it.

In this short video, Vicki talks about those years in the White House.

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