Gary Goldhammer

Senior Vice President and Chief US Digital Strategist for Hill+Knowlton Strategies; recovering journalist and occasional author; chronic Mizzou alum

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Why One School Shooting Every Week in America is No Cause for Panic

ABOUT ONCE A WEEK. That’s how often a school shooting occurs in the United States.

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A Yom Kippur Apology to the Man Who Saved My Life

TWENTY-FOUR YEARS AGO, a college journalism professor kept me from making the biggest mistake of my life – and in doing so, saved it.

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Rock Stars and Marketers Both Need to Play for the Last Row

ONCE YOU’VE SEEN A ROCK STAR snort cocaine off a roasted chicken leg, you could say you’ve seen it all.

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The Imagination Deficit

WE CREATE MORE THAN ANY OTHER GENERATION IN HUMAN HISTORY.

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