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Paying for the destruction of public relations

PR Conversations

In 2001, a British installation artist, Michael Landy, won a commission for his work, Break Down, that involved the destruction of all his possessions as a reaction to the consumerist society. Fifteen years later, as Davis has noted, promotional practice has become ubiquitous. Money can’t buy respect.

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Corporate Communications is Taking More PR Work In-House, finds Survey; Media Relations Gets Even Harder

Sword and the Script

Ned launched “ Job of the Week ” (JOTW) email newsletter in 2001 as a free resource for PR and communications professionals looking for work. Respondents cited reporter turnover, veteran reporters being replaced with junior ones, and “in-your-face-journalism” as contributing causes. content marketing (64%).

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Survey: Most PR Pros Say that Media Relations is Getting Harder – Here’s What You Can Do About It

Deirdre Breakenridge

The days of objectivity are gone and the days of combative, aggressive, argumentative ‘in your face’ journalism has taken its place.”. My friend, Lou Hoffman calls it the “F word” in storytelling – failure. It’s harder to know who is [the] media and who isn’t. And there used to be rules of engagement – behavior, fairness.

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The Best Journalism Movies

Landis PR

Photo courtesy of Pixabay In honor of the 2023 Academy Awards, the Landis team couldn’t resist picking our favorite movies about journalism to be nominated for or win an Oscar. The gripping plot centers on the post-World War II combatting forces of journalism and political extremism.

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Masters in Marketing Interview: Paul Furiga, WordWrite Communications

Mindful Marketing

Paul Furiga is chief storyteller, founder and CEO of WordWrite Communications. We caught up with Paul to talk PR, journalism and branding – oh, and to find out what story crafting is. The people who know us best, our clients, would tell you that at heart, we’re great storytellers. By Christine Perkett.

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The Essential Guide to Mass Communication: History, Methods, Ethics, and the Future

Masters in Communications

Today, printed media includes not only newspapers but magazines, professional publications, academic journals, comic books, and graphic novels (photographic and illustrated communication is also printed media), even local newsletters put through doors about upcoming events is printed media. Op-eds have passed investigative journalism.

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