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Future of local news report is a grim read

Stephen Waddington

Social media has replaced local news in communities across the UK. It is weakening community engagement and participation in local democracy. Local News Deserts in the UK (opens as a PDF) finds that it is contributing to weakening community engagement and participation in local democracy.

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New book tells the story of the closure of the corner shop

Stephen Waddington

I’ve worked with my Mum on a new edition of A Shop on Every Corner, a book that she originally wrote with my Dad in 2007. The original edition of A Shop on Every Corner was published in 2007 and written by Mum and Dad when they had owned Bright Street Post Office, Leeman Road in York. The foundations of a community were built.

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Why Advertising Isn’t Dead

Cision

Radio supplanted print, television eroded radio, and the Internet has changed the foundation of how we consume all forms of media. According to Nielsen, in 2007, American Idol featured 4,349 product placement occurrences and by 2008 Kelly Clarkson had sold 18.9 Just as soap brands did in the 1920s, brands were integrated into shows.

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15 PR Professionals Share Their Tips for Successfully Working From Home

PRSay

Some of the responses appeared in the May issue of Strategies & Tactics , but we weren’t able to print them all, due to space constraints. Here’s what PRSA’s LinkedIn community had to say: —-. I’ve been working from home since hanging my own shingle in 2007. Cinthia Flores. And, hey, host a virtual happy hour!

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Future of local news report is a grim read

Wadds Inc.

Social media has replaced local news in communities across the UK. It is weakening community engagement and participation in local democracy. Local News Deserts in the UK (opens as a PDF) finds that it is contributing to weakening community engagement and participation in local democracy.

Local 59
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Acting Ethically Means Going Beyond Performative Action – Candace Hamana

Ethical Voices

I got my start in public relations, interestingly enough, doing political campaigns and community organizing back in South Carolina in 2007. I felt very compelled and impassioned with the work that I was doing in the communities in the South, the hotbed of retail politics.

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Digital Crisis Communications: When to Shut Up

Waxing UnLyrical

“Interestingly, while the crisis broke on July 02nd, it was carried by the print media only on the July 07th. I’ve been through my share of crises (hello, 2007 pet food recall, 2007 Michael Vick case, and many more), and it’s crazy how things have changed. ” Then (!) Based in the Washington, D.C.,