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Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffett Sees Newspapers Dying

Remote PR Jobs

Originally seen on Bloomberg Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is pessimistic on the newspaper industry at a time when public relations specialists are increasingly outnumbering journalists. Companies tend to hire either internal or external PR specialists to help shape and manage their image. Some, like Starbucks Corp.,

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2015 State of the News Media Report

The Proactive Report

NPR’s podcast downloads alone grew 41% year over year, according to the company’s internal data. The percentage of Americans who have listened to a podcast in the past month has almost doubled since 2008, from 9% to 17% by January of 2015. Newspaper ad revenue declined another 4% year over year, to $19.9

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Met the Media: Ryan Gehm, Editor-in-chief at Truck & Off-Highway Engineering

Bianchi Biz Blog

A local newspaper for which I interned, The North Baltimore News (Ohio), assigned me to cover the Dayton Air Show. Born and raised in the Pittsburgh area, not far from where SAE International is headquartered, I’m a diehard Steelers and Penguins fan. Tell us a little about yourself (family, interests, hobbies, background, etc.)

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Behind the Headlines With Kim Spear

Cision

Kim Spear, director at Newgate Communications, has helped her clients build brands in China and also worked with sponsors during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. What was it like to work with sponsors during the 2008 Beijing Olympics? But if you don’t understand how your brand fits into its specific market, you won’t be able to stand out.

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Remembering D. Parke Gibson, a Passionate Advocate for Race Relations and Public Relations

PRSay

The following article first appeared in the February 2008 issue of PR Tactics. Parke Gibson International, in New York in 1960. “He Prior to opening his own firm, Gibson was an advertising representative for Interstate Newspapers, 1954-56; manager of public relations for Johnson Publishing Co., Established in 1990, the D.

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Digital Diplomacy

Waxing UnLyrical

I took up my post in the UK in February 2008. One observation: I love that newspapers are still seriously relevant in the UK, and I love that social media has really become media, full stop, in the US. Bryce Keane is an international communication professional who’s worked in both the EMEA and Asia-Pacific regions.

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International Conference Preview: Bob Woodward on the Importance of Investigative Journalism

PRSay

Woodward, who is an associate editor at The Washington Post , a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the best-selling author of 19 books, will deliver the opening keynote address at PRSA’s 2019 International Conference in San Diego on Oct. Pew Research says newsroom employment has dropped 25 percent since 2008. Well, that’s not good.