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ICON 2023 Preview: Award-Winning Journalist Michele Norris on Discussing Race and Creating Community

PRSay

With a distinguished decade-long tenure as the host of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” and a thought-provoking role as a Washington Post Opinions columnist, Norris helps unravel entrenched beliefs on race, diversity, and bias while empowering her audiences to engage in difficult conversations within their communities.

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Is Public Relations Management a Technology? [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Around 2010, I worked for a PR software vendor that occasionally rattled the CRM idea, but it never really got traction in the market. In an interview with PRWeek, the company likened it to a CRM for PR. The concept of CRM for PR isn’t new. The announcement seemed to me more of a vision statement than a technology product release.

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#PR Expanded [Guest Post]: Drawn To The Spotlight, Part 1

Deirdre Breakenridge

During the call Gini asked me, “If you were to do it again, would you grow your social media community on LinkedIn?”. I launched my group in May 2010, and with the help of my members we have grown the group into a vibrant and engaged community. My answer was, “No. The conditions for success have changed.”.

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Reputation on social media – Comms must own it or lose it

NewsWhip

To look at a recent example, the Robinhood-GameStop crisis played out in the media – but also on Twitter , through millions of engagements on Facebook, and of course in communities on Reddit. Imagine explaining trying to explain that to a time traveller from 2010. No More Heroes Any More.

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The Influence of Influencers: Ways Healthcare Brands Can Leverage Their Impact

Cision

The report is drawn from tracking four months’ worth of social and electronic print media related to the topic, from January to April 2015. The anti-vaccine community has had to shift their loyalties over time. That study was discredited by 2004 and fully investigated and retracted by 2010. From Asset to Liability.

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How September 11 Impacted PR and Email Communications

wiredPRworks

In 2012, I wrote an update on a previous post with thoughts on how the September 11 attacks immediately reshaped community, public relations and communications. Reflecting on How 9/11 Immediately Impacted Community PR and Communications. We needed to find ways to communicate quickly, accurately and effectively.

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

Masters in Communications

Mass communication is a subarea of communications studies in the US, and social science with some elements of physical science - especially when designing systems and technology to transmit messages. Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising.

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