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Definers Saga and the State of PR Ethics

Flack's Revenge

It made me think of broader questions about PR ethics, which I’ve explored before here, and the state of communications today. Indeed, my post Above the FUD , covered this very topic back in 2011 (ironically, it mentioned another PR agency that spread negative stories for Facebook back then). right-wing provocateur Charles C.

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What is Newsjacking?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Since David Meerman Scott coined the term “ newsjacking ” in 2011, our team has written nearly 30 unique blogs on the subject — possibly more than any other topic. What makes it so important that we would write about it so often? So what is newsjacking? And why should PR professionals care about it?

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Back to School! 3 Solo PR Pros on Becoming an Adjunct Instructor

Solo PR Pro

My first adjunct position was at Texas Christian University, teaching PR Writing. I started teaching at UCI in 2011, with a five-week, online course focused on using social media for business development. DePaul University College of Communications, 2011 – 2022. I've taught at NU since 2011.

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Meet the Media: Seth Clevenger, Managing Editor for Features at Transport Topics

Bianchi Biz Blog

In my current role, I plan, write and edit industry news stories and oversee a range of regular features and special projects, including weekly longform feature stories in our flagship newspaper and on TTNews.com. I was raised on a small family farm in northwest Ohio. I currently live in Alexandria, Virginia, with my wife and daughter.

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

Masters in Communications

Types of Mass Communication History of Mass Communication Mass Communication Theories Ethical Issues for Mass Communications What Does the Future of Mass Communications Look Like? We don't know what they say as they represent a transition between early pictorial writing and the cuneiform that succeeded them (2).

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I Sold PR 20/20, but That’s Just the Start of the Story

PR 20/20

Consider how much time and money you and your team spend performing repetitive marketing tasks such as: creating social media updates, writing blog posts, personalizing emails, developing advertising copy, managing digital media spend, optimizing web pages, testing creatives, and extracting insights from analytics. Growing smarter.

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Why Millennials Won’t Unplug From Facebook

PRSay

I may be upset by Facebook’s lack of ethics. I was already logged into Facebook on my laptop when I made a free Spotify account back in 2011, so all I had to do was click that blue, rectangular button at the top of the page and within minutes I was blasting the third Velvet Underground album in my dorm room.

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