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Philanthropist Craig Newmark on Ethical Communication

PRSay

“My idea of ethical behavior is treating people like you want to be treated,” Craig Newmark said. 4 guest for the “PRSA Storytellers Series: Leading With Ethics — A View From the Top,” a live webinar hosted by the PRSA Board of Ethics and Professional Standards. The downside “is that it exposes you to greater scrutiny.”.

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What Lies Ahead for Public Relations in 2018?

PRSay

We’ve watched traditional media such as newspapers, magazines, radio and television decrease in importance thanks to Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and other social platforms. In 2018, discussions about the future for PR and communications pros will likely include the topic of robots. the blink-and-you-miss-it nature of Snapchat).

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Future of local news report is a grim read

Stephen Waddington

The number of journalists has fallen by a quarter from 23,000 in 2007, to 17,000 in 2018. It has given rise to so-called ghost newspapers produced by groups such as Newsquest and Reach. This lacks the ethics, rigour, and standards of an editorial environment. The result is a hollowing out of newsrooms, mergers, and closures.

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Leveson Inquiry archive important contribution to debate and education on media ethics

Stephen Waddington

A second part of the inquiry was to be delayed until after a criminal prosecution against the News of the World for phone tapping but was dropped in March 2018. It heard from prime ministers, newspaper proprietors and editors, police chiefs, lawyers, working journalists, victims of press abuse - there's never been anything quite like it.”

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Nonprofit Local News Gains Steam

PRSay

For PR professionals, being able to work with trustworthy, engaged and ethical journalists to tell our clients’ stories is crucial. In the Chicago suburbs, the company 22nd Century Media closed in March 2020, shuttering its 15 for-profit newspapers just as the coronavirus outbreak began.

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Future of local news report is a grim read

Wadds Inc.

The number of journalists has fallen by a quarter from 23,000 in 2007, to 17,000 in 2018. It has given rise to so-called ghost newspapers produced by groups such as Newsquest and Reach. This lacks the ethics, rigour, and standards of an editorial environment. The result is a hollowing out of newsrooms, mergers, and closures.

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Maxim Behar on Bulgaria ONAIR - The Border Between Ethics, Morality and Scandal

Maxim Behar

We shouldn't differentiate between the newspaper, the radio, the television and the social media user who can post fake news or manipulate a photo or text or whatever. It doesn't matter if it's on TV, newspaper, and now on social media. It's not a question of who manipulates what, but who reacts how.

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