PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

For public relations practitioners committed to ethics and professionalism, the natural first instinct was self-righteous shock. Most codes of ethics are clear about why this is wrong. For example: What was the problem: A journalist having equity in a PR firm, the lack of transparent disclosure…or both?

Journalism 40

Journalism Reputation Ethics Corporate 40

PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

For public relations practitioners committed to ethics and professionalism, the natural first instinct was self-righteous shock. Most codes of ethics are clear about why this is wrong. For example: What was the problem: A journalist having equity in a PR firm, the lack of transparent disclosure…or both?

Journalism 40

Journalism Reputation Ethics Corporate 40

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

It mirrors a trend that’s already underway in PR’s sibling departments in marketing and advertising. For example, there have been numerous surveys and a pile of anecdotal evidence that CMOs are bringing more marketing work in-house. Who do you see advertising on those pages? That sort of thing has happened all over legal.

Agency 97

Agency Trends Marketing Survey 97

Maxim Behar

MAY 31, 2021

When I was a teenager, something like 13-14 years old, I was publishing a neighborhood newspaper on a typewriting machine. So, I started my small one-man show advertising agency that produced souvenirs, business cards, and calendars. For example, to be serious, to be precise, to do your job, which is absolutely crucial.

Newspapers 52

Newspapers Social Media Ethics Travel 52

Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

What are some examples of public relations? Marketing efforts often involve paid advertising, and the goal is to reach as many people as possible in order to increase sales. ChatGPT does a fair job of describing both sides of the argument and adding a specific example. The answers are starting to feel repetitive and formulaic.

Interviews 104

Interviews Publicity Technology Social Media 104

Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

It had a name that sounded like a daily newspaper – the “Herald” or “Courier” or something like that – but the “about us” section was telling. Trust and the Unlikely Reinvention of Advertising [UML]. Even those with long tenures in technology – CIOs and CTOs for example – need expertise in the niches.

Content Marketing 70

Content Marketing Marketing Journalism Financial 70

Cision

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

In the 1890s, it was called yellow journalism and was a tactic designed by greedy newspaper publishers to sell more newspapers using scandalous (and not necessarily true) headlines. But many sites that rely on traffic to attract advertisers will create clickbait headlines that are so scandalous, people can’t help but click.

Google 225

Google Facebook Wikipedia Engineering 225

Cision

OCTOBER 14, 2015

Subscriptions and advertising are down for most media, and there is no single model that can replace them across the sector. For example, when the Financial Times and Bureau of Investigative Journalism collaborated on a study of European Structural Funds, the full investigation took nine months, 12 journalists and one full-time programmer.

Journalism 120

Journalism Trends Local Print 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. There are ethical and practical issues around it, but it’s a breakthrough that’s all the more impressive given the expectation of an improved, next-gen model next year. A reset on advertising spend.

Marketing 196

Marketing Content Marketing Data Social Media 196

Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 20, 2015

At the time there was a much shared rebuttal post on LinkedIn by an Amazon engineering manager and Jeff Bezos circulated an internal memo to employees, which was published by several media outlets (itself a good example of how in today’s porous corporate environment all internal communications is external communications).

Crisis Communications 60

Crisis Communications Crisis Communications Media 60

Doctor Spin

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

He placed the idea in articles, newspapers, celebrity endorsements, and events. Bernays: Celebrated and Criticized His work significantly influenced how corporations interact with the public, shaping modern marketing, advertising, and public relations strategies. Bernays positioned cigarettes for women as “Torches of Freedom.”

Wikipedia 52

Wikipedia Hotels Case Study Engineering 52

Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

If you read an article about an individual or organisation in your favourite magazine or newspaper you’re likely to view it far more favourably than if you heard the information direct. There are examples offline and online in almost every market. Advertising, production, and distribution have all fundamentally changed.

Media Relations 115

Media Relations Media Print Newspapers 115

Masters in Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

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? Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising.

Ethics 52

Ethics Communications Print Television 52