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PRSA Introduces Innovative Program to Guide Journalists Transitioning Into PR and Communications

PRSay

While this certificate program is designed to help journalists understand how to transition their skills and expertise for PR opportunities, many others — such as digital marketers, content creators, advertising pros, and social media experts — have related skill sets and knowledge and will benefit from our program too.

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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. At the same time, however, the advertising revenue that local news organizations have long counted on has continued to drop. Opportunities for independent journalism.

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Why PR Needs to Get Over its Strong Aversion to Sponsored Content

Sword and the Script

Media relations has been getting harder for ages and PR need to think differently about the tools available to get the message across, including sponsored content. You buy some advertising and magically you also start getting coverage. This person and media site have ethics beyond reproach. Image credit: Pixabay.

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PR Glossary: 30 Key Terms and Insights Every Professional Should Know

Newsfile

PR professionals balance these media types to maximize brand exposure and credibility: Paid Media : Content promoted through advertising (e.g., Owned Media : Channels controlled by the organization (e.g., Earned Media : Coverage gained organically through media relations (e.g., sponsored posts).

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Get a Big Picture of the PR Landscape with these Notes from 10 Industry Surveys

Sword and the Script

Earned media still the most credible source of info Most people find independent journalism and earned media to be the most credible source of information. Advertising is a distant third. More: 21 Media Relations Insights From 3 Surveys Polling 4,000+ Journalists 5. Notice none of them cited a wire service.

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Future of PR: 2020 edition

Stephen Waddington

The greatest of these is the shift away from media relations as the dominant means of public engagement to working across all forms of media. PR leads with earned and owned media but also uses paid and shared media for amplification and targeting. She believes the same issues apply in advertising and PR.

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P.T. Barnum: “There’s No Such Thing as Bad Publicity”

Doctor Spin

Barnum (1810–1891) was a savvy publicity showman, one who impacted particular aspects of public relations and advertising, primarily event planning, event promotion and true publicity/media coverage. He regularly used innovative and creative advertising techniques to capture the public’s attention.