PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

Having worked in communications for a top-tier university, a regional nonprofit foundation and as a consultant, I’ve heard this question myself. As communicators, we work hard to engage with reporters and editors to make them aware of the great work our clients are doing — but we still understand why bosses make these urgent requests.

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Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

How is reporting different at newspapers, TV and wire services? Spoken words and video must match, so reporters either have to write/talk to the video or find a video that matches what they’re saying. I spend a fair amount of time editing stories, particularly with younger reporters, and I even write a piece on occasion.

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Cision

MARCH 22, 2016

In this interview, she discusses how she came to her success, what makes her choose to cover a story and how communication professionals can improve their pitching strategies. When you start to become blasé and complacent about your writing, that’s when you stop doing such a good job. How did you get your start in journalism?

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Cision

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

A well-thought out communication plan can only take you so far. I’ve always been a news junkie and loved to write since I was a little kid. I had a few stories published in high school journals, and starting around junior high I used to write letters to the editor of the local paper. What drew you to the PR industry?

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Cision

JANUARY 28, 2016

But the newspaper climate has changed. I’m confident that the skills I developed in more than two decades as a newspaper reporter will serve our clients well. Every day I’m researching, writing and communicating with people – much the same way I did as a reporter. And there is a lot of writing in PR.

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Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Start research and writing a byline for my Trustmark client. Follow-up with the 30+ folks in the local mastermind group I manage with a note about our meeting tomorrow. This is a group of senior-level communicators at the biggest companies in town (General Mills, Toro, Medtronic, etc.) Blog post research. 4:18 p.m.:

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

For example, the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey posed this question to 223 PR and communications pros…and we received a wide variety of answers from respondents. When communications is too tied to marketing, it is more difficult to keep a pulse on the broader business,” wrote Tammy L. 12) “Write for businesses.”.

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PRSay

MAY 8, 2018

Judy is mostly retired from a career in health-care communications, but still freelances for clients. In one class, we were asked to write a release based on a police report. I started out working for a small-town newspaper, and then for many years I was director of PR for Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami.

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5W PR

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A couple of decades ago, media relations meant keeping in touch on a regular basis with the assignment editor of the local TV station and the city editor of the newspaper. In addition to maintaining healthy relationships with the local newspapers and TV stations, it also means opening up and nurturing rapport on so many other fronts.

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Cision

APRIL 26, 2016

Ashley Simmons, director of communications at the Telecommunications Industry Association, says you must first develop a plan for how you will achieve your goals. What drew you to the field of public relations and communication? What are some of the key components of a successful communication strategy?

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Critical Mention

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A few of those include mentions across broadcast channels, online newspapers and magazines, blogs, social media sites and more. A local reporter mentions your brand on live news. . Take control of your organization by tracking and editing your TV earned media. Also, earned media is among the most trusted types of media.

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PR Fuel

JULY 26, 2020

They get picked up by local and national publications, help journalists, and allow you to control your messaging. This could be for a range of reasons, such as communicating a change in leadership, speaking out on an important issue, clarifying confusion, or announcing a new change that the media will need to know about.

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Cision

MARCH 29, 2016

Kim Spear, director at Newgate Communications, has helped her clients build brands in China and also worked with sponsors during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. However, I feel I have won the professional job lottery in my new role at Newgate Communications with managing partner Richard Barton. How has PR changed over the years?

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PR Fuel

JUNE 11, 2020

In this age of social media, you may wonder why your company should even bother to write and issue press releases. Newspapers have less influence, and we can be our own publishers, right? How do you get the attention of that newspaper’s reviewer? Some media will write a story inspired by your release.

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Maxim Behar

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Whether you are the end reader or reporting major news for tomorrow’s newspaper doesn’t matter. My advice: if you know how to write it, tweet it. The fact that social media platforms provide the opportunity for a dialogue can be used to rectify all sorts of communication mistakes, manipulations, and injustices.

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Cision

JANUARY 13, 2017

Both communication and PR are wonderful tools to advance a variety of causes, and careful consideration of the stated word is of utmost importance in the mastery of communication. Advocacy for diversity and inclusion is an important tool to change this, as we begin to communicate this issue on a local and national level.

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Barokas

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The best adaptation of her description I can provide is that PR is like the communications liaison between business and media. As a reporter, I was often tasked with writing 1,500 words on a nonsense subject. If you can write that much on why army green complements horizontal stripes, you can spin a story out of anything.

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Report Fashion Pitching Journalism 68

Solo PR Pro

APRIL 8, 2021

She began her career as an aspiring newspaper reporter, securing an internship at the Atlanta Journal Constitution before becoming a daily reporter in Greenville, South Carolina, not far from her hometown. Bernadette Adams Davis pretty much always knew she wanted to work in the media industry. Pivoting from journalism to PR.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I also learned about Lin’s agency work at Strategic Communications ; and that she teaches, and has written quite a few books on PR and marketing. When I was director of corporate communications at a local healthcare organization, I would regularly receive a number of resumes from reporters whenever PR jobs opened up.

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Shift Communications

JULY 26, 2017

There’s a crisis communications mantra: tell it all, tell it early and tell it yourself. Luckily, with a pre-approved crisis communications plan already in place, G.W. Next is crafting the messaging and determining the best communication medium(s) to activate. Which brings us to our friend, G.W. Shark and his vegan donuts.

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Maxim Behar

JANUARY 3, 2021

25 years back I founded a leading PR company in my native Bulgaria – M3 Communications Group, Inc. 25 years back I founded a leading PR company in my native Bulgaria – M3 Communications Group, Inc. To make it both easy to read, easy to find the necessary information, and at the same time analytical and slightly academical.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Everything we do, from multicultural engagement and community building to corporate communications, reputation management and crisis communications, is built on the foundation of our “Brand PR” approach. I listen to music while I write and edit. I love combining fresh, local ingredients in new ways to create a tasty dish.

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Cision

AUGUST 9, 2016

Before you create any brand communication, you must ask yourself: Will my audience care? Brandon Puttbrese, account supervisor at GS&F, says in order for your communication to be effective, you need to understand what motivates your audience. How do you help brands create communication that inspires action?

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Maxim Behar

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

I happen to meet you right after the World Communication Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where you had discussions with the best PR specialists from around the world. - Our industry has undergone huge changes, but it should be noted that the changes were not the result of a pandemic, but of the growing influence of social media over the years.

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PR Fuel

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In this age of social media, you may wonder why your company should even bother to write and issue press releases. Newspapers have less influence, and we can be our own publishers, right? How do you get the attention of that newspaper’s reviewer? Some media will write a story inspired by your release.

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How To Newspapers Analytics SEO 52

PR Fuel

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In this age of social media, you may wonder why your company should even bother to write and issue press releases. Newspapers have less influence, and we can be our own publishers, right? How do you get the attention of that newspaper’s reviewer? Some media will write a story inspired by your release.

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How To Newspapers Analytics SEO 52

Maxim Behar

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Maxim is one of the most recognizable and successful faces in the world of PR communications, not only in Bulgaria but globally. And that's why I decided to write this book because I saw these huge changes happening in our business. You can't do that sort of thing in a newspaper or on TV. Maxim: Hi, Sasho. It's hard to say.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Generally speaking, women exhibit many of the commonly-agreed-upon leadership traits such as honesty, ability to communicate clearly and integrity. Here’s what I’m committing to: Writing a post on #HeForShe issues once a month (which female leader do you consider a role model? My female clients. My daughter.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 17, 2014

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know I’m a big devotee of reading the hard copy print edition of my local newspaper, the Minneapolis Star Tribune. But at the end of the day we write off a fair amount of work. Corporate Communications Lists Other Popular Culture & PR PR culture'

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 10, 2012

I’ve been known to “occasionally” jump on my soapbox to rail against everything from students’ inability to write coherent sentences to public transit systems’ inability to provide anything vaguely resembling “service.”. What’s really in that liquid that’s seeping into the local water supply? (My Stopped two years before.

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Publicity Ethics Nonprofit Local 92

Beyond PR

APRIL 25, 2017

The AP is one of a handful of organizations working to debunk misinformation on Facebook, flagging content they’ve determined is untrue and writing a rebuttal, which then appears with the original, disputed story when people see it on Facebook. In this case, Carvin uses “everyone” to mean both journalists and the public.

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Facebook Newspapers Local Consumer 75

MaccaPR

JANUARY 17, 2017

From crisis communications counsel for scandal-plagued Ryan Lochte and the cause marketing insights of former General Mills CMO Mark Addicks to a behind-the-scenes look at agency BBDO’s Dinty Moore “Lumbersexual” campaign and tips for redesigning your company’s blog —the MaccaPR blog provided marketing and PR executives (like you!)

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Vuelio named this blog the best PR and communications blog in 2019. A study called the Velvet Ghetto commissioned by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) first called out the gender pay gap in the PR profession in 1986. Each corporate PRCA member will be expected to engage with a local school each year.

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PR Conversations

MARCH 8, 2016

Beverley kindly shared with me the photograph of Mabel, which I’ve supplemented with a newspaper report of her work. This is reported to have been a huge success in generating newspaper and radio coverage, changing cooking habits and increasing use of apple products by restaurants, schools and other institutions.

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Beyond PR

JUNE 8, 2016

Washington’s not really unique – it’s like any town with a myriad of local stories,” writes Christine. “So So what wins when it comes to local coverage? Summing up the panelists’ remarks, Christine writes that journalists must “become familiar with audio and video. You could be overlooking an opportunity.

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Maxim Behar

JULY 5, 2023

I will surprise you by telling you that today we will talk not about communications, but about the taste of life, as Maxim Behar this week takes on the role not of a PR expert, but of a culinary guide. As a leading PR expert in our country, I can't help but ask you, are there connections between communications, PR and culinary?

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Offleash

OCTOBER 16, 2017

After earning my bachelors degree in journalism I traded my dream of penning columns at a newspaper for a 9-5 job with benefits in order to provide for my family. However, it was at this company that I got to know a regular customer who worked in corporate communications at Hewlett Packard. and the rest is history.

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