Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

I remember sitting with a college student at a local Starbucks. She was asking me about different careers in PR … what type of PR would suit her best and whether she should pursue agency or in-house communications work. Book Reviews / Journal Research. Younger professionals have so much to share with you. Industry Associations.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I have been in journalism or PR for 25 years — I went to Boston University for journalism and upon graduation, I worked as a business reporter for a local daily newspaper on the outside of Cleveland. We also want them to be interesting and easy to read.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

“Connecting metrics from communications back to business performance continues to be tough, but we’re making progress,” thanks to the tools and technology now available, said Michelle Sing, head of communications and philanthropy for JCPenney, during the Nov. 14 episode of S&T Live. In my mind, the two are integrated,” she said.

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MaccaPR

JULY 8, 2015

If you're a Vice President of Corporate Communications, Chief Marketing Officer or PR Director in Minnesota, there are only a handful of local business media outlets that you. Paul Business Journal and, increasingly of late, Minnesota Business magazine. Paul Business Journal, and news director for SPNN-TV Neighborhood News.

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PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Publication of that collective interview was prompted by my piece called A radical view of PR , which generated 48 comments including, notably, a response from Jim Grunig – one of several in the resulting lively discussion.

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Barokas

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

In my introductory journalism classes, my professors made it sound like PR professionals were magical fixtures at every event who could answer all of my questions. My professors assumed every journalism student knew what PR was, so I never sought clarity on the job description, because I didn’t want to discredit my reporter title.

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Cision

APRIL 26, 2016

In this interview, Ashley discusses how to best leverage data and analytics, establish specific objectives for your communication strategy and be creative and take risks with your public relations efforts. What drew you to the field of public relations and communication? The tools and technology will come after.

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Presspage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Finding traditional news media harder and harder to reach in the modern age, OhioHealth saw an opportunity to showcase their internal communications stories alongside their media relations efforts to truly create a one stop shop brand journalism website. Missy Gleason : Our local PRSA had a call for entries.

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Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 1, 2018

It is the reality that Internet culture has given us today; where content is there for the taking, to be riffed on, often ripped off, repackaged, bookmarked, collated, aggregated, discovered, shared and curated; in which content is commoditized and journalism has been torn asunder.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Studying for a public relations or mass communications degree is the most traditional route into the industry today, but it’s not the only route. I know PR professionals with degrees in journalism, mass media, English, business communication, marketing, sports and more.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I’m also an active community volunteer, serving as an officer in my local Sons of the American Legion squadron, which lately involves helping to run a huge outdoor cornhole league. And somewhere back in time, I was an elected school board member.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 21, 2020

First, we need more local journalism–whether it’s professional or not. People want to learn more about their communities! It gives me the ability to reach out to any number of people for: interviews, input on posts, opinions, feedback. And second, school newspapers are in my blood.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? By the end of my junior year I was running the paper, and one of my stories got picked up by a local newspaper. It was an internal struggle deciding because I felt my heart was in community stories.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The attraction was instant, she says, and at that young age, it was a deciding moment in her determination to pursue a career in either PR or journalism. It’s a challenge to get all the press releases out for each of these units while still being able to find time to secure interviews for our 25+ spokespeople.

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Flack's Revenge

JANUARY 10, 2019

Last month I interviewed top PR and social media experts about the challenges facing online marketing. Enter Instagram with its snazzy pix, short captions, easy engagement, and non-stop roll out of exciting new features; and What’s App, that so easily facilitates micro-community building and sharing. Neal: Absolutely!

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

I think about people like LeeAnn Rasachak and Sarah Reckard whom I met more than 10 years ago now (they were one of my first PR Rock Star interviews!). I’ve watched them both grow into fabulous communicators and leaders! So, I asked a few key local leaders for up-and-coming social media or communications superstars they admire.

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Solo PR Pro

AUGUST 2, 2022

For many solo PR pros, the idea of becoming an adjunct instructor at a local college or university can be appealing. “With more programs moving online, opportunities to teach no longer have to be limited to your local university,” explains Kristie. “It gives me additional credibility among my peers and clients.”

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Mora Communications

MAY 15, 2017

GLOBAL TO LOCAL. s Silicon Beach community. . For over 15 years Ann has prepared top professionals to appear on CNN, Oprah, Fx News, 60 Minutes, The Wall Street Journal, and numerous other outlets. Her media training evolved into Speak Your Business, a company that is out to revolutionize the way business owners communicate.

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Maxim Behar

APRIL 11, 2024

Host: I recently interviewed the entrepreneur Hristo Popov, and we discussed this exact topic – the environment. Friends, community. In journalism, there is a golden rule. Someone from abroad, armed with their knowledge, language skills, and understanding of local customs, can find success here very quickly. That's it.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 16, 2012

The Business Journals (#bizjournals) believe you can. The Business Journals are a consolidated group of business media sources providing local business news in 43 cities. They write about hires, mergers and events in the business community. Neither team had too tough a time making it into the local playoff rounds.

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Flatiron Communications

JULY 5, 2022

I split my time in the vast Enercare Center between hosting duties, interviewing select attendees for this publication, and catching a few of the sessions. I gravitated to the Centre Stage, but checked out the PandaConf (ad/marketing), and FourthEstate (media/journalism) stages. Notably, Ms. They don’t care. They’re lying on purpose.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The PR 2020 project was based on interviews with PR practitioners throughout the UK and the outlook for the forthcoming decade. Public service media is failing the public Thank you My thanks to the following communities and individuals. The project has brought me into contact with a new community of more than 50 thinkers and doers.

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Journalistics

APRIL 17, 2013

Fast-forward a couple of years and we’re all talking about brand journalism, content marketing, and the new favorite, native advertising. We’re in the midst of a content revolution, where brands are finding it more fruitful to produce their own content, earning the communication channels they use to reach you and me. Think Local.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In an interview for this article, Keyris Manzanares, a multimedia reporter at Virginia Public Media, said she often receives email pitches from PR people. In your pitch, convey how the story affects the community, Thrasher advised. Is it giving kids in the community a chance to do something different?”

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Ethical Voices

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Since I was 16, I’ve been in communications. First, I was in radio journalism doing the DJ thing with album rock at night and high school during the day. It goes from whether you’re talking about universal versus absolute ethics, and you may have a guiding principle, but how do you adapt it for the localities?

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

It’s equal parts learning, networking, sharing and giving back to the community. All the better he came highly recommended, and I’m sure glad he did because this interview doesn’t disappoint. He is Frank Pollock and he’s my guest in this excellent edition of this interview series. PR, marketing, sales and journalism.

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PR Conversations

JULY 17, 2014

It is a long-running and successful campaign that still resonates in our New Zealand community. To leave the field of interior design and go into journalism–that eventually led me into PR. A detour into interior design led to journalism in radio and print for around 10 years, before landing in PR. flexibility.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 30, 2015

And I was delighted that three extremely experienced practitioners – you might even call them legendary (or on their way) made the time to join us: Shel Holtz of Holtz Communication, Dr. Julie O’Neil of the TCU School of Journalism, and Dr. Barbara Gibson of Syracuse University London. ’ #internalcomms #measurepr.

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Maxim Behar

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The Shumen Theatre was the first theatre in Bulgaria, the Shumen Symphony Orchestra was the first, and the Shumen Community Center was the first in Bulgaria. My dad had sent me to learn the language at the local Community center and I knew only how to greet and say goodbye to people, but I still told him that I knew how to speak.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JULY 2, 2018

Our most challenging PR measurement moments: A5 The most challenging PR effort was a health communications campaign for a non-profit with outreach to remote areas. KPIs included local media interviews, toolkit downloads, and increased engagement at local chapter levels #measurepr. A3 I studied journalism in grad school.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

Melissa Thibodo is the whole package – she is incredibly bright with PR strategy, she is among our top student writers and editors in the journalism school, she has unparalleled relationship building skills, and she has a strong foundation of real-world experience. She’s done an extensive survey and in-dedpth interviews.

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Prakkypedia

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Stepping into the darkroom at the Whyalla News and rolling my own film to take photographs, when journalism was already beginning to shed and combine jobs to save money. I achieved great media coverage for MAC and was often their media spokesperson on-air, however I always seems to tangle with pull-up banners.

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PR Conversations

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

It is not merely semantics to believe communications take place between people and so recognise that employees are actually people who may be belong to Unions, be shareholders, members of a local community – and active, intelligent participants in the organisation’s success, not simply a human resource to be informed and persuaded.

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Ethical Voices

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

I got my start in public relations, interestingly enough, doing political campaigns and community organizing back in South Carolina in 2007. I felt very compelled and impassioned with the work that I was doing in the communities in the South, the hotbed of retail politics. I was in charge of being the liaison to tribal communities.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 22, 2023

Out of journalism school, I worked at the Galveston County Daily News , near Houston. I reported on NASA and crime, local government, League City, the bedroom community close to Mission Control/Johnson Space Center. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

The industry is undergoing one of its most significant evolutions in history, so we are producing lots of coverage about what that means in terms of new vehicles , investments, and profits, but also how this transition stands to affect consumers as well as the workers and communities that power the industry. I worked there for about 4.5

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Journalistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

An interesting thing happens when you do this well – you actually attract journalists and bloggers to your content, and they’ll often want to interview you or quote you in their stories (without you having to pitch them). Continue to build your audience – through subscriptions and a high level of “touch” across your community.

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