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Fashioning a stunt

Mark My Words

Textiles and fashion occupy a central position in the realm of material culture. This week Karl Lagerfeld sent a parade of waifs down the runway brandishing placards for women’s rights (of a Barbie doll kind of flavour) Lagerfeld certainly knows how to pull off a stunt, but is this really the best fashion can do?

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

PRSay

I was recruited into public relations by one of my PR contacts when I was fashion editor of the trade magazine Sporting Goods Business. Schwartz & Company, which was looking for an account person who knew sports and fashion. Before joining PRSA in 1994, he worked as a newspaper reporter and magazine writer in Columbus, Ohio.

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Traditional Media: From Endangered To Extinct

Maxim Behar

In 1999, in an interview with Bulgarian online media expert Justin Toms, I declared that print newspapers would be gone by 2025. Max, you’re going against your livelihood — you started in the press, with the printing press and newspaper ink! First, “newspaper” doesn’t exist anymore because the first part, “news,” is gone.

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What reputational lessons can we learn from the recent Beckham documentary?

PR in High Definition

In this pre-social media age, newspapers ruled the roost. People went down to the local shop to get their daily newspaper, complete with some clever (and many not so clever) headline puns slapped on the front page. But what has truly propelled Victoria’s reputation since her Spice Girl days is her move into the fashion world.

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PRSA’s Kansas City Chapter Starts Scholarship Fund to Carry On Legacy of Trailblazer, Dr. Inez Y. Kaiser

PRSay

Her columns “Hints for Homemakers” and “Fashion and Otherwise” were published in Black newspapers across the country, and she was a guest contributor for The Kansas City Star ’s opinion column “As I See It.”. Encouraged by a newspaper editor, she decided to pursue a career in public relations. school district for 20 years.

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The Human Touch

Prakkypedia

Don’t overlook the people that work in your organisation: they could be the key to your next magazine piece, newspaper profile or 30-minute radio conversation. They’re the longer-form radio chat shows, the magazines containing feature articles, the Sunday newspapers with double-page spreads.

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Public Relations Review

PR for Anyone

Instead, when I heard camouflage was a new fashion trend for women, I took the camo Sock-It that was originally designed for men and coupled it with a hot pink Strap-It and created a “new” combination that appeared to be a new product launch. You can also get creative with “new.” For more information, go to www.3StepstoPRSuccess.com

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