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Writing For Journalism And Writing For PR: How They Differ

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

I was a journalism major, so most of my writing experience in college had a reporting angle. Whether it was through classes, writing for the school newspaper , or my personal blogs, my writing involved reporting facts, interviewing subjects, and taking down their quotes. More specifically, I wanted to be a sportswriter.

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AP Style: How relevant is it in 2019?

Communications Conversations

People now spend only 11 minutes a day consuming newspaper media, and 9 minutes a day consuming magazine media. Heck, even the Wall Street Journal is saying “Yes, You Should Be Using Emojis at Work” (that was the actual headline!). And, those are just the major AP Style guidelines that most people should know!

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House of Style: Q-and-A With AP Stylebook Editor Paula Froke

PRSay

We uphold the standard for a consistent style, though the specifics of some guidelines may change over time. As with any style rule or guideline, organizations, writers and editors who aren’t with the AP can modify as needed for their own audiences. she holds a master’s degree in arts journalism from Syracuse University’s S.I.

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Your client is accused of price gauging, now what? – Scott Brooks

Ethical Voices

I saw a column from Scott in a local newspaper and reached out to invite him to be a guest. My background is in radio and television journalism. I spent about the first 15 years of my career doing radio, television and also some print journalism over the years. That’s really true in environmental journalism in particular.

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Behind the Headlines With Howard Stutz

Cision

I was the gaming reporter for the last 11 years covering the casino industry for the Las Vegas Review-Journal and dealing day-to-day with corporate communications folks from the various gaming companies. It’s rare nowadays that the morning newspaper or the evening news telecast breaks a story. Rapid Fire Round.

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CASE STUDY - Using current events to land in the media

PR for Anyone

See this article from the Wall Street Journal that discusses why. So we're following, you know strict guidelines and that with the CDC. Is it newspapers in that piled up on the, on the porch? “Physical Distancing” is what we have to do, not social distance. She took a national story/trend and brought it local.

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In-Housing Trend: What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms

Sword and the Script

It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” (By They developed these things called “outside counsel guidelines” (OCGs) that in part detailed what they will pay for and what they won’t.

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