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Breaking: Burrelles to close after 130 years; the venerable newspaper clipping service shutters

Sword and the Script

I have left messages with both companies requesting interviews. If you have information about this event, please reach out. I’ll update this post as I learn more. I encourage the executive team to follow PR 101 advice and come on out and share the story, or risk the details being filled in anyway. This is the end of an era.

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Maxim Behar: We live in times when all information must be verified

Maxim Behar

Do we verify the information we receive, or do we tend to trust it? The emergence of social media about fifteen years ago and their increasing influence suddenly gave them an identification similar to what newspapers once had. Out of 10 pieces of information provided, at least 7-8 need double-checking.

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AirPR Interview Series: Emmy Award Winning Journalist & PR Pro Mika Stambaugh

Onclusive

The name doubly fits, since our job is to manage TMI (“too much information”). I also suggest when sharing earned media content on social media to keep the status short … nobody wants to read several paragraphs to set up a one minute news clip or newspaper mention! We keep things simple. TMI does PR.

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Maxim Behar: Social media is the realm of free speech, which makes our world better

Maxim Behar

Twenty to twenty-five years ago, we fought for diversity of opinions on television and in newspapers. An established media outlet - a newspaper, television, television channel, or radio - can also publish wrong information. However, a social media platform can also publish accurate information. That’s the first benefit.

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People Mistrust Media Reports About Climate Change, Study Finds

PRSay

In interviews aimed at understanding skepticism about climate change, the study found that many participants are suspicious of language that presents climate change as a crisis or an urgent threat. Networks and radio and newspapers and television — they’re all getting paid to tell me something,” one interviewee said.

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The Kate photo scandal has tested the public’s trust. How do the Royals get it back?

Mark My Words

public relations expert, said in an interview. “I think once Catherine is back in the public eye and on royal walkabouts and able to answer questions even informally about how she’s feeling, I think that will dampen a lot of the speculation,” Carolyn Harris, a Toronto-based royal author and historian, said in an interview.

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Meet the Media: Jeremy Wolfe, Editor for FleetOwner

Bianchi Biz Blog

I regularly write articles on market reports, industry regulations, information management technology, and operations. I joined my university’s newspaper as a reporter in 2018. I appreciate interview proposals and prepared written statements regarding trending topics in the trucking space. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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