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Advice From a 94-Year-Old Veteran of the Military and Public Affairs

PRSay

Air Force, where he spent most of his career in public affairs. Then, after his liberation from the Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp, he spent 41 years in public affairs. I don’t think newspapers will exist as we know them, and TV will be changed a great deal, too. Perdue, is retired from the U.S.

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Behind the Headlines With Ashley Simmons

Cision

What drew you to the field of public relations and communication? It made sense that I should be in the nation’s capital to study public affairs and obtain more real-world experience, so I moved to D.C. My daily newspaper of choice is…The Wall Street Journal. I’ve never looked back.

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Behind the Headlines With Dan Gregory

Cision

From there, I continued making connections between what originally attracted me to public speaking and the many other elements of public relations that I use today. Learn how to build a brand journalism strategy with our free white paper! My daily newspaper of choice is…The Washington Post.

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We Must Confront the Uncomfortable Truths – Roger Bolton

Ethical Voices

I was spending all my time working for the school newspaper, and I had to tell my dad, “I’m not going to be an engineer.” One of my favorite memories is the reporter from The Wall Street Journal covering us at Aetna used to read her stories to me over the phone before she published. But you know what?

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Maxim Behar in Kamen Vodenicharov's show "The Evening of." on 7/8 TV

Maxim Behar

Tonight, we have a very erudite, broad-minded, and informed expert who sees things happening under the surface of the media and public space. Our guest has had a remarkable career beginning as a newspaper correspondent. Then at a certain point, I parted ways with journalism. Get busy doing public outreach.

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Ethical Issues with Coalitions and Front Groups – Greg Bailey

Ethical Voices

I’m a former journalist turned public relations practitioner. I spent the first third of my career working for newspapers. I was the managing editor of the local business journal here in Nashville before joining a local PR firm. In the newspaper business, I did have one, and I really thought I’d lose my job over it.

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International Conference Preview: Frank X. Shaw Talks Diversity, Disruption and 10 Years at Microsoft

PRSay

You have a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. Did you ever consider a career as a reporter, and what journalism skills do you rely on in your job today? I worked for my school newspaper, and when I joined the Marines I was a public affairs officer. We ran a base newspaper.