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Increasing Your Media Coverage Through Storytelling

PRSay

As communicators, we have long relied on earned media or public relations — usually in the form of media relations — to place our clients’ names on the internet, on TV, in print and on the radio. Earned media demonstrates credibility, since the organization doesn’t pay for the placement. Regional Foundation.

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

PRSay

Through the years, the PR and comms fields have been attractive landing spots for journalists with their writing and storytelling skills and media prowess. They both are storytellers. Jeanne, aside from teaching, you’ve held senior-level comms roles and worked in media relations.

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Are we still over-relying on media relations?

Communications Conversations

Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately: Are we over-relying on media relations in PR? I’m talking about the broader scope of PR here–media relations, content marketing, social media marketing, community relations, etc. Just give this shocking post a read. I can’t help it.

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PR Campaign Tips: 10 Harmful Myths You Need to Avoid

B2B PR Sense

Handpicked Related Content. Myth #3: PR is not the same as media relations. Media relations is a subset of PR. Or you may decide that media relations is precisely what you need. Handpicked Related Content. How to Score in B2B Media Relations. Social media strategy.

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Get a Big Picture of the PR Landscape with these Notes from 10 Industry Surveys

Sword and the Script

More: 21 Media Relations Insights From 3 Surveys Polling 4,000+ Journalists 5. More: 21 Media Relations Insights From 3 Surveys Polling 4,000+ Journalists 6. Most reporters are on Twitter If you work in PR and have responsibility for media relations , then you have in a sense, a professional obligation to be on Twitter.

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Behind the Headlines With Morgan Givney

Cision

In this interview, Morgan discusses the importance of having a social presence, how to keep your digital community engaged and why the fundamentals of public relations will never change. Going into college I just knew that I would be a reporter at a newspaper. What’s your secret to media relations success?

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What is PR? 141 PR and Comms Pros Explain What They Do for a Living

Sword and the Script

What is for sure is that a solid PR team is versatile and can expertly cover down on a broad number of functions: internal comms, external comms, executive comms, media relations, analyst relations, corporate social responsibility, thought leadership and marcom, and as I’ve long proposed, content marketing, among many others.

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