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Newspapers remain a political campaigning tool: question everything you read

Stephen Waddington

Newspapers are about as useful as campaign leaflets as a form of electoral scrutiny. It's The Sun Wot Won It" has become shorthand for the influence of the media on the election process yet the fragmentation of media means that no newspaper has the influence to swing an election if indeed it ever did.

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News planning, tools and workflow to build an editorial calendar

Stephen Waddington

Here’s a process, tools and forward planning data to help build a news or editorial calendar. The chip paper phrase originates from the 24 hours news cycle when newspapers printed two editions per day. Collaboration and project tools are frequently be used as a news calendar. News planning is an important PR technique.

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Press Clippings Decoded: A Practical Guide to Mastering PR Exposure

Prowly

Remember the good ol’ days of cutting out pieces of articles from newspapers and magazines? Since technology has progressed though, it’s nearly certain you’ve been using a dedicated tool to collect mentions and don’t need a scissor and glue combo nearby.

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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. In a newspaper, you first have to report the information, then the newspaper has to be printed and distributed.

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Conditions are favorable for the comeback of the daily newspaper

Communications Conversations

For years, every time I make a comment about how my wife and I subscribe to and read the daily newspaper, I always get a smattering of comments like “They still have daily newspapers?” But recently, a couple of things have me thinking maybe the daily newspaper will make a comeback. ” I mean, I get it.

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Why Tech Is Important To PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Amid budget cuts, tools like generative AI are ushering in a new era of creativity. Reach a Wider Audience In the past, PR was largely limited to traditional media outlets such as newspapers, magazines, television, and radio. Today, marketing and communications teams are being asked — over and over again — to do more with less.

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Tech Tools We Love for Solo PR Pros

Solo PR Pro

We Solo PR Pros love any gadget, app, or tech tool that helps us to save time, stay organized, and better serve our clients. Here is a list of tools we are loving right now. We are always on the hunt for an audio transcription tool and we love Otter.ai. This is the perfect tool to begin to capture your business systems.

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