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A Former Public Affairs Officer for the U.S. Marine Corps on Why He Pursued His APR

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Marine Corps public affairs conference in New Orleans in 2011. I sat in the audience of roughly 200 Marine Corps public affairs officers and observed a debate on the value of sending them to a newly-formed, yearlong master’s degree program in communications, and if having the APR really added credibility.

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Insights Into the Role of Communicators at the U.S. Department of Defense

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Some Navy vessels also have their own broadcasting systems onboard, which require specialized skills to operate. As with civilian PR, social media has assumed a dominant role in military public affairs. Some sailors are responsible for documenting sensitive incidents at sea and for collecting intelligence.

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Leading With Ethics During COVID-19

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As a nationwide health care system, OEM was able to pull assets from across the country to develop a plan, and they worked with the VHA Office of Communications on both internal and external PR efforts. We provided weekly training sessions to ensure that public affairs officers could hone their skills.

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The many paradoxes of public relations

Stephen Waddington

It took less two weeks to discover that there was a more fundamental issue and gap in research literature to make the case for the contribution of public relations to organisational decision making and strategy at a management level. Herein lies the challenge in studying public relations. This is fertile ground for a researcher.

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An Ethical Test: Why I Blew the Whistle on Corruption at My Organization

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I had been enjoying my time as a public affairs officer at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System (PVAHCS). Instead of being a uniting force, which I loved in my public affairs officer role at PVAHCS, I became a dividing force. Such a scenario presented itself to me in 2010 and 2014.

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In Memoriam: H. J. (Jerry) Dalton Jr., APR, Fellow PRSA

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Air Force’s Pentagon-based public affairs operation, has died. He spent his last five years in uniform as director of public affairs, reporting to the chief of staff and secretary of the Air Force. Retired Brig. Jerry) Dalton Jr., APR, Fellow PRSA, the first communications professional to head the U.S. Conference Room.”.

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Thoughts on Balancing Your Professional Work and Your Activism

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On July 20, the Strike for Black Lives saw thousands of essential workers walk off their jobs to demand that corporations raise wages as well as provide health care and paid sick leave as part of a larger effort to pressure businesses to confront systemic racism. In this new model, organizations become part of a larger social system.

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