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2020, PR Moment (decade) of Truth

Flack's Revenge

Be great fact-checkers. In this post I explain not only why it is so important to be great fact-checkers; for our clients, employers, journalists, and their readers; but why it is good business, too. Today, the very notions of truth, science, and facts are under assault like never before. Be truth-tellers.

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ICON 2022 Preview: BBC Journalist Katty Kay on the Importance of Confidence for Women and Girls

PRSay

With Claire Shipman, Kay wrote “Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success,” “The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance — What Women Should Know,” and “The Confidence Code for Girls: Taking Risks, Messing Up, & Becoming Your Amazingly Imperfect, Totally Powerful Self.”. Ahead of her Nov. We can help demonstrate that.

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The Internet Killed these 4 Words for Me

Flack's Revenge

Let’s face it, things have gotten weird with the Internet lately (and all things related – like the Web, apps, and social media). Here was a science, or at least theory (famously postulated by Richard Dawkins, in his book The Selfish Gene ) that claimed to explain how ideas propagate. We used to have a great thing going!

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Ron Cogan, Editor, Publisher & Writer at Green Car Journal

Bianchi Biz Blog

For the 30 years I have been publishing Green Car Journal , the mission has always been to assess what’s ‘real’ and what is not, whether talking high efficiency/advanced technology vehicles or alternative fuels like hydrogen, ethanol, natural gas, electricity, or other fuels du jour. Then I share it on the pages of my magazine or website.

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How NewsGuard monitors 8,000 websites to combat misinformation

NewsWhip

The proliferation of “alternative facts” and downright lies is dramatically affecting the public’s understanding of major conflicts, climate change, disease and transitions of power. The lack of trust in the press and the fact that we’re so polarized mean that people don’t even have agreed-upon facts to feed dialogue,” says Effron.

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7 Last Minute Things to Confirm Before Your Press Release Submission

PR Fuel

Double-check because even Smith and Jones can have alternate, unconventional spellings like Smythe and Jewnes. When you coordinate social media accounts, blog posts, news releases, email blasts, and other communications, you need to make sure they’re all in the right order. Have you spelled everyone’s names correctly?

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4 Creative PR Ideas for Crisis Communications

Sword and the Script

Writing on the Ignite Social Media blog, Bruna Camargo gave the vehicle manufacturer good grades for its response, “Instead of issuing some lame press release about how they’re sorry their guy couldn’t be more eloquent, they embraced it, rolled with it, and are now about to bank on it. 6 Creative PR Ideas for Blended Media.