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The Silicon Valley Watcher to publish on PressPage

Presspage

In May 2004, Tom Foremski became the first journalist to leave a major newspaper, the Financial Times, to become a full-time journalist blogger. In essence he saw early on that the Internet was one massive, accessible and affordable digital printing press. Press release!

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8 Ways to Make Your Press Release More Effective

Cision

According to a survey of the releases distributed by (a certain PR firm) on one day: 78% of public relations people spend extra money to dress up their releases with printed letterheads and color…the 78% broke down into 34% on a simple black letterhead, 16% on a one-color letterhead, and 28% on a letterhead with two or more colors.

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3 former PR pros who made mid-career shifts and lived to talk about it

Communications Conversations

Alice Riot is a line of professional women’s garments that serve as the canvases for limited-edition prints of original works by female artists. Current role: Full-time faculty member at the University of Minnesota – Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication. How long have you been in this job/field? Betsy Andersen.

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

Maxim Behar

Then at a certain point, I parted ways with journalism. I still think of this quote from Winston Churchill: "One can achieve many things with journalism, but one must know when to leave it". Now, 10% of it is in print, the other 90% is on the social media platforms. There is no Bulgarian word for marketing and many other things.

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Research Shows Journalists Want More Multimedia from PR Pros

Beyond PR

With print becoming less important to audiences, telling stories in more visual ways is critical – and public relations professionals can help. In 2004, Jon Forsythe was one of just a handful of Washington Post journalists who were given a video camera and told to go report on the news. Use Multimedia to Tell a Better Story.