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The transition from media to PR: Four former journalists talk about the surprises, struggles and wins

Communications Conversations

Newspapers are cutting staff. Paul Business Journal). You know you have skills but you don’t know how they will translate outside of journalism. The journalism world is much more fast-paced. Teaching people on the PR side about the journalism side. I know, I know, I’m not breaking news here.

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The Best Journalism Movies

Landis PR

Photo courtesy of Pixabay In honor of the 2023 Academy Awards, the Landis team couldn’t resist picking our favorite movies about journalism to be nominated for or win an Oscar. 2005) 2006 Academy Award Nominee “Good Night, and Good Luck.” They find the criminal trail leading higher and higher in the White House.

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The Essential Guide to Mass Communication: History, Methods, Ethics, and the Future

Masters in Communications

Way before newspapers, the Romans and Greeks used scrolls, Egyptians used papyrus, and ancient China used a form of paper to distribute information, even if that information was limited to an inner circle of elites or an educated few in those cases. China is credited with starting the world's first newspaper.

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2016: When PR Turned to the Dark Side

Flatiron Communications

2016 was the year when the currents that have slowly eroded the tenuous relationship between journalists and PR pros coalesced to create an existential crisis that may not be easily remedied. In 2005, I started a PR-focused “weblog” that sought to make transparent an industry whose machinations could clearly benefit from more sunlight.