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Pioneer John Harold Johnson (1918–2005)

Institute for Public Relations

While he attended the University of Chicago, Johnson worked part-time at Supreme Life Insurance … Continue reading Pioneer John Harold Johnson (1918–2005) → John Harold Johnson was born on Jan. 19, 1918, in Arkansas City, Arkansas.

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PR Has Evolved Since First ‘Public Relations Handbook’ in 1967, but Some Values Are Timeless

PRSay

About 2,200 local print newspapers have closed since 2005, cutting the number of newspaper journalists by more than half between 2008 and 2020. Daily newspaper circulation in the United States has fallen from its height of 61.8 million in 1974 to 24.3 million in 2020, according to Pew Research Center.

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PR must grow up and appreciate the value of qualifications, learning and research

Stephen Waddington

Exploring PR was originally conceived in 2005 as a collaboration between Ralph Tench and Liz Yeomans at Leeds Beckett University. We made a start at reflecting this by adding new material in the past few months as the book went to print. We’ve published the fifth edition of the book this week.

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Earned Media vs. Media Relations [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

Summary of monthly PR tech news: Critical Mention adds a media database; Talkwalker acquires Nielson Social; Watch out for fine print in media monitoring contracts As a term, earned media made a big splash in search trends in late 2004 or early 2005…and then interest waned.

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Get Your Message Across Loud and Clear: How to Train a Spokesperson

Doctor Spin

I’ve been training spokespersons and pitching their stories since 2005. Cover photo by Jerry Silfwer ( Prints / Instagram ). How to train a spokesperson? Being a camera-shy introvert, I’ve got a profound respect for anyone prepared to step out into the spotlight. FOOTNOTES [ + ] FOOTNOTES.

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A PR Perspective on How the Huffington Post changed Digital Journalism

Mora Communications

Arianna Huffington co-founded the Huffington Post along with Kenneth Lerer and Jonah Peretti in 2005. From a PR perspective, there needs to be a learning curve here when communicating with clients who still feel that it’s only legitimate media when they can hold a print copy in their hand.

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The Field of Emergency Management: Why It Is Not A Profession

Melissa Agnes

They refer to emergency management as a profession, yet indicate that following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 “…emergency managers were having a difficult time explaining their roles to policy makers and to the public. 1 (Printed in Wikipedia, “Lorne M. Now we leave it to you. How do you feel about this matter, what is your stance?

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