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

Melissa Agnes

William Waugh and Kathleen Tierney, two highly respected colleagues, have written about the profession of emergency management in their 2007 book, Emergency Management: Principles and Practice of Local Government (Washington, DC: ICMA Press, pp. 1 (Printed in Wikipedia, “Lorne M. In conclusion. References. Retrieved 2009-11-07.

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Hold the front page: the news business remains a work in progress

Stephen Waddington

Print, not news, in decline The quarterly Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) data is a depressing read. Print has ceded to digital in all but a few niches. It’s why much of the local and regional media is on its knees. Twitter supplied raw data for an 11 year period from 2006 to 2017. Digital news is a commodity business.

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

Melissa Agnes

William Waugh and Kathleen Tierney, two highly respected colleagues, have written about the profession of emergency management in their 2007 book, Emergency Management: Principles and Practice of Local Government (Washington, DC: ICMA Press, pp. 1 (Printed in Wikipedia, “Lorne M. In conclusion. References. Retrieved 2009-11-07.

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Junk Mail, Junk News

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For years, many COMPANY locations have relied on their local Valpak franchise to create and deliver advertising campaigns to area consumers. In 2006, over 17 million COMPANY savings offers were mailed to consumers through the familiar blue Valpak envelope. ®, an online site for local savings, has over 20 million offer views each month.

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Retrevo’s Good ‘n Plenty Pitch

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Good Organic Stories Trump Re-Prints. Simply drive your iPad to your local "iPad smudge station," usually found at gas stations and car washes. If the media is heavily reporting stories about a specific person, product, company, or trend, find a way to align your company’s current pitch with it. Not to worry.