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In Memoriam: Douglas Ann Newsom, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA

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Newsom was a Texas Christian University professor emerita of the Schieffer School of Journalism and authored numerous books. She received PRSA’s highest individual honor, the Gold Anvil Award, at the PRSA 2016 International Conference in Indianapolis. Douglas Ann Newsom, Ph.D., She was 87. Kruckeberg, Ph.D.,

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The Death of the Press Release.

Maxim Behar

1906–2007 The one-time ubiquitous emblem of classic PR, the press release, has technically been dead for a while now. An admittedly arbitrary but still plausibly precise date pinpointing the press release’s death might be November 6, 2007 — the day when Facebook launched its then vastly obscure, and today vastly dominant, Facebook Pages.

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8 Ways to Make Your Press Release More Effective

Cision

In 2016, communication has many more moving parts. What I want to do in this post is focus on how people are using press releases most effectively in 2016. Melissa Kelz Ben-Yoseph of KELZ PR (2016) posits an increasingly pondered question: are press releases still important? Journal Of Business Communication , 44 (1), 59-95.

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Meet the Media: Craig Cole, Road Test Editor at Roadshow by CNET

Bianchi Biz Blog

The first one is a review of a 2016 Lincoln MKX ( [link] ) and the second is a first drive of the updated 2019 Honda Pilot ( [link] ). How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I’ve been a full-time automotive journalist my entire professional career, ever since I graduated college waaay back in 2007.

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An Interview with Richard Bistrong, CEO, Front-Line Anti-Bribery LLC

Critical Mention

Over time, I ended up being quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Huffington Post, and have been on CNBC as a subject matter expert, among other media engagements. In 2007, as part of a cooperation agreement with the U.S. When I am now contacted by media, it’s usually around current anti-bribery issues.

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Professional PR Development. Why bother?

PR Conversations

Source: Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) State of the Profession Report (2016). In addition to this data, in the 2016-17 reporting year (ending in February 2017) 2227 CIPR members completed a CPD record (22 percent of members). Source: VMA Group Report: Inside Insight (2017).

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Putting PR on the Table for Minority Students

PRSay

Like Thomas, I began my freshman year in 2007 at Midwestern State University already knowing that I wanted to major in Mass Communication. At the time, that meant I would likely end up doing some form of journalism. Cambria’s PR Story. I wondered, as a black woman, would I actually be able to make it in PR?