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Investor Relations Communication in a Time of Crisis: 6 Areas to Focus On | Business Wire Blog

Business Wire

Some situations, such as the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 2008 mortgage crisis, or the global coronavirus pandemic, are so sweeping and destructive that many of the traditional rules and familiar patterns for communications no longer apply.

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Top Business Journalists in the US & UK – The 2020 List

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Alyson Shontell joined Business Insider in July 2008 as its sixth employee and was a sales planner before joining the editorial team in 2010. There, she became a start-up reporter and was first to cover some of today’s largest tech companies, including Pinterest, Tinder, Instagram, Uber, and Snap.

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

PRSay

In our initial edition of the “Public Relations Handbook,” we discussed how one company had incredibly transmitted information via satellite from the United States to Japan, with a two-way, closed-circuit television between Tokyo and Chicago. There were newspapers, magazines, wire services, trade publications, TV and radio.

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In Memoriam: Joe S. Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

In 2008, he received PRSA’s highest individual honor — the Gold Anvil. The full-service firm represented a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to local nonprofits, many of them clients for more than two decades. He also has served as chair of the PRSA College of Fellows and the Counselors Academy.

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Why Public Relations Is King During A Crisis

Onclusive

That is why PR is the one function within the marketing organization that is positioned to step up, take a leadership position and have the greatest impact on company reputation during this period. Managing your company’s reputation through a global crisis is different and harder than it was during the financial crisis of 2008.

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What Values-Driven Companies Really Look Like

ReimaginePR

He raised the minimum wage at the company he founded to $70,000. All talk no walk: Lots of companies talk about the values they hold. Oates left the company six months after sending the letter. The only response from the company was old-world PR gobbly gook reiterating thier talking points. But he didn’t stop there.

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Glassdoor reviews as a signal of corporate misconduct

Stephen Waddington

Company reviews posted by employees are an indicator of the cultural health of an organisation. The researchers created a dataset of reviews from more than 4,000 public companies between 2008 and 2016 and extracted a vocabulary of more than 11,500 words. I’m suspicious of any organisation that has a perfect Glassdoor score.

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