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Trends and Best Practices for Media Relations

PRSay

In addition, relationships with reporters developed through media relations work will eventually become vital to any PR effort, especially in times of crisis communication. Read by influencers and decision-makers, these guest columns require our best efforts and most polished writing. Op-Eds remain the gold standard.

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Reflexivity Memo on PR practice from craft skills to education. A case of ‘plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose’.

PR Conversations

As a passionate advocate of reflective practice and lifelong learning, it’s always useful to look back at my previous writing/thinking. Then, please return to read this Reflexivity Memo inspired by Jim’s answers to the questions that I posed in 2008: Q9. After all, publics were enabled to act as equals and amplify crisis situations.

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This Week in PR Ethics (5/18/23): Taking on Climate Lies

Ethical Voices

Additionally, many of these news outlets have content teams to help native advertisers write copy. One of the researchers made the strong claim that this makes prominent “news organizations complicit in actively creating and spreading disinformation about the climate crisis.”

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Meet the Media: Cristina Commendatore, Editor in Chief of FleetOwner

Bianchi Biz Blog

In my role today, the most fun stories I get to write come from test-driving trucks. Our Commercial Vehicle Group also won editorial excellence awards for investigative journalism, a technology article on hydrogen trucks, and editorial use of data. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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Behind the Headlines With Ted Meyer

Cision

In times of crisis, are you able to think on your feet? I’ve always been a news junkie and loved to write since I was a little kid. I had a few stories published in high school journals, and starting around junior high I used to write letters to the editor of the local paper. Learn to write well. Karma is real.

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Behind the Headlines With Rich Oppel

Cision

It will include reputation management, crisis management, brand enhancement and media relations. How do you think your background in journalism will help you in this new role? How did you make the switch from journalism to PR? Read closely what they write. Both journalists and communication professionals tell stories.

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Triple 7s: The Best, Worst and Most Loved Blog Posts in 2017

Sword and the Script

What we made, on a platform called Moveable Type in 2008, was a pretty good start, but there was also a lot of red-tape. Not long after that I started this blog and began writing. Then it got picked up by a crisis communications specialist who asked to run it in his newsletter. A half year later my employer was acquired.