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Flawed Dot Connecting from Washington Post Correlates Rise of PR to the Fall of Journalism

Ishmael's Corner

Since Craigslist eviscerated the classified ads business in newspapers, journalists have been writing the “poor me” story. At some point, it became fashionable for these “poor me” stories to blame the PR industry for journalism’s shrinking job pool. The best non-fiction storytelling on the planet comes from journalists.

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Double-dipping exposes reputation risk in blurred boundaries of PR and journalism

PR Conversations

(Not long after contacting the journalist, his network, the agency and some of its clients, Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper reported that the network had suspended the TV anchor. One could hypothesize questions 1 and 2 were debated at both the TV network and the newspaper.). When trust in journalism is broken, everyone loses.

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Double-dipping exposes reputation risk in blurred boundaries of PR and journalism

PR Conversations

(Not long after contacting the journalist, his network, the agency and some of its clients, Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper reported that the network had suspended the TV anchor. One could hypothesize questions 1 and 2 were debated at both the TV network and the newspaper.). When trust in journalism is broken, everyone loses.

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The transition from media to PR: Four former journalists talk about the surprises, struggles and wins

Communications Conversations

Newspapers are cutting staff. Paul Business Journal). KSTP-TV told me in August of 2012 that they weren’t renewing my contract and they would give me a year to find another job. You know you have skills but you don’t know how they will translate outside of journalism. The journalism world is much more fast-paced.

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