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An $8 Billion Lesson in Strategic Decision-Making

PRSay

Starting in 2012, they’d make announcements about big investments from venture funds that valued them around $500 million, and then things would go back to normal. Now, overnight, billions will be flowing into our local economy via all those stock options and inevitable philanthropy that will result.

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Meet the Media: Josh Fisher, Executive Editor or FleetOwner

Bianchi Biz Blog

While working in local news in the Northeast, I covered a few big hurricanes and major blizzards that ravaged the area. Covering Hurricane Sandy in 2012 was an adventure that included a lot of adrenaline and little sleep in the “early days” of using social media for good. I started off covering education and other local issues.

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What Are Agency Partnerships? Why It May Be Smart as a Solo PR Pro to Work With an Agency

Solo PR Pro

To the rest of the team, I was just traditional media relations. They asked me to put together a very robust communications plan that included my media relations approach and social strategy and other communication stuff not part of my usual responsibilities. This is when things really started to change.

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Changes in journalism impacting PR

Prakkypedia

The report stated: “The committee was particularly struck by the number of journalist jobs that have been lost in the last few years, which some evidence suggested was approximately 3000–3200 positions between 2012 and late-2017.

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

Bianchi Biz Blog

Also on our radar these days is anything related to electric trucks, charging infrastructure, and fleets’ efforts to reduce carbon emissions and improve fuel economy. I covered Hurricane Sandy in Connecticut in 2012. I covered everything from town politics, police, fire, education, town budgets, and local happenings in the community.

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Meet the Media: Vesna Brajkovic, Managing Editor of Heavy Duty Trucking & TruckingInfo.com

Bianchi Biz Blog

I’ve written a story at least once a week since 2012 when I walked into the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s independent, student-run newsroom unannounced asking for an assignment. By the end of my junior year I was running the paper, and one of my stories got picked up by a local newspaper.

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The Value of Strategic Communications in the PRSA MBA/Business School Program

PRSay

These deficiencies helped inspire the PRSA MBA/Business School Program , which launched in 2012 with five pilot schools including the Tuck School of Business and the Kellogg School of Business. Oppe also invites local media and corporate executives to discuss current events and provide media training and other practical skills.