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Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffett Sees Newspapers Dying

Remote PR Jobs

Originally seen on Bloomberg Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is pessimistic on the newspaper industry at a time when public relations specialists are increasingly outnumbering journalists. Employment for public relations specialists will expand to 282,600 in 2026, up 9 percent from 2016, according to projections from the Labor Department.

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Who Were The PR Winners And Losers of 2017?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Yes, 2017 feels like a lifetime ago, given our breakneck news cycle, but there were plenty of public relations lessons over the year for big brands and business categories. 2017 was like a charmed year for the digital commerce giant. For the MSM, 2017 was filled with ups and downs. The Winners. Mainstream media. The Losers.

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The State Of Journalism, How It Might Evolve, And How PR Can Help

Mindful Marketing

By Seedepth The media industry and journalism are experiencing significant change. This dynamic creates new and complicated challenges for journalists and PR pros, who may end up relying on each other now more than ever to save journalism. Newspapers like the Washington Post are even beginning to hire staff again.

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Brand journalism case study: How the University of St. Thomas covered the largest Division III Football Game in U.S. History

Communications Conversations

We were right there hanging with the media reporters from the big newspapers and publications in the Twin Cities. Thomas (@UofStThomasMN) September 25, 2017. “ We started using it at the 2016 press conference at Target Field –and, it really took off. The story went live within minutes of the end of the game.

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

Bianchi Biz Blog

Vesna Brajkovic has been covering the transportation industry since 2016, including trucking, railroading, the automotive aftermarket and aviation. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? 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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Are we still over-relying on media relations?

Communications Conversations

Think Netflix + The Wall Street Journal (and a bunch of others here ). According to eMarketers, social media ad spend will quadruple by 2017. Meanwhile, print circulation numbers among the nation’s largest newspapers are plummeting. Flash forward to 2016: Media reach is shrinking (traditionally).

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In-Housing Trend: What PR Agencies and Marketing Firms can Learn from Law Firms

Sword and the Script

It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” (By In 2016, Bob Ambrogi , a lawyer, and a highly-respected legal journalist, began chronicling the rise of legal technology startups.

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