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Philanthropist Craig Newmark on Ethical Communication

PRSay

In 2016, he founded Craig Newmark Philanthropies, which supports organizations that advocate for trustworthy journalism, voter protection, women in technology, and military veterans and their families. I saw that in 2016 the immune system of democracy didn’t work so well.

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A call for a public inquiry into the impact of media and tech on democracy

Stephen Waddington

It’s a response to the impasse in UK politics since the EU Referendum in 2016. Leaked documents as a campaign tool Labour leaked documents in a bid to discredit claims by the Conservative Party. Leaked document raises fresh concerns about GB-NI trade after Brexit , BBC News ). They both apologised. (

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Lessons from the UK’s top media and public relations blogger

Stephen Waddington

The inspirational public relations graduate started blogging in September 2016 as a final year student at Westminster University. It’s the advice that I gave Marcel when we first met in the summer of 2016. I read newspapers, magazines, blogs, listen to podcasts. Here’s his first blog post. He took note. Not many students do.

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Can we press release that? 15 stories about the public relations industry (you won’t believe #10)

Stephen Waddington

Thousands of these documents are published every day on newswires and websites. The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) and Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) exist to protect the rights of copyright holders. The print edition went monthly in 2013, and bi-monthly in 2016. This relates the previous point about earned media.

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Blogging vs. Press Releases vs. Coverage; Unscripted Marketing Links

Sword and the Script

Yet, even today, despite well-documented statistics, case studies and benefits, corporate blogging doesn’t get the respect it deserves in some business circles. The gatekeepers are no longer the editors and reporters of magazines and newspapers. These took the power once reserved for the Gutenberg and gave it to the masses.

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6 Awesome Examples of How To Leverage Corporate History in Brand Storytelling

MaccaPR

As a newer service offering, TimesMachine provides The New York Times subscribers with a fully searchable archive of past newspapers, such as the July 20, 1969, article, " The Day Before The Moon Landing." Stay tuned in 2016! The souvenir booklet - a 40-page document with a “Which Came First?” Leverage relationships.

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The Essential Guide to Mass Communication: History, Methods, Ethics, and the Future

Masters in Communications

Way before newspapers, the Romans and Greeks used scrolls, Egyptians used papyrus, and ancient China used a form of paper to distribute information, even if that information was limited to an inner circle of elites or an educated few in those cases. The earliest examples of written documents identified as such are the Kish Tablets.

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