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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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How Communicators Can Help Their Clients Navigate Misinformation and Biased News

PRSay

The traditional notion of “bad press” is negative coverage in a reputable journalism outlet that exposes legitimate complaints about a company — for example, coverage of a shareholder lawsuit, or a scandal about workplace conditions in a local or national newspaper. PR teams have been handling these kinds of events for years.

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What You Can Learn in 2017 from our Favorite MaccaPR Posts of 2016

MaccaPR

Now that 2016 – our Minneapolis PR agency's 20th Anniversary Year – has rocketed to a close, join us for a tour of the most popular MaccaPR blog posts of the past 12 months. Let's dive back into your favorite posts from 2016 one last time! the Top MaccaPR Posts of 2016. We ask you to please enter at your own risk.

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Behind the Headlines With Sharon Ward Keeble

Cision

I wanted to be a writer from an early age and after I completed a National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) course when I was 18, I started working for my local newspaper in Cheshire, England, where I lived. Cision’s State of the Media 2016 Report found that 93 percent of journalists prefer to receive pitches via email.

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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. By the end of my junior year I was running the paper, and one of my stories got picked up by a local newspaper. Once I graduated, I had to make the choice: newspapers or trade pubs.

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MediaPulse | A Weekly Media Round-Up

Cision

Here’s the top media industry stories we’re following this week: The Big News: Mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon prompts further discussion over gun control ( The Oregonian ); NASA finds water on the red planet, begging the question, is there life on Mars ? VIP List: Liz Heron is The Huffington Post ‘s new no.

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Medical Marijuana: What Pharma Companies Need to Know

Cision

To date , 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized its use, and a number of marijuana-related ballot measures will be before voters in 2015 and 2016. There is increased newspaper coverage of MMJ-related stories leading up to State ballot initiatives. Since 2013, the majority of Americans now support legalizing marijuana.

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