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Amid Flood of False News, PR Professionals Must Support Credible Journalism

PRSay

The Fourth Estate’s reputation was bruised after the 2016 presidential election, amid accusations of biased reporting. Even as public faith in the news media has fallen, falsehoods continue to spread across social media and the internet, perhaps giving reporters an opportunity to reclaim trust. We stress ethics and transparency.

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2016 Global Social Journalism Study: How to Reach More Journalists on Social Media

Cision

According to Cision’s 2016 Global Social Journalism Study published this week, nearly half (48 percent) of U.S. the majority (68 percent) of respondents report using at least three types of social media for publishing and promoting, and nearly half (47 percent) say they use four or more. We’ve found that in the U.S.,

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Meet the Media: Tim Levin, Senior Reporter at InsideEVs

Bianchi Biz Blog

I’m a Senior Reporter at InsideEVs. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? A summer internship at Forbes in 2016 introduced me to actual, fact-based journalism. Finish this sentence: If I am not reporting, I am … riding one of my many bikes.

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PR and journalism—we’re in this together

Agility PR Solutions

The cry that “the media is dying” has been echoing for years now, but the latest data from the Labor Department (as recently reported by Bloomberg) is especially dire. It’s predicted that journalist jobs will decrease by 9 percent from 2016 to 2026. When they leave the newsroom, where are all these professionals be going? […].

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5 Ways to Ride the Social Journalism Trend

Cision

Journalism and PR have changed over the past several years. As the latest edition of Cision’s annual Global Social Journalism Study shows, journalists are using social media not only for publishing and promoting their content, but also interacting with audiences. Here are 5 tips to help you be that source.

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Infographic: What’s the State of the Media in 2016?

Cision

Last week, we released the State of the Media 2016 Report , which used a survey of over 300 journalists and Cision’s own media experts to provide insights into how to build better relationships with the media and earn more coverage. Periscope launching to join the ranks of Meerkat and Stream.

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Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffett Sees Newspapers Dying

Remote PR Jobs

Public relations jobs exceeded those of reporters by more than six-to-one last year, up from less than two-to-one 20 years ago, according to data from the U.S. public relations specialists for every news reporter Source: U.S. Spin Cycle There are now 6.4 For the news business, that would extend already sizable declines.