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21 things that defined PR agency life before the web (you won’t believe no #5)

Stephen Waddington

Public relations in an agency is unrecognisable from 25 years ago. 25 years ago workflow in an agency was defined by media relations. The first agency that I worked for was A Plus in Slough, UK. Here’s another 21 things that defined PR agency life in the early nineties. Thanks to everyone who jumped into the conversation.

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Faces & Markets of PRGN: Tokyo, Japan – Premier Destination for Business

Bianchi Biz Blog

Faces and Markets of PRGN is a new series of blog posts in 2024 that puts Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) member agencies and their markets in the spotlight. Understanding Japan’s unique media landscape, where traditional platforms like print and TV coexist with digital trends, is pivotal.

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Traditional Media: From Endangered To Extinct

Maxim Behar

The perception of PR agencies as editorial teams in the years of the social media revolution is all the more relevant given that traditional media are no longer just an endangered species but are going extinct. In 1999, in an interview with Bulgarian online media expert Justin Toms, I declared that print newspapers would be gone by 2025.

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Why Tech Is Important To PR

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

As a PR agency that works with high-growth companies, including many technology brands, we talk a lot about why public relations is important for the tech industry. Reach a Wider Audience In the past, PR was largely limited to traditional media outlets such as newspapers, magazines, television, and radio.

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A Journalist’s POV: 3 Questions From A PR Agency

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Recognize that publications often have a “digital first” mindset in addition to thinking about print products. Those stories are often great for a newspaper or another magazine, but our audience of affordable housing developers already knows there’s an affordable housing problem. Mass e-mails beg to be deleted.

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Press Release Newswire Services – Worth The Cost?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For a fee, any organization can upload their press release to a newswire service that distributes it directly to news organizations, much like the original news agencies like Associated Press fed reports to newspapers in the early days of electronic journalism. Keep a check on their pricing as they’re expensive.

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PRSA Introduces Innovative Program to Guide Journalists Transitioning Into PR and Communications

PRSay

Sherry, before your agency career, you worked as a reporter for trade publications as well as in local NYC TV news. I was a good writer, researcher and storyteller, and had been on the other side of both print and broadcast pitches, but I did not fully understand all the nuances of public relations prior to joining the agency.