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Writing For Journalism And Writing For PR: How They Differ

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

I was a journalism major, so most of my writing experience in college had a reporting angle. Whether it was through classes, writing for the school newspaper , or my personal blogs, my writing involved reporting facts, interviewing subjects, and taking down their quotes. More specifically, I wanted to be a sportswriter.

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9 Blogs To Make You PR-Smart

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

One of the best ways is to stay on top of key PR industry blogs as well as more general sites that offer a fresh take on business, creativity, and content. Why limit yourself to PR blogs when there’s a whole world of interesting stuff that can offer important information as well as increase specific skill sets?

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Practicing Creativity

The Hoffman Agency

Similarly, learning to prioritize client and team needs while finding a way to be creative with messaging (even if it’s just in an email) has been one of my favorite lessons. My favorite thing about PR and being at The Hoffman Agency is that creativity and collaboration are present in every meeting, piece of content or website.

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3 Things You Need to Know About Brand Journalism

Cision

But don’t fret, there’s a way to break through, gain back their attention and make your brand be heard: brand journalism. Here are three aspects of brand journalism all PR and communication professionals should understand before deciding to include it into a marketing strategy: Approach. Brand journalism is also not content marketing.

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“Dear Marketing Diary,” or Why Marketers Should Keep a Journal

Shift Communications

Many marketers and PR professionals keep a blog. But how many keep a journal? Written content can pose a particular challenge, as anyone who blogs can tell you. Many a marketer has suffered the frustration of sitting down to write a blog post…. The thing is, you can’t schedule creativity.

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40+ Blogs Marketers Should Be Following

PR 20/20

Hence our obsession with keeping tabs on industry blogs and finding those articles and authors that impact our own ways of thinking. If like us, you’re always looking for new marketing resources, you’ve landed on the right blog post. Below is a guide to Ready North's favorite blogs and publications. Sorry if we missed you!

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The 20 Responsibilities of PR and What They Entail

Onclusive

The flipside of earned media is owned media: publishing content on brand-owned channels such as a customer-facing blog, Medium publication, and the like. The PR pro either writes some of this content themselves or helps drive strategy with a team of writers/editors and/or guest blog contributors. Data Journalism.