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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. What are you writing about?

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Best PR Practices For Working With International Clients

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

International business helps put a PR agency (quite literally) on the map, opening doors to expanded business opportunities. Negotiations on exact embargo times have become more complicated, but not insurmountable, as major financial newspapers publish in different editions and time zones, as well as online. For instance, a U.K.-based

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Improve Your Public Relations Writing With These Tips

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Writing is one of the most important parts of a successful public relations campaign. To quote Malcolm Gladwell, “Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. And no matter how well you write, there’s always room for improvement. Keep writing. And writing is no exception.

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How an underground high school newspaper led to a 10+ year blog

Communications Conversations

Last Saturday, there was a wonderful article in the Variety section of the Minneapolis Star Tribune about groups of kids who had started neighborhood newspapers during the pandemic. People want to learn more about their communities! And second, school newspapers are in my blood. With the Geekly, it helped build our newspaper.

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The Science Behind Why Wordplay Is an Effective Communications Tool

PRSay

During a lesson about puns, alliteration and wordplay in my Art of Storytelling Master Class , a communicator asked, “Don’t you risk confusing people?” You can thank your Broca for helping you sort through the data equivalent of 174 newspapers every day, ads included, without having to process every word. I’ve had it!

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Doug Levy

Solo PR Pro

You could say Doug Levy was born to work in the media and communications industry. I was that first grader who wanted to start up a class newspaper,” he jokes when describing himself. After spending most of the 1990s covering healthcare for USA Today, the newspaper transferred him to San Francisco to cover technology.

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S&T Live Recap: From the Marines to Johns Hopkins, a Communicator’s Storytelling Journey

PRSay

Even as a kid, I used to watch TV news from around the world and take my dad’s newspaper and try to read it,” he said. “I The school imparted “a breadth of knowledge — how to write, how to ask questions, how to speak.” Melton is now communications strategist for the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md.