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Nonprofit Local News Gains Steam

PRSay

24, Chuck Todd of NBC’s “Meet the Press” shared his insights on the state of journalism and its future. It was refreshing to hear Todd’s optimistic vision for a future in which a more independent news media will regain the public’s trust and return to covering local communities with a sense of shared values.

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These are the local publishers getting engagement in the U.S. and U.K.

NewsWhip

We looked back at the local publishers that are seeing significant engagement in two different countries, looking at both the United States and the United Kingdom. . So we decided to analyze the local stories and publishers that are getting the most public interest. Local-national publishers. The top local U.S.

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The 22 Responsibilities of PR and What They Entail

Onclusive

Social Media & Community Management With increasing frequency, social media and community management has become the direct responsibility of the communications and PR team. Community management entails social monitoring, responding to customer inquiries, and passing items along to customer management when needed.

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Ricky Gervais is right (and wrong) about the local paper

Prakkypedia

In Ricky Gervais’s latest TV series, After Life , he’s a writer at a free community newspaper. After several grumpy episodes interviewing local people about their so-called “stories”, Ricky’s character has an epiphany. He says ‘ everybody deserves to be in their local paper’ at least once in their lives.

Local 128
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Changes in journalism impacting PR

Prakkypedia

In a recent PR Daily post , Mike Schneider wrote of the ‘4 ways journalism changes are affecting PR’. The Australian Senate Select Committee on the Future of Public Interest Journalism released its findings in February 2018. While based on the US experience, the piece has relevance for the Australian PR practitioner.

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In Memoriam: Joe S. Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

The full-service firm represented a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to local nonprofits, many of them clients for more than two decades. where they both became active in the community, volunteering their time and expertise in organizations such as Thermal Belt Outreach Ministry and Polk County Historical Society.

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Homegrown: 5 Local Marketing Tactics for Small Businesses

Beyond PR

Thanks to a trifecta of trends, local marketing strategies offer today’s entrepreneur more opportunities than ever. If you are looking to draw in more customers and establish loyalty for generations to come, your local marketing efforts must be prioritized. Optimize your local search listings. Host a contest.