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Nonprofit Local News Gains Steam

PRSay

Another force turning people away from national news programs has been the public’s addiction to social media, which amplifies negativity and often sidesteps facts in favor of unsubstantiated opinion and innuendo, he said. Most affected were local news outlets that are independently operated or owned by small media chains.

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How the Canadian Newspaper Industry Can Adapt to Changes

Business Wire

By Jean-Adrien Delicano, Media Relations Specialist, Business Wire Another month, another round of layoffs and “restructuring” in the Canadian media world. In March 2017, Postmedia Network, Canada’s largest newspaper company, announced 54 layoffs at the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province newsrooms.

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The #PRStudChat Community Discusses PR, Twitter & Politics on Tuesday, October 11th

Deirdre Breakenridge

ET, the #PRStudChat Community will gather to discuss PR, Twitter and Politics from local cities to the state houses to the national government, all while reaching and communicating to a global audience focused on this year’s election. There is a lot to learn (and will be learned) from this mainstream news channel. Read more.

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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. First, we need more local journalism–whether it’s professional or not. People want to learn more about their communities!

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5 Benefits of Media Relations

Landis PR

Targeting audiences PR pros have access to audience statistics on almost any media outlet – digital/print/broadcast/social media/influencers. Example: pitch a story on a newly opened hiking trail to an outdoors editor at a local newspaper who also has a following on social media.

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A day in the life of one solo PR/social media consultant (and adjunct professor)

Communications Conversations

Take a peek at the social communities for my biggest client (of 10 years now!), Over the last five years, we’ve created a social media playbook document that makes this a lot easier! I review a few to-dos with the students and lecture about social media marketing. Thomas for class. Class starts!

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Facebook is local media

Stephen Waddington

Local Facebook pages and groups are replacing local media according to research from Braintree, Essex. By Dan Slee If there’s one thing I can tell you it’s that Facebook groups and pages in a local area are huge. A Facebook community in numbers And I counted the numbers. Not bad for a community of less than 5,000.

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