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PR Placing a Premium on Creativity; Findings from 5 Studies in Public Relations

Sword and the Script

88% of PR pros say creativity is more important in the era of Covid. I’ve spent the past few weeks breaking down the survey results from the 2021 JOTW Strategic Communications Survey ( overview , challenges and the media relations struggle ). PR places a premium on creativity in Covid era.

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This Week in RPR Ethics (9/14/23) – There is Something Rotten in….AI, Media Relations, and Government Overreach

Ethical Voices

This OpEd calls out a potential conflict of interest between the New York Racing Authority and an employee for a PR firm. AI, Media Relations, and Government Overreach first appeared on EthicalVoices. Is there something rotten about film reviews? The reconsidered.

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Earned Media: 3 PR Studies Quantifying the Impact of Media Relations on Sales [UML]

Sword and the Script

1) Earned media is sales enablement. A tech PR firm recently published a study that showed promising effects media relations can have on the sales cycle for B2B marketing organizations. Because these external award announcements have an effect on employees! Does this mean you should fire off a dozen press releases?

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The 1st Winner of the PR Expanded Student Video Contest is …

Deirdre Breakenridge

We selected two winners. Winner #1 is (drumroll please) … Wei Cai, who is an undergraduate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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CSR Trends for PR and Media Relations Professionals

Cision

In December, 2014, the European Union added a requirement for large enterprises (of 500 employees or more) to provide non-financial reports on board diversity, environmental impact, human rights and related corporate social responsibility matters, giving member nations two years to apply the ruling on a national basis.

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Top Media Relations Challenges & How to Solve Them

Shift Communications

As an account executive on the account services team at SHIFT, my role is focused primarily on media relations as it pertains to my client roster. Although media relations is a blast, it has its fair share of challenges – the PR struggle can be very real. Which leads us to our next media relations challenge….

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13 Public Relations Statistics Summarizing 2021

Sword and the Script

88% of PR pros say creativity is critical for businesses to recover from the pandemic – and other public relations statistics summarizing 2021 . Every year this blog pours over dozens of public relations surveys and breaks down the findings. social media, content, etc.). The media relations struggle is real.

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