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PR ethics and journalism ethics in the face of media business meltdown

Stuart Bruce

Since columnist Peter Oborne sensationally resigned from The Telegraph with a devastating public critique of what he believed to be its declining ethical and editorial standards I’ve read very little about the role and implications for PR, corporate communications and business. But two wrongs don’t make a right.

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Current (and future) of PR scholarship and research

Karen Freberg

My Mom was really, really surprised they had *no* research or citations to the work that had been done previously (and been cited and discussed in journals and in the popular press) at all. However, when it comes to certain areas like crisis communication, social media, and now influencer marketing – yes.

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PR problem? Hire a journalist… or rather don’t if you want to have successful PR

Stuart Bruce

I actually laughed out loud when I read this story about the BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson setting up a corporate consultancy to advise on crisis communications and then even more rapidly closing it again because of the crisis it created. Real public relations is about behaviour, reputation and relationships.

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The four Ps of public relations leadership

PR Conversations

Distance from an event lends a certain perspective, as we all know from our various war stories on crisis communication. Our professional codes of ethics say that ultimately our role is to serve society and sometimes that is seen as being in conflict with the interests of the organisations that we work for day to day.

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7 Lessons That Ryan Lochte’s Olympic Crisis Can Teach PR Pros

MaccaPR

Sponsors from Speedo to Ralph Lauren fell away from Lochte, as social media posters and journalists feasted on the crushed reputation of the 32-year-old Olympian. The cover-up cost him four sponsors, his reputation and – maybe – his career.”. So what could Lochte have done differently?

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Will humans have to re-write AI’s draft of history? 42 marketing and communications predictions for 2024

Sword and the Script

There’s no point in building a reputation if the startup is facing an existential threat. A little like TV of old, where the once-dominant broadcast channels gave way to more narrowly targeted cable networks, social platforms will appeal to specialized audiences and those seeking like-minded social communities. ” ~ Prof.

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How Can Old School Strategies Counter Disinformation? – Ellen Crane

Ethical Voices

Ellen addresses a number of important ethics issues including: What to do when your ethical values diverge from your employer’s values? What is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted at work? Ethics is very important to me. But it was a struggle for me ethically.

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