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The crisis of PR crisis specialists: They have minimal control of how a crisis will play out

Agility PR Solutions

For several years before entering the PR business, I was a reporter and editor at several New York City newspapers and wire services. It was because of my experience during my journalism days that I differed on my approach to handling a PR crisis when I joined the PR business. Because of my out of […].

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What PR Pros Should Know about the Next Generation of Journalists

PRSay

As the journalism profession faces threats from artificial intelligence, misinformation and the collapse of business models that support journalism, the next generation of journalists nonetheless feels optimistic and wants to bring truth, justice and integrity to their work, a new survey suggests.

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Newsprint in pain as COVID-19 bites, so what’s next?

Stephen Waddington

The COVID-19 crisis has hastened the structural changes already underway in newsprint media. Newspaper circulation during the COVID-19 crisis has been hit by as much as a third by newsagents closing and a reduction in footfall on the high street, across travel hubs and in supermarkets. Photo by almir1968/iStock / Getty Images.

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Trends and Best Practices for Media Relations

PRSay

In addition, relationships with reporters developed through media relations work will eventually become vital to any PR effort, especially in times of crisis communication. When it comes to realizing the value of media relations, Op-Ed columns in newspapers are the gold standard. Op-Eds remain the gold standard.

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5 Benefits of Media Relations

Landis PR

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. Go for a bylined article in a trade publication or research journal. Targeting those audiences that influence your target customer can cut through the digital clutter.

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How Can We Manage Today’s Media Misinformation Crisis?

PRSay

What is misinformation as it pertains to journalism? b) Newspapers getting the facts of a story wrong. e) Newspaper’s choice of a news story, even if the facts are correct. b) Newspapers getting the facts of a story wrong. e) Newspaper’s choice of a news story, even if the facts are correct. f) All of the above.

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Maxim Behar for “24 Chasa": "PR crisis management became routine"

Maxim Behar

The PR expert Maxim Behar shared his opinion for 24 Chasa newspaper about the rapidly changing communications and the application of modern media tools in business. Are they only dealing with crisis PR in this sick time? Crisis PR has become commonplace. 24.11.2020. What are the global trends in communications?