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Crisis PR Lessons From The Iowa Caucus

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Newspapers camp out there, journalists and bloggers embed with campaigns, and the cable news shows ramp bring on more pundits and plan hours of airtime in anticipation of a newsworthy outcome. It’s a classic case of what not to do in a crisis situation. Here’s where Iowa officials ran afoul of the crisis PR playbook.

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Crisis PR Lessons From The Iowa Caucus

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Newspapers camp out there, journalists embed with campaigns, and the cable news shows bring on more pundits and plan hours of airtime in anticipation of a newsworthy outcome. It’s a classic case of what not to do in a crisis situation. Here’s where Iowa officials ran afoul of the crisis PR playbook. But it’s definitely a mess.

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PR Has Evolved Since First ‘Public Relations Handbook’ in 1967, but Some Values Are Timeless

PRSay

There were newspapers, magazines, wire services, trade publications, TV and radio. Daily newspaper circulation in the United States has fallen from its height of 61.8 About 2,200 local print newspapers have closed since 2005, cutting the number of newspaper journalists by more than half between 2008 and 2020.

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Is Traditional Media Still Relevant in PR?

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

As more of us get our news digitally, newspapers have taken the hardest hit; however, the estimated total US daily newspaper circulation (print and digital combined) in 2022 was 20.9 AM/FM radio is currently America’s number one mass-reach media, reaching 84% of American adults 18 and older.

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Issue? Crisis? What’s The Difference and Why Is It Important?

Melissa Agnes

It’s a major mistake to treat issue and crisis as interchangeable terms. Issues can be the warning signs that a crisis is possible. And issue management can be regarded as a powerful tool for crisis prevention. In fact a crisis has been known to be described as an issue that WASN’T managed.

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People Mistrust Media Reports About Climate Change, Study Finds

PRSay

In interviews aimed at understanding skepticism about climate change, the study found that many participants are suspicious of language that presents climate change as a crisis or an urgent threat. Networks and radio and newspapers and television — they’re all getting paid to tell me something,” one interviewee said.

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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?