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Meet the Media: Jason Cannon, Chief Editor of Commercial Carrier Journal

Bianchi Biz Blog

I’m the Chief Editor of Commercial Carrier Journal (CCJ). I was the news editor of a small daily newspaper in Alabama. My wife worked for the same newspaper at the time, and she stopped by their house to pick up some photos that we ran with the story, and she was warmly greeted. Metro weekly newspaper that no longer exists.

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Ricky Gervais is right (and wrong) about the local paper

Prakkypedia

In Ricky Gervais’s latest TV series, After Life , he’s a writer at a free community newspaper. After several grumpy episodes interviewing local people about their so-called “stories”, Ricky’s character has an epiphany. He says ‘ everybody deserves to be in their local paper’ at least once in their lives.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Bernadette Adams Davis

Solo PR Pro

She began her career as an aspiring newspaper reporter, securing an internship at the Atlanta Journal Constitution before becoming a daily reporter in Greenville, South Carolina, not far from her hometown. Pivoting from journalism to PR. I knew that journalism was changing,” she said. “I

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In Memoriam: PR Legend Harold Burson, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

Under their leadership, the agency became a global powerhouse with 2,500 employees in 50 offices. The son of English immigrants, Burson began working at The Memphis Commercial Appeal , a daily newspaper, when he was 13 years old. His bylines included a front-page interview with William Faulkner. He was born on Feb.

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What Do Journalists Want? Five Elements of a Good Story

Bianchi Biz Blog

Or this comment from Nora Naughton , formerly of The Detroit News and now with the Wall Street Journal : “… I also think that every aspect of the American automotive industry touches so many lives, especially in the Detroit area, so I’m always looking for that intersection between business and real people.”. What is the takeaway?” Timeliness.

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Meet the Media: Mary Gannon, Editor-in-Chief of Fluid Power World & Senior Editor at Design World

Bianchi Biz Blog

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I have been in journalism or PR for 25 years — I went to Boston University for journalism and upon graduation, I worked as a business reporter for a local daily newspaper on the outside of Cleveland. We also want them to be interesting and easy to read.

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Meet the Media: Andrew Schunk, Reporter at Rubber News

Bianchi Biz Blog

Certainly, supply line nightmares continue to wreak havoc across the board, at every level, and the loose labor market (employee-friendly) is not helping manufacturers, especially on the warehouse floor, but really everywhere. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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