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How an underground high school newspaper led to a 10+ year blog

Communications Conversations

Last Saturday, there was a wonderful article in the Variety section of the Minneapolis Star Tribune about groups of kids who had started neighborhood newspapers during the pandemic. And second, school newspapers are in my blood. First, let’s talk about this underground student newspaper, because it’s an interesting story.

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PR Ethics: What Happens When There is a Coup?  – Alex Dance

Ethical Voices

For Ethics Month, I wanted to look at new topics and geographies. He discusses several important ethics issues, including: What should you do when clients are even tangentially affiliated with a coup? Ethical challenges with clickbait. That’s obviously not ethical. The state of misinformation in Cambodia.

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Meet the Media: Seth Clevenger, Managing Editor for Features at Transport Topics

Bianchi Biz Blog

I’m Seth Clevenger, managing editor for features at Transport Topics , a weekly newspaper and multimedia outlet dedicated to covering trucking and the freight transportation industry. Later that year I moved to Smyrna, Delaware, for my first full-time journalism job at a local newspaper that was part of a small family-owned chain at the time.

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Your client is accused of price gauging, now what? – Scott Brooks

Ethical Voices

I saw a column from Scott in a local newspaper and reached out to invite him to be a guest. He shares several ethics insights, including: Your client is accused of price gauging, now what? What is the most difficult ethical challenge you ever confronted at work? It’s opinions on social media all day long, 24/7.

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An “Interview” with ChatGPT: What is Public Relations? How Has PR Changed? Will Artificial Intelligence Replace Comms Pros?

Sword and the Script

We interviewed ChatGPT about public relations and while it does well with high-level questions, it becomes repetitive when those questions were more nuanced; the system says it is “unlikely” that it “or any other AI system will fully replace public relations (PR) professionals”. The answers are starting to feel repetitive and formulaic.

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It Is About Helping People – Sandy Young

Ethical Voices

Sandy discusses a number of important ethics issues, including: What to do ethically when a reporter wants to showcase a vulnerable person. The ethics of how we are covering Kanye West. It sounds like your most difficult challenge in college was being told you can’t be ethical due to your being an atheist.

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Increasing Your Media Coverage Through Storytelling

PRSay

But it can still provide large returns on investment by generating earned media coverage that doesn’t cost anything but your time and can elevate your client’s profile with one well-placed article or interview. Sure, go after The New York Times as your boss asked, but don’t forget your local newspapers, TV and radio stations.