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Insights Into the Role of Communicators at the U.S. Department of Defense

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Some Navy vessels also have their own broadcasting systems onboard, which require specialized skills to operate. As with civilian PR, social media has assumed a dominant role in military public affairs. Some sailors are responsible for documenting sensitive incidents at sea and for collecting intelligence.

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Leading With Ethics During COVID-19

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As a nationwide health care system, OEM was able to pull assets from across the country to develop a plan, and they worked with the VHA Office of Communications on both internal and external PR efforts. Our internal communications team provided communications support for our facilities across the country.

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The many paradoxes of public relations

Stephen Waddington

It took less two weeks to discover that there was a more fundamental issue and gap in research literature to make the case for the contribution of public relations to organisational decision making and strategy at a management level. Herein lies the challenge in studying public relations. What is public relations?

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An Ethical Test: Why I Blew the Whistle on Corruption at My Organization

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I had been enjoying my time as a public affairs officer at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care System (PVAHCS). We also learned we could share it with the media, and we did so, but only after the internal VA channels didn’t work. Such a scenario presented itself to me in 2010 and 2014. The beauty of the truth.

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Thoughts on Balancing Your Professional Work and Your Activism

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In those cases, do we swallow our discomfort and remain professional above all else, or do we join the employees who are rising up as internal activists? In this new model, organizations become part of a larger social system. Looking to the past. Margaret Ritsch, Ed.D., APR, Fellow PRSA, will be joining the faculty at the Edward R.

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6 Accredited PR Pros on Why They Pursued Their APR

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Public Affairs Officer, VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. Internal Communications Specialist, Greater Nevada Credit Union. “I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. Because I believe in what it stands for, I value APR Accreditation tremendously.”. Christopher Eric Vadnais, APR. Murfreesboro, Tenn. “As

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The many paradoxes of public relations

Wadds Inc.

It took less two weeks to discover that there was a more fundamental issue and gap in research literature to make the case for the contribution of public relations to organisational decision making and strategy at a management level. Herein lies the challenge in studying public relations. What is public relations?