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PRSA Introduces Innovative Program to Guide Journalists Transitioning Into PR and Communications

PRSay

While the PR and communications profession has continued to grow, many media companies keep cutting their workforces. Through the years, the PR and comms fields have been attractive landing spots for journalists with their writing and storytelling skills and media prowess. The media marketplace is also changing. Absolutely!

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Ahead of the Academy Awards, Marketing Wisdom From the ‘Barbie’ Blockbuster

PRSay

The film, a feminist masterpiece to some and too basic for others, has achieved widespread influence in the consumer marketplace and, as shared widely on social media, has prompted many women to reassess their roles in the world. Women’s sports publications utilized the Barbie campaign in best practices for promoting women’s sports.

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15 Up-and-Coming PR and Social Media Marketers to Watch

Communications Conversations

Last week, I shared my news that I’ll be teaching social media at the University of St. Now, she’s crushing it at Best Buy in social media marketing. So, I asked a few key local leaders for up-and-coming social media or communications superstars they admire. They had to be younger than 30.

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Beyond The Wall Street Journal and New York Times: Five Growing Media Outlets That Belong on Your Media List

Buchanan PR

When I started my career in corporate communications three decades ago, there was a long-running joke that every CEO or client wanted only one thing from their communications team: “Get me in The Wall Street Journal.”. ProPublica is an independent, non-profit, award-winning newsroom that produces “investigative journalism with moral force.”

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Depressed and depressing: the state of UK news media

Stephen Waddington

Advertising-supported media has been affected by widespread job cuts including around a dozen people at digital-born BuzzFeed. The local and regional sector that has been hit hardest with the net closure of 245 local news titles in the last 13 years according to Press Gazette research. More than 2,000 UK citizens responded.

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Meet the Media: Josh Fisher, Executive Editor or FleetOwner

Bianchi Biz Blog

While working in local news in the Northeast, I covered a few big hurricanes and major blizzards that ravaged the area. Covering Hurricane Sandy in 2012 was an adventure that included a lot of adrenaline and little sleep in the “early days” of using social media for good. I started off covering education and other local issues.

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Traditional Journalism’s Role in Social Influencer Marketing

5W PR

Traditional journalism is dead, just ask the Internet. Except, of course, we know that’s not true, because traditional media – what some like to call Legacy Media – is going strong, maintaining a solid grip on the hearts and minds of millions upon millions of faithful fans and followers. It’s a strong, vital role, to begin with.