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Nonprofit Local News Gains Steam

PRSay

24, Chuck Todd of NBC’s “Meet the Press” shared his insights on the state of journalism and its future. To help bridge the gap between national cable news and diminished, for-profit local news, a nationwide shift toward nonprofit local journalism is now underway. Opportunities for independent journalism.

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In Memoriam: Joe S. Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

The full-service firm represented a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to local nonprofits, many of them clients for more than two decades. he worked as a television news reporter and editor in Asheville and Charlotte before transitioning into a PR career. Epley founded Epley Associates, Inc.,

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Traditional and Social Media Are Sowing Disinformation and Division, Report Says

PRSay

Politicians, CEOs, television anchors, talk-radio hosts and prominent professionals “are the source and amplifiers of some of the worst, most harmful disinformation” in America, a new report says. 15 by The Aspen Institute , an international nonprofit, widespread misinformation and disinformation are exacerbating society’s worst problems.

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The Evolution of Earned Media: Navigating Change

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

And despite digital and legacy media outlets shuttering or laying off, there is a slew of independent, niche and grant-funded newsrooms starting up or getting help from organizations like Press Forward, Local Media Foundation, News/Media Alliance, MacArthur Foundation, Knight Foundation, the American Journalism Project and others.

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Behind the Headlines With Scott Beaudoin

Cision

I went to school at Arizona State University and I was majoring in communication and journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism. Interestingly enough, when I was doing my internship, I got the bug to be a reporter because I worked with so many of them and I was majoring in journalism and communications.

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On becoming a PRIA Fellow

Prakkypedia

Stepping into the darkroom at the Whyalla News and rolling my own film to take photographs, when journalism was already beginning to shed and combine jobs to save money. The thrill of setting up my own business and deciding – with the help of old friends – that my nickname Prakky would be my trading name.

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