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Social Media Overtakes Print Newspapers as News Source

PRSay

For the first time, social media has surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans, Pew Research Center finds. In recent surveys, 20 percent of U.S. adults said they often get news from social media, compared to 16 percent from print newspapers. adults, compared to 49 percent for television.

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The Enduring Significance of Broadcast Media: Why TV and Radio Remain Essential for PR Professionals

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

The Pew Research Center conducted a survey and found that 44% of adults prefer to get their news from TV, while 34% prefer the web, 14% prefer radio, and 7% favor print. Since 2016, there has been a slight increase in online news consumption and a slight decrease in print news consumption.

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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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The Key To Media Success Is Focusing On Their Needs, Not Yours

PR Insiders

Just recently, journalists were surveyed about how the pandemic had affected their work. In years past, most interviews with print reports were conducted in person or by phone. As we all know, times have changed, so it’s possible print journalists will request an interview over Zoom or another similar service.

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Behind the Headlines With Crenshaw Communications’ Marijane Funess

Cision

Having to switch gears so often was a great prelude to broader agency work where we work on various clients from 3D printing to beer. What are some of the differences in building a communications strategy on a national level compared to a local level? I’ve been at Crenshaw for five years and I really love that no two days are alike!

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What is PR? 141 PR and Comms Pros Explain What They Do for a Living

Sword and the Script

For example, the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey posed this question to 223 PR and communications pros…and we received a wide variety of answers from respondents. The survey received 177 answers in total to this question. I culled through the answers pulling out as many as possible that were fit for print and listed them below.

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How Social Media Is Paving a New Path for Journalism

Cision

More than half of journalists surveyed in Cision’s recent Social Journalism Study believe that they would not be able to carry out their work without turning to their social media accounts for help. For example, Twitter helped citizens participate in local and worldwide conversations during the Arab Spring.