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Depressed and depressing: the state of UK news media

Stephen Waddington

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. It followed a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee report published in February that called out Facebook for failing to tackle fake news.

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Why Earned Media is More Important Than Ever

Critical Mention

Many people across the globe have tuned in to TV channels, radio stations, social media platforms and the web for news and updates on the state of the world during this pandemic. News organizations are endlessly working to deliver COVID-19 updates from a global, national and local perspective.

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Launch Marketing: Launch PR Strategy to Maximize your Brand Post Launch

5W PR

You can find templates for creating press releases on the web. For example, if you offer SEO services, you may want to team up with a web design firm. Charity Events -You can sponsor local charity events such as concerts or sporting events. You can organize the event yourself or be one of the sponsors.

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Post Launch Marketing Strategy

5W PR

You can find templates for creating press releases on the web. For example, if you offer SEO services, you may want to team up with a web design firm. Charity Events -You can sponsor local charity events such as concerts or sporting events. You can organize the event yourself or be one of the sponsors.

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Coronavirus and Communications: We’re Here to Help

Barokas

Stick to the facts and point your audience to official resources (your local government communications or the CDC) for more information. Helping clients arrange introductory or relationship building interviews with beat reporters who are currently stuck with little news to cover (such as reporters solely focused on entertainment or sports).

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How COVID-19 will impact PR practice and skills

Stephen Waddington

In the consumer sector, the entertainment, gym, hospitality, sports and travel industries in the UK shutdown on 23 March when a lockdown was applied. Our local BBC news programme and even the national idents are based on clips from social media. Since that point, the health of the business-to-business market has been mixed.

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How to Find Trending Topics Like an Expert

Cision

By category (arts and entertainment, sports, health, et cetera). By Google Property (web search, image search, news search, Google Shopping, YouTube). TrendsMap – uses local data to create a US map with top trends superimposed with an accessible hourly archive of trending data from the past week.

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