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Advice From a 94-Year-Old Veteran of the Military and Public Affairs

PRSay

Air Force, where he spent most of his career in public affairs. Then, after his liberation from the Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp, he spent 41 years in public affairs. I don’t think newspapers will exist as we know them, and TV will be changed a great deal, too. Perdue, is retired from the U.S.

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International Conference Preview: Frank X. Shaw Talks Diversity, Disruption and 10 Years at Microsoft

PRSay

I worked for my school newspaper, and when I joined the Marines I was a public affairs officer. We ran a base newspaper. As a public affairs officer, you’re working to make sure that people understand the implications of the decisions that they’re making. There was a radio station.

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Getting hired and ahead in marketing and PR

Stephen Waddington

Danielle Whitfield, Media and Public Affairs Executive, Newcastle Airport @daniellemalvina Northern boomerang: brands to Newcastle Christian Cerisola was motivated to move into PR after working for a provincial newspaper and receiving poorly targeted pitches.

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Behind the Headlines With Dan Gregory

Cision

Storytelling, while central to PR strategies, is a delicate process. When I worked for the Army, one of my civilian colleagues in public affairs made a misstep about how she portrayed an issue very sensitive to those serving in uniform. My daily newspaper of choice is…The Washington Post.

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#20: Building the bridge between infrastructure and data-driven media intelligence

NewsWhip

Brett: So, I guess is that, when we chatted before, I mean, that’s really the definition of a data-driven public affairs agency, correct? This is where you have an industry that may not be forefront every day, but has a huge public affairs consequence that needs to be evaluated through our geopolitical risk framework.

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PR Rock Stars (of the future): 19 new college grads ready to take over the world

Communications Conversations

She is editor-in-chief of The Winonan , WSU’s campus newspaper; she is president of the WSU Public Relations Student Society of America chapter; and she is executive director of the WSU St. Natalie Anastasia is a junior at the University of South Florida with a bright future in the public relations industry.

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