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PR Guy Morphs into Travel Writer

Ishmael's Corner

The Art Of Storytelling In Business Communications And Public Relations. I thought the newspaper was asking me questions about my favorite travel destination. It turned out that the newspaper assumed San Francisco was my favorite travel destination — hey, why else would I live 53 miles south of San Francisco?

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Talking About the Great Outdoors: Q&A With Acclaimed Storyteller Baratunde Thurston

PRSay

Thurston is an Emmy-nominated storyteller and producer, recognized for his work at the intersection of race, tech, democracy and climate. Thurston is a speaker at PRSA’s Travel and Tourism Conference, held June 20-23, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison, Wis. You can’t buy that kind of promotion.

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A Focus on History: Q&A With Former White House Photographer Pete Souza

PRSay

While the Oval Office was Pete Souza’s favorite place to take photos inside the White House, he also enjoyed being on the road and traveling to different locations. Souza is a speaker at PRSA’s Travel and Tourism Conference, held June 20-23, 2023, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison, Wis.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Doug Levy

Solo PR Pro

I was that first grader who wanted to start up a class newspaper,” he jokes when describing himself. After spending most of the 1990s covering healthcare for USA Today, the newspaper transferred him to San Francisco to cover technology. Building a solo business. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Behind the Headlines With Rich Oppel

Cision

It’s all storytelling. I find that some young professionals don’t read newspapers or influential websites. My daily newspaper of choice is…The New York Times. My hobbies outside of work include…swimming, fishing, reading and traveling. I still have hundreds of friends among news people across the nation.

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Behind the Headlines With Neil McAllister

Cision

I’m a big film buff; and talk about a good storyteller. My daily newspaper of choice is…newspaper? My hobbies outside of work include…I’m a big fan of travel, and there are plenty of places in the world left for me to visit and drink their local beers. Or maybe the director William Friedkin.

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Technology Makes Us Lazy Communicators

Waxing UnLyrical

In this post from last May by John Friedman , he wrote about a job where he traveled across North America to discover a company had lost the plot of what it was doing. Insert meme of men on a train looking at newspapers here.) Storyteller. Sometimes people are going to show their true engagement by liking or retweeting.