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Why Jeff Bezos' 'Future Press Release' Strategy Matters in 2025 [Forbes]

Notified

In 2002, Amazon required every executive to master an unexpected skill: writing press releases for products that didnt yet exist. Jeff Bezos mandated thisnot as a writing drill, but as a litmus test. If an idea couldnt be distilled into a clear, compelling statement of customer value, it wasnt worth pursuing.

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Patsy Mink (1927-2002)

Institute for Public Relations

IPR is featuring some of the many AAPI pioneers who impacted the field of public relations in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month. After graduating high school as valedictorian in 1944 and doing a year at … Continue reading Patsy Mink (1927-2002) → She grew up in a working-class community.

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The Norman Axiom

Doctor Spin

“Correct” isn’t necessarily good public relations. Some people argue that their actions shouldn’t result in bad public relations because they’re a) legally in the clear and b) factually correct. Pick Your Opponents Wisely Public awareness comes with inevitable costs. I’m sorry, but that’s not the way PR works. 3 Fiske, S.

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An Ethical, Decision-Making Model to Consider

PRSay

How do we ethically communicate and make decisions in a manner that considers the best interests for all — including employers, clients, members of key publics and stakeholders? Bowen , now an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of South Carolina, found in 2002. Sisson, Ph.D.,

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Five questions to ask before sending corporate communications with Jason Mudd | On Top of PR podcast

Axia PR

Jason is the managing partner of Axia Public Relations. He founded Axia Public Relations in July 2002. Learn what five questions you should ask yourself and your team before sending any corporate communications to your audience with our host, Jason Mudd.

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How newsrooms post content on their websites with Jason Mudd | On Top of PR podcast

Axia PR

Jason is the managing partner of Axia Public Relations. He founded Axia Public Relations in July 2002. Learn how newsrooms post stories and content on their websites and what to expect when your story goes live with our host, Jason Mudd. Guest: Jason Mudd, On Top of PR host, helps companies get on Undercover Boss.

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In Memoriam: Judy VanSlyke Turk, Ph.D., APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

Turk worked professionally in Chicago as a reporter for the Associated Press and in university and corporate public relations before beginning her academic career. In 2002, Turk joined Virginia Commonwealth University as its director of the School of Mass Communications (now the Robertson School of Media and Culture). She was 73.

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