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Can we press release that? 15 stories about the public relations industry (you won’t believe #10)

Stephen Waddington

The PRCA was started by a group of CIPR members in 1969 who wanted to create an organisation to address the specific needs of agency owners. None of the top 20 UK agencies participated in the recent PRWeek pay gap study. Publicists and agencies focused solely on the media exaggerate the issue. It’s a reasonable enough purpose.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Doug Levy

Solo PR Pro

He was a frequent contributor to All Things Considered and Morning Edition and ended up as an intern in NPR’s Washington Bureau a year later, gaining extensive industry experience and honing his writing skills. In 2000, he jumped the fence to take a communications-focused role at global PR agency FleishmanHillard.

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8 Ways to Make Your Press Release More Effective

Cision

– Richard Toohey, writing in Public Relations Quarterly , Fall 1972. Steve Radick of Cramer-Kasselt (2014) writes that the entire customer journey is oftentimes ignored by communication professionals. How to Write a Press Release. Write better news releases: 6 common mistakes and how to avoid (or fix) them.

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A crowdsourced post for a 6th form student on routes in public relations

Stephen Waddington

Agency owners and managers, in-house managers, teachers and recruiters, all offered opinion. “I’d encourage an apprenticeship if the opportunities are there, and agencies are willing to provide the option and commitment to development.” “You need a natural appetite for writing, and they should have that already.

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#HeForShe: 5 women who made a big impact on my career (but may not know it)

Communications Conversations

One way I committed to doing this—writing a blog post a month around the topics highlighted on the #HeForeShe site. Candee reached out to me in about 2004 with a simple ask: volunteer with the PRSA programming committee. Since then, Shelli has went on to be a partner in the local and growing PR agency, Bellmont Partners.

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3 former PR pros who made mid-career shifts and lived to talk about it

Communications Conversations

“I’m done with agency life. You could replace “agency life” with “corporate life” and insert a whole other sub-set of people, too. Kelly Groehler, Tim Westermeyer and Betsy Andersen all traded in their corporate and agency PR careers for work in another field. But, these three people did.

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After a Recent Three-Way Tie Up, Onclusive Acquires Critical Mention

Sword and the Script

million over five venture rounds since 2004. As I write this post, the current asking price on OpenSea is $36,099.60. Is this the start of a new business model for PR agencies and consultants? Michael Bade, CTO and co-founder of Truescope writes “predictions” about capabilities he says PR software will include this year.