Deirdre Breakenridge

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

According to a report by Burning Glass and the Strada Institute, 39 percent of Communications and Journalism majors will be underemployed in their first job. I was interested in Patagonia’s Corporate Social Responsibility , so early on I worked to learn more about the company’s environmental programs. Everyone needs to start somewhere.

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Communications Nonprofit Training Study 171

Communications Conversations

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

“ We started using it at the 2016 press conference at Target Field –and, it really took off. Corporate newsrooms are often very dated, and not very well done (in this blogger’s opinion). So, I came up with “ # TOJO 17. In fact, we had 2.9 impressions of people using that hash tag on Twitter and Facebook.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Growth of independent journalism. “We I recently saw new research showing that brand purpose is even more important to B2B buyers than to B2C customers, which is surprising but probably makes sense given the longer selling cycle and relationship to corporate reputation. 2016: 11 Shrewd PR and Marketing Predictions You Can Bank On.

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Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 8, 2016

It seems making the leap is very difficult for many – even in journalism. Carrie Morgan (@morgancarrie) April 7, 2016. Mark DelSasso (@videoarch) April 7, 2016. EXAMPLE ONE: I really love how corporate storytelling is incorporated into this Airbnb Belong Anywhere campaign – kudos to whomever created it for them.

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Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 8, 2016

It seems making the leap is very difficult for many – even in journalism. Carrie Morgan (@morgancarrie) April 7, 2016. Mark DelSasso (@videoarch) April 7, 2016. EXAMPLE ONE: I really love how corporate storytelling is incorporated into this Airbnb Belong Anywhere campaign – kudos to whomever created it for them.

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Storytelling Resources Journalism Examples 100

Business Wire

JANUARY 19, 2017

Business Wire has spent over 50 years building symbiotic relationships with media, investors and consumers by regularly delivering factually reliable and timely corporate news content. According to a media survey conducted by Business Wire in 2016 , 53% of the responding journalists use a newswire service daily.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 6, 2018

The same applies to a corporation looking to add PR help in-house, or alternatively, doing a cost-benefit analysis of bringing on outside help from an agency. I’ve reviewed this salary survey and others , for many years including detailed looks at the 2016 and 2017 results. Let’s revise the 2016 numbers. Agency $88,000.

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 31, 2017

By Seedepth The media industry and journalism are experiencing significant change. This dynamic creates new and complicated challenges for journalists and PR pros, who may end up relying on each other now more than ever to save journalism. Ian Bruce, VP corporate marketing at MongoDB says “Journalism is dying.

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Journalism Report Enterprise Interviews 50

Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

A North Minneapolis native, Tess excelled in her journalism program at Drake University, during which she presided over the Coalition of Black Students and interned in business development with The Integer Group and in marketing/group sales with Iowa Events Center. She was hired full time shortly before graduating from the University of St.

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Buchanan PR

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

How surprised I was to see that I was watching a broadcast from Cheddar News, a live-streaming business news network that launched in 2016. ProPublica is an independent, non-profit, award-winning newsroom that produces “investigative journalism with moral force.” First, it’s great journalism. ProPublica.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This will contribute to even more noise, and it will make high-quality corporate content both more appreciated and harder to find.”. There is a new corporate scenario that directly impacts all audiences and communication channels. Local news and indy journalism more trusted. “I David Berkowitz , Founder, Serial Marketers.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Consequently, the career website named Airbnb the best tech company to work for in 2016. Trade publications often seek out unique corporate cultures or events to add some spice amongst the more jargon-based coverage. According Glassdoor’s annual report , 89 percent of millennial workers prefer benefits over a pay raise.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

I also will expand the capabilities and client base for our crisis communications practice based on my corporate experience as the Public Information Officer for a Fortune 100 company. Be involved in supporting corporate social responsibility not just with finances but also with volunteering and interaction with the community.

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Stuart Bruce

MAY 29, 2016

I actually laughed out loud when I read this story about the BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson setting up a corporate consultancy to advise on crisis communications and then even more rapidly closing it again because of the crisis it created. John Simpson (@JohnSimpsonNews) May 26, 2016. I like my ‘shiny new website’!

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Corporate Crisis Communications Guidelines Crisis 60

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

High demand for experienced communicators “Corporate communications professionals will continue to advance into top organizational leadership roles as their unrivaled combination of business strategy and stakeholder insight continues to become more essential. Continued consolidation of media outlets. Return of increased PR budgets.”

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PRSay

AUGUST 16, 2019

The Journal of Management Education recently published an article from MBA Committee members with research showing that there is a need for an interdisciplinary approach to strategic communications. Students at Virginia Tech had to audit their own corporate reputations and analyzed various public relations cases.

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Reputation Course Corporate Trends 68

Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In an era where consumers are increasingly sceptical of advertising and corporate speak, PR offers a more authentic and credible way to communicate with the public. Source: Journal of Communication 1 Botan, C., & Taylor, M. Journal of Communication, 54, 645–661. Coach and prepare corporate spokespeople.

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Ishmael's Corner

JANUARY 27, 2015

While many fixate on native advertising, the partnering of publications and brands in the making of journalism is the more jarring trend. Change : What used to be a blurred line between journalism and corporate storytelling now often disappears. The Wall Street Journal Bombs at BuzzFeed-like Storytelling.

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 3, 2019

I started reading some very interesting papers and books about the psychological forces come into play in tough corporate and external environments. It is still a heartfelt experience when people come up to me during one of my corporate engagements, on a global basis, and share how much they enjoy the FCPA Blog and my posts.

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Shift Communications

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Keeping your thumb on the pulse of the media landscape and being ready to react as opportunities arise is critical to securing coverage outside of major corporate or product news—you never know when your evergreen pitch will turn into a feature opportunity. Never underestimate the power of a good byline.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 4, 2018

e) Championing a customer-centric corporate culture. According to the Edelman Trust Barometer, 7 in 10 people worry about fake news; 63% say the average person can’t discern journalism from rumors or falsehoods; and 59% say it’s harder to tell if news was produced by a respected news organization.

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Communications Conversations

JUNE 8, 2017

I just wrote about this last week , but Susan is one of those rare corporate-side folks who gets the power of networking. I always tell people that I have one of the best roles within the Corporate Communications team at U.S. 2–In 2016, you helped spearhead the PR efforts around the new US Bank Stadium. Believe me.

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PRSay

AUGUST 1, 2016

corporations and major public relations agencies are making small but impactful changes to transform the industry. In 2016, the Committee launched a revised version of the D&I Toolkit, which was presented to the chapters in late spring. Nevertheless, a large number of U.S. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, by 2020, 36.5

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 7, 2016

The skills deemed least important were corporate communications (7%), direct mail (6%) and corporate marketing (1%) according to the data. Corporate marketing types shouldn’t take the latter statistics too hard. If that fails to show through, try this line: “Hi, I’m from corporate and I’m here to help.”.

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Survey Marketing B2B Infographics 60

Cision

OCTOBER 31, 2016

are active each month ( LinkedIn has 467 million members, 106 monthly active as of October 2016 ). Writing for The Wall Street Journal, Jay Greene writes that LinkedIn’s objective is to increase engagement with the site , which is why they’ve built out such a rich complement of features. Slideshare.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 12, 2022

million in 2016. The average journalist covers 3 beats; 74% say they produce content in addition to online and print, such as newsletters (17%) and podcasts (15%) and half publish 5+ stories per week; 33% publish 8+ a week – according to the latest State of Journalism survey by Muck Rack. It raised a Series A round of funding for $1.1

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Lord Bell wasn’t responsible for delivering the work that resulted in the PRCA expulsion, but he set up the original contract, and was responsible for a corporate culture in which this type work was acceptable. Lord Bell left the agency in August 2016.

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Wikipedia Government Interviews Ethics 60

Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 15, 2019

What’s more, employment prospects for PRs will expand even more to 282,600 by 2026 (up 9 percent from 2016) according to projections from the Labor Department. Paul Business Journal). On top of this, there’s been growth in corporate communications teams and fewer journalists. This ratio has doubled in the last 10 years.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2019

In other words, corporate communications is adding headcount and work that used to go to outside PR firms is being kept inside. It found as the Wall Street Journal reported , “Advertisers with in-house agencies increased to 64% of the survey’s respondents from 42% a decade ago, according to the study.” (By Then the economy changed.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

Terms were not disclosed but the Wall Street Journal reported a price tag of about $240 million. Sources: Crunchbase , Wall Street Journal , PRWeek , GlobeNewsWire ). 6a) June 6, 2016: DOJ Rules on PR Newswire. based provider of briefings for corporate and government executives, for $71.8 4) October 22, 2014: Gorkana.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2016

Tools ranging from Live Journal, TypePad and Blogger — to WordPress, Tumblr and Medium. Yet, even today, despite well-documented statistics, case studies and benefits, corporate blogging doesn’t get the respect it deserves in some business circles. The last 10 or 15 years have brought a vast array of tools for publishing blogs.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In the daily struggle for attention and visibility, small companies do not leave the field to large corporations. Note: see my interview with Wendy here – Network Latency and Endeavor for Jargon Free Corporate Communications; Off Script No. December 2016: One Prediction Each for PR, Content Marketing and Social Media.

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PR Conversations

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Source: Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) State of the Profession Report (2016). In addition to this data, in the 2016-17 reporting year (ending in February 2017) 2227 CIPR members completed a CPD record (22 percent of members). Source: VMA Group Report: Inside Insight (2017).

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Training Ethics Data Analysis 65

Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 5, 2016

Watching the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics on NBC, broadcast live from Rio de Janeiro (I mean, Zika can’t get me through an LCD screen, can it?). But you know what’s really interesting about the 2016 Olympics? By no means am I advocating for the “death” of journalism. But with 1.4

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Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

Focused on the world of financial and corporate communications, club membership and participation in its SOJC stock index has increased 50% under his leadership. Bobby is poised for a career in corporate communications. I am in awe of my nominee Tori Olker, a journalism major with a PR emphasis at the University of Mississippi.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 17, 2021

I eschew corporate titles, and simply refer to myself as a freelance writer. My background in trucking industry publishing stems from work for several publications allied with Commercial Carrier Journal , including Owner Operator and, later on Overdrive and Truckers News. My life as a freelancer began in 2012.

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Maxim Behar

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Another factor driving another nail in the press release’s coffin is that whatever is left of traditional journalism has begun using social media as their primary source for news stories. For instance, Samsung launched their new Galaxy Note 7 phone in August 2016. At the same time, a post on Facebook can be solved with a mouse click.

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