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Social Media Overtakes Print Newspapers as News Source

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For the first time, social media has surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans, Pew Research Center finds. adults said they often get news from social media, compared to 16 percent from print newspapers. Television remains the most popular way Americans receive news, though its use has fallen since 2016.

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Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffett Sees Newspapers Dying

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Originally seen on Bloomberg Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is pessimistic on the newspaper industry at a time when public relations specialists are increasingly outnumbering journalists. Employment for public relations specialists will expand to 282,600 in 2026, up 9 percent from 2016, according to projections from the Labor Department.

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How Communicators Can Help Their Clients Navigate Misinformation and Biased News

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The traditional notion of “bad press” is negative coverage in a reputable journalism outlet that exposes legitimate complaints about a company — for example, coverage of a shareholder lawsuit, or a scandal about workplace conditions in a local or national newspaper. Understanding earned but unwanted media.

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Pew Study Finds Americans Still Prefer Watching to Reading the News

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A new survey from Pew Research Center revealed that Americans prefer to watch the news rather than read it by a ratio of 47 to 34 percent, marking only a minimal change from 2016’s study, which tallied 46 percent of respondents as news-watchers to 35 percent as news-readers. Since 2016, audio has seen an increase in popularity.

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Who Were The PR Winners And Losers of 2017?

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What’s more, media credibility has actually increased over 2016. After the election, most mainstream news organizations got busy reminding us why they’re needed with a renewed commitment to quality journalism. Ditto the national newspapers; both The Washington Post and The New York Times broke subscription records.

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PRSA’s Kansas City Chapter Starts Scholarship Fund to Carry On Legacy of Trailblazer, Dr. Inez Y. Kaiser

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Her columns “Hints for Homemakers” and “Fashion and Otherwise” were published in Black newspapers across the country, and she was a guest contributor for The Kansas City Star ’s opinion column “As I See It.”. Encouraged by a newspaper editor, she decided to pursue a career in public relations. She died in 2016 at age 98.

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Targeting for Investor Relations: How Distributing News to the Right Audience Can Help Your Company’s Share Price

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According to our 2016 Shareholder Confidence 365 Study , more than 60 percent of institutional investors claim they receive emails directly from companies they already are interested in, but another 30 percent receive their news primarily from news portals, including Bloomberg and Morningstar.

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