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Nonprofit Local News Gains Steam

PRSay

Already decimated by staff reductions, many print and broadcast newsrooms have been acquired by large corporations that are often more interested in online clicks and monetizing news than in factual reporting, Todd said. Most affected were local news outlets that are independently operated or owned by small media chains.

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Future of local news report is a grim read

Stephen Waddington

Social media has replaced local news in communities across the UK. It is weakening community engagement and participation in local democracy. The collapse of local news is a crisis that has played out in plain sight over the past two decades. Local news has faced an assault on two fronts. Rumours are commonplace.

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2017 PR Horror Stories And Lessons Learned

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Maybe a pitch contains bad info, or a story is printed with a key fact wrong. On securing interest in a particular market, she followed up with what she thought was the appropriate media alert for that locales, but it was for an event that had taken place the week before, so the editor was unable to use it. Proceed with caution!

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Four Ways to Streamline the Pitching Process

Cision

Cision’s 2017 State of the Media Report revealed that more than half of journalists and influencers are driven to pursue a story because a PR professional has displayed knowledge of their past work, interests and beats. broadcast, online, print, etc.). Role (exact job titles). Media type (e.g., Recent content (e.g.,

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How the Canadian Newspaper Industry Can Adapt to Changes

Business Wire

In March 2017, Postmedia Network, Canada’s largest newspaper company, announced 54 layoffs at the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province newsrooms. Perhaps none have been affected more than print newspapers. The struggles faced by Canadian news media professionals are well-documented.

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Future of local news report is a grim read

Wadds Inc.

Social media has replaced local news in communities across the UK. It is weakening community engagement and participation in local democracy. The collapse of local news is a crisis that has played out in plain sight over the past two decades. Local news has faced an assault on two fronts. Rumours are commonplace.

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Meet the Media: Alex Keenan, Associate Editor of Fleet Maintenance

Bianchi Biz Blog

In my role, I help populate our websites with original content as well as pertinent press releases, and write feature stories for print and the web. In the past year, I worked on two profiles, one on a local shop owner in Wyoming and another on a president of a vocational school. Life’s always better with chocolate treats around.

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