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Exploring the modern corporate communication function

Stephen Waddington

Overall, communication leaders reported higher-quality relationships with marketing and public affairs and lower-quality relationships with finance and information technology (IT). The communication function is commonly combined with marketing, followed by public affairs, and advertising.

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In Memoriam: Joe S. Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

A 1993 study he presented to the Defense Information School on ethics in military public affairs is also credited for putting professional ethics standards on the decision-making table in that segment of the PR profession. In 2019, he and Dorcas moved to the Woodlands at Furman in Greenville, S.C.,

Ethics 167
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Partisan Politics Complicates PR and Comms for Business, Survey Finds

Sword and the Script

That’s according to the 2020 JOTW Communications Survey which polled 300 communicators – public relations, public affairs, marketing communications and related roles – across more than a dozen different industries. That’s up from 68% in 2019 and 51% in 2018. Media relations only gets harder.

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What is a Public Relations Specialist?

5W PR

The responsibilities can sometimes vary depending upon whom they work for.For the government, the role is usually to let the public know about the different activities of a governmental office, department, or official. You often hear public relations specialists referred to as press secretary, public affairs officer, or information officer.

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IABC Webinar Recap: The 2020 JOTW Communication Survey Review

Sword and the Script

If you haven’t signed up for Ned’s Job of the Week Newsletter — please do — it’s free for both employers and job seekers and it’s filled with jobs across PR, public affairs, communications and marketing.

Survey 78
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3 Reasons to take the 2020 JOTW Comms Survey

Sword and the Script

Each week he lists upwards of 60 jobs from across the communications profession – public relations, public affairs, marketing communications and more. The 2019 report was viewed nearly 20,000 times, or about a 2x increase from the 2018 edition. Reports from the JOTW Communications Survey in 2019 and 2018.

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Crisis Management Lessons From Boeing’s 737 Max Disasters

PRSay

When two of Boeing’s new 737 MAX passenger jets crashed within five months of each other in late 2018 and early 2019, killing a total of 346 people in Ethiopia and Indonesia, the company faced the worst crisis in its 100-year history. In July 2019, we set up a $100 million fund, with $50 million for direct payments to families.