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A Navy Leader on the Role of Accreditation in Developing Strategic Communicators

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With more than 20 years of service as a public affairs officer, Admiral Brown has led countless successful communication campaigns, earning a Silver Anvil Award, an Award of Excellence from PRSA, a Thomas Jefferson award from the Department of Defense, and numerous Rear Admiral Thompson Awards for Excellence in Navy Public Affairs.

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Accreditation Goes Virtual

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During 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced organizations across the nation to reconsider how they conduct business, including the process of earning Accreditation in Public Relations (APR). With 14 years of experience in public information, the former journalist and mother of three boys sent in her application last August.

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Partisan Politics Complicates PR and Comms for Business, Survey Finds

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72% of communications professionals say partisan politics makes their job harder, according to third annual JOTW Communications Survey for 2020 The majority of professional communicators say partisan politics has complicated communications for brands and businesses. Keep an eye on their webinar announcement for registration details.

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Thoughts on Balancing Your Professional Work and Your Activism

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Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University in the fall of 2020. Until recently, she was director of public affairs for Fort Worth Housing Solutions, a large housing authority whose mission is to provide housing solutions where people can flourish. . Margaret Ritsch, Ed.D., Photo credit: halfpoint.

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7 Rules for a New Era of Communications

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During the pandemic, economic crisis, racial tensions and partisan arguments that have marked 2020, we have started communicating differently. We even have new words and phrases to reflect these times: We “doomscroll,” poring over bad headlines. We protect meetings from “Zoom-bombings” and give “elbow bumps.”

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Page report highlights management communications opportunity

Wadds Inc.

Communications leaders participated proactively in management meetings and daily executive standups and addressed a wide range of issues, from public health emergencies to mental health and public relations challenges. I described this shift in a paper for the Government Communication Service in 2020. Dr Shannon A.

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ICON 2021 Preview: PBS Journalist Yamiche Alcindor on Illuminating the Human Experience

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She is now just the ninth host for the longest-running prime-time news and public affairs program on television. Especially after a year like 2020, when we saw so much death and sorrow, we should be even more concerned with how people are able to function. Naomi Osaka is one of my heroes. She’s an amazing young woman.