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Building Your Communications Career from the Ground Up: 5 Ways to Make Any Job Work for You

Deirdre Breakenridge

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. For me, that meant starting off in retail at Patagonia when I first moved to Washington D.C. Everyone needs to start somewhere. Offer to help create new content.

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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Susan Stoga

Solo PR Pro

Originally from suburban Chicago, Illinois, she studied journalism at the University of Iowa, getting her start reporting on elections as early as her sophomore year. Upon graduating, Susan decided to leave reporting behind and instead put her skills to work doing media relations for a major retailer back in her hometown.

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PR Rock Stars: Minnesota Timberwolves’ and Lynx’s Kirsten Wenker

Communications Conversations

I am the Senior Corporate Communications Manager for both teams, which means I handle all “off court” communications. So I worked at several agencies on all different types of brands – CPG, travel, technology, retail and fitness to name a few. I led the communications throughout the campaign. It feels great.

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3 former PR pros who made mid-career shifts and lived to talk about it

Communications Conversations

You could replace “agency life” with “corporate life” and insert a whole other sub-set of people, too. Kelly Groehler, Tim Westermeyer and Betsy Andersen all traded in their corporate and agency PR careers for work in another field. They all knew that I had no interest in returning to a corporate role.

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Three Ways to Make the Most of Your PR Budget for Startups

Shift Communications

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. Launching a new initiative that’s poised to impact the local community?

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Meet the Media: Philip Nussel, Web Editor at Automotive News

Bianchi Biz Blog

And several of our success stories now compete against us at world-class news organizations such as The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News, among others. And, of course, our core auto dealership audience demands significant coverage of dealership/retail stories and trends. I have been in journalism my entire life.

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Behind the Headlines With Peter Shafer

Cision

Is your brand communication sparking conversations…or falling on deaf ears? In this interview, Peter discusses how brands can better engage audiences, improve their measurement practices and quantify their communication efforts. Quantification of communications results continues to get more sophisticated and more accurate daily.