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Writing For Journalism And Writing For PR: How They Differ

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

I was a journalism major, so most of my writing experience in college had a reporting angle. Whether it was through classes, writing for the school newspaper , or my personal blogs, my writing involved reporting facts, interviewing subjects, and taking down their quotes. What are you writing about?

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7 journalism statistics from a survey of 3,000 reporters to improve PR performance

Sword and the Script

Below I’ve identified a few journalism statistics that give such perspective – along with some suggestions for taking action. >>> As one journalist noted in an open-ended comment: “The fact that so much of journalism has become about ‘clicks’ and ‘shares’ and those often seem to take precedence over keeping the public informed.”

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How Has the Pandemic Changed Journalism? I Asked a New York Times Reporter

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Journalists want to do a great job and they want to write great stories. The pandemic has] been all-consuming, particularly for me as someone who focuses on writing about consumer health,” he said. “I The remote nature of O’Connor’s job means that he and others are approaching journalism in different ways. What do you think?’

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The 20 Responsibilities of PR and What They Entail

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The PR pro either writes some of this content themselves or helps drive strategy with a team of writers/editors and/or guest blog contributors. Today’s PR pro is responsible for ideating, writing/editing, pitching, placing, and then promoting executive thought leadership articles for not only the CEO, but also other senior executives.

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What They Don’t Teach You About PR In College

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

But my PR agency job has got me thinking back to what I learned about the industry when I first took a college course about it. I learned the basics of PR tactics, like the different parts of a press release and how to write one, but now that I’m in the industry I consider pitching one of the basics of what we do. How to pitch media.

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New products and problems across PR software land [PR Tech Sum 60]

Sword and the Script

What I hadn’t considered is that something similar is happening to software code, according to this podcast interview between Figma co-founder and CEO Dylan Field and The Wall Street Journal. Just like AI can be trained to write copy, AI can be trained to write code. This of course is all just my opinion and I could be wrong.

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Terms You Overhear During A PR Internship

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

I was a journalism major in college and had dreams of reporting before I shifted to PR, so I know all about wanting to get that big scoop. But in PR and journalism, it means an article or a press release that won’t be published until a certain time. EOD means “end of day,” and of course EOW means “end of week.” Exclusive” .