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Should you feel ashamed for reading the hard copy newspaper?

Communications Conversations

Every so often, I’ll see it in one of my social feeds: That comment or remark from a friend, colleague or industry person taking jabs at the hard copy newspaper and those that read it. I still love my hard copy newspaper. ask yourself: Why AREN’T I reading my daily newspaper? People with ethics. With our park.

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S&T Live Recap: Local News Deserts Leave Residents Uninformed, Encourage Misinformation

PRSay

This year alone, 127 newspapers closed in the United States, an average of nearly two per week, according to Northwestern University’s Medill State of Local News Report 2024. Despite the demand for local news, news deserts “are counties with no newspaper, no digital-only news site, no ethic media, and no public radio,” Franklin said.

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How an underground high school newspaper led to a 10+ year blog

Communications Conversations

Last Saturday, there was a wonderful article in the Variety section of the Minneapolis Star Tribune about groups of kids who had started neighborhood newspapers during the pandemic. And second, school newspapers are in my blood. First, let’s talk about this underground student newspaper, because it’s an interesting story.

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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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PRSA Introduces Innovative Program to Guide Journalists Transitioning Into PR and Communications

PRSay

I was a good writer, researcher and storyteller, and had been on the other side of both print and broadcast pitches, but I did not fully understand all the nuances of public relations prior to joining the agency. The ethical considerations for public relations and journalism have similarities and differences.

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10 insights for public relations from the 2017 European Communications Monitor

Stephen Waddington

agree that social bots present ethical challenges, although four out of ten respondents also see potential opportunity. #3 4 Channel shift from print to social exaggerated. Other online communication comes second (83.1%), followed by press and media relations with online newspapers and magazines (82.4%). 3 Shift to social.

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Increasing Your Media Coverage Through Storytelling

PRSay

As communicators, we have long relied on earned media or public relations — usually in the form of media relations — to place our clients’ names on the internet, on TV, in print and on the radio. Sure, go after The New York Times as your boss asked, but don’t forget your local newspapers, TV and radio stations. Keep it ethical.