Ishmael's Corner

JANUARY 25, 2015

The New York Times : I’m not big on the old media guard, but the best newspaper in the country (yes, my opinion) delivers the goods. You’ll find some of the best storytelling in journalism every Wednesday in the paper’s Dining section. One could make an argument that a similar exercise would benefit the communications profession.

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Communications Storytelling Web Journalism 60

PRSay

AUGUST 14, 2019

You have a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon. Did you ever consider a career as a reporter, and what journalism skills do you rely on in your job today? I worked for my school newspaper, and when I joined the Marines I was a public affairs officer. We ran a base newspaper. There was a radio station.

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Ishmael's Corner

APRIL 7, 2015

My most valuable experience came from pursuing a multimedia journalism degree at San Jose State. I then spent two years attempting to hone the skill in various journalism classes and while on staff at SJSU’s newspaper, the Spartan Daily. Visual storytelling cuts across many fields and can be exercised in various ways.

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Film Internal International Storytelling 60

Doctor Spin

MAY 30, 2023

Ahead of others in his time, he actually understood the importance of media coverage (he started New York’s first illustrated newspaper in 1853) and believed ‘there is no such thing as bad publicity,’ a popular phrase many times attributed to Barnum himself.” — Ashley Foster, APR 1 The End of a Publicity Era: How Ringling Bros. Tormala, Z.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

I’m the Chief Editor of Commercial Carrier Journal (CCJ). Team USA notched the best written test score in their division and Team Japan – a six-time winner of the Grand Prix – needed a win in the practical exercise to squeak out first place overall. I was the news editor of a small daily newspaper in Alabama.

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Journalism Meeting Newspapers Media 78

MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Gannett recently “downsized” 350 jobs and the Wall Street Journal laid off 48 (although to be fair, the Washington Post – with 750 newsroom positions – is adding dozens of journalists ). Mike recognizes that newspapers that pulled away from their daily print publishing were hurt by it. And do you read books?

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Print Newspapers Interviews Journalism 48

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Yet this week an interesting piece in the Columbia Journalism Review gave PR professionals some credit for their role in the ongoing war between our 45th president and the press. Sure, PRs and media work together, and we need each other. But the relationship between “flacks and hacks” is an odd and uneasy symbiosis.

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