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PR Professional Finds Her Way to the Cannes International Film Festival

Ishmael's Corner

One of our young account professionals, Melissa Lewelling, will be headed to the prestigious Cannes Film Festival next month. Out of literally thousands of films, her creation called “More Than a Number” was one of 30 films selected by Campus Movie Fest to be shown in the Short Film Corner. A) No question.

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Better Call Saul the PR Hound

Flack's Revenge

With a hired film crew capturing every moment, Jimmy rushes to the rescue, ensuring TV and newspaper coverage for a great story: Solo practitioner bullied by big law firm saves workingman’s life. Law and PR, not such strange bedfellows.

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Letter from London: Everything Was Forever

Mark My Words

Counterpunch I first met media expert Mark Borkowski 30 years ago before traveling to West Africa to write for an English newspaper about Peter Kosminsky’s Dying of the Light, a film on murdered UK aid worker Sean Devereux. I have long warmed to Mark and always try to read him.

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Behind the Headlines With Neil McAllister

Cision

I’m a big film buff; and talk about a good storyteller. My daily newspaper of choice is…newspaper? If I could have lunch with anyone, it would be…obviously, someone who will pick up the bill. Or maybe the director William Friedkin. The thing that gets me up in the morning is…nagging guilt that the afternoon just won’t cut it.

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Behind the Headlines With Glenn Boyet

Cision

My hobbies outside of work include…avid sports watcher, coaching youth basketball, reading (history and non-fiction), film and media history and useless trivia. My daily newspaper of choice is…The Washington Post. One thing most people don’t know about me is…I love to cook. I just don’t have lots of time. And other jargon words.

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7 newsroom features that increase journalists? engagement

Presspage

TV reporters now must handle social media, and newspaper reporters have to shoot video. Nissan offers interesting oddities such as 1935 footage of its manufacturing process and a short film titled “ Beauty that is the envy of Hollywood.” Similarly, visitors are more like to share multimedia content on Facebook and Twitter.

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The Complete Guide to PR Stunts

5W PR

Newspapers, commercials and billboards aren’t ineffective, but these days the Internet spreads ideas the quickest. Participants had twenty – four hours to film themselves dumping a bucket of ice water on their own heads, and put that footage on their preferred social media platform.If