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

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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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The Field of Emergency Management: Why It Is Not A Profession

Melissa Agnes

William Waugh and Kathleen Tierney, two highly respected colleagues, have written about the profession of emergency management in their 2007 book, Emergency Management: Principles and Practice of Local Government (Washington, DC: ICMA Press, pp. 1 (Printed in Wikipedia, “Lorne M. In conclusion. Now we leave it to you.

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Conservative Party in dodgy postal vote Google ad data capture

Stephen Waddington

The Conservative Party postal vote Google ad appeared at the top of the page in search results today above the official Electoral Commission and Government websites for voter registration. The site generated a postal vote application for you to print and send to your electoral registration office.

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PR Has Evolved Since First ‘Public Relations Handbook’ in 1967, but Some Values Are Timeless

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About 2,200 local print newspapers have closed since 2005, cutting the number of newspaper journalists by more than half between 2008 and 2020. Daily newspaper circulation in the United States has fallen from its height of 61.8 million in 1974 to 24.3 million in 2020, according to Pew Research Center. New technology, new commitments.

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Increasing Your Media Coverage Through Storytelling

PRSay

Whether you serve a large corporation, small nonprofit, major research university or municipal government, at some point your boss has probably said, “We need more media attention. Which students at your local college or university are already making the world a better place, and how are they doing it? Can you make it happen?”

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Brand conversations during COVID-19

Stephen Waddington

Most outdoor, experiential, events, meetings and print simply don’t work. Businesses in these markets have cut costs and sought government help in order to survive the crisis. It has published a stunning montage of words and images telling the story of the local region and its people. It’s proved popular in our household.

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