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As More Newspapers Close, News Deserts Spread Across the United States

PRSay

Mutz Chair in Local News at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communications. News deserts,” or counties that lack a locally based source of local news, grew in number this year as 127 newspapers shut down, the latest “ Medill State of Local News Report ” from Northwestern University finds.

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How Crime Journalism led to a Leading UK Charity PR Newsroom

The Resolution Blog

Stella is joined by Martin McGlown who was once a crime journalist at the London Evening Standard newspaper and went to head-up media relations at the world’s leading cancer charity; Cancer Research UK. They discuss the moment Martin made his career-defining decision and why he and the charity have never looked back.

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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. More specifically, I wanted to be a sportswriter.

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Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffett Sees Newspapers Dying

Remote PR Jobs

Originally seen on Bloomberg Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is pessimistic on the newspaper industry at a time when public relations specialists are increasingly outnumbering journalists. For the news business, that would extend already sizable declines. It’s obviously a supply-side issue and not a demand-side issue,” Bennett said.

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Top 10 U.S. Daily Newspapers on Facebook

Cision

daily newspapers on Facebook by the number of likes. The Wall Street Journal — 6,011,006. Atlanta Journal-Constitution — 690,704. Daily Newspapers on Facebook appeared first on Cision. This week we rounded up the top 10 U.S. The New York Times — 14,803,119. USA Today — 8,606,054.

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4 trends in journalism and what they mean for the PR industry

Communications Conversations

But, that doesn’t mean journalism is thriving again. With the majority of newspapers now having paywalls (and more trade pubs every day), the reach of that story you just got placed is extremely limited. As a fan of journalism, I’m all for paywalls. Newspapers are struggling. Trust levels remain low.

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Is the Daily Newspaper Still Relevant?

HMA Public Relations

Is the daily newspaper still relevant? Abbie Fink answers the pertinent question and discusses the important role of the media in her latest blog post. Read more!