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Nonprofit Local News Gains Steam

PRSay

It was refreshing to hear Todd’s optimistic vision for a future in which a more independent news media will regain the public’s trust and return to covering local communities with a sense of shared values. At the same time, however, the advertising revenue that local news organizations have long counted on has continued to drop.

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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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Five Things PR Teams Should Know About Voice Search

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

Voice searches also often have a strong local intent, such as finding nearby businesses or services. PR pros should prioritize local SEO efforts to ensure their clients’ businesses are discoverable through voice search. The post Five Things PR Teams Should Know About Voice Search appeared first on Crenshaw Communications.

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How Speaking Opportunities Support B2B Companies

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

In many cases they support a path to a market leadership position. Customer relationship management (CRM), local search optimization, and digital product catalogues were all once new product or service categories, which are now widely known. Create a leadership positioning. Here’s how it works. Influence buyer decisions.

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7 mostly free professional development ideas that PR and comms pros can start today

Sword and the Script

There are also, generally speaking, traditional gaps in a communicators skill set, such as math, which hurts our credibility with executive leadership. Most of these are focused on marketing, communications, leadership and psychology. Libby is a free app that connects to my local public library system (and probably yours too).

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#PRStudChat Halloween Special: Nightmares of a PR professional

Deirdre Breakenridge

The local TV station wants a comment regarding a tip from an irate customer for their “Consumer Fight Back” report”. · An accomplished senior sales and marketing executive, Valerie is a motivated leader who provides vision, along with strategic and tactical leadership. It seems private customer data MAY have been compromised.

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Good Governance: Strengthening PRSA’s National Leadership Framework

PRSay

Below is a brief history lesson that explains why this is happening and what needs to be done at the upcoming PRSA Leadership Assembly (Oct. Likewise, PRSA leadership is encouraging this tier within the organization to continue to assist in nurturing and recommending viable Board candidates. 7 in Boston) to solve the issue.