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4 Tips for Transitioning From Military Public Affairs to the Civilian Sector

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With more than two decades of experience in public relations and military public affairs, Dr. Sweetser offers advice to those on the cusp of transitioning from military public affairs to the civilian sector. • Looking for a job is a lot easier when you’re rubbing elbows with your peers locally in the field.

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Ranger Scott Gediman on the Ferguson Fire and 22 Years as Yosemite Park’s Public Affairs Officer

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Over his 22 years as public affairs officer at Yosemite National Park , Scott Gediman has experienced a myriad of crises on the job, from floods and rock falls to hantavirus outbreaks. “It Here in the public affairs office there are just two of us — there used to be five, and then there were four, and then three.

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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. I was thinking about maybe volunteering for an organization where I could supervise individuals.

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In Memoriam: Joe S. Epley, APR, Fellow PRSA

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In presenting him with the award that year, Board Chair Jeffrey Julin, APR, remarked: “Joe Epley has distinguished himself over many years as a sophisticated, ethical professional who has been an inspirational leader of PRSA. In 2008, he received PRSA’s highest individual honor — the Gold Anvil. Epley founded Epley Associates, Inc.,

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Thoughts on Balancing Your Professional Work and Your Activism

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Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, where I now live, and contributed my professional skills to local chapters of Indivisible and Black Lives Matter. Those of us who are activists may be reluctant to go public about our affiliations for fear of losing clients or alienating the boss or C-suite. I have marched the streets of Washington, D.C.,

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Poll: Americans Wary of News Coverage on 2024 Elections

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While the public relies on local and national news organizations for election information, they worry that the news contains misinformation and amplifies division, according to a study from the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

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How public relations responded to COVID-19

Stephen Waddington

Practitioners worked to lift the voices of medics and scientists against the ever-present flood of misinformation so that both politicians and the public can make decisions based on the reality of the virus and its effects,” said Alastair McCapra, CEO, CIPR. The campaign contributed to raise £187 million for research projects.

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