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

PRSay

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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Spotlight on a Solo PR Pro: Meet Nicole Castro

Solo PR Pro

Along the way, Nicole took on both full-time and consulting positions in community health, digital media and education where she has learned a lot, made plenty of mistakes and ultimately come to understand what is most valuable to her as a PR professional. In 2017, Nicole launched Nicole Lauren Consulting as a solo PR pro.

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Exploring the modern corporate communication function

Stephen Waddington

Role of corporate communication function The most frequently mentioned responsibilities of the communication function included media relations (86%), social media (80%), and crisis/risk communication (75%). The communication function is commonly combined with marketing, followed by public affairs, and advertising.

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Meet the Media: John Hitch, Editor of Fleet Maintenance

Bianchi Biz Blog

Along with mostly doing things I can’t ever talk about, I sometimes served as a de facto public affairs liaison on the submarine, writing about the PG stuff that happened on our rare port calls. You might also be interested in: Meet the Media: Sean O’Kane, Senior Reporter at The Verge. Meet the Media: Alexa St.

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Behind the Headlines With Matt Sutton

Cision

Given my background and our legislative successes, I feel like we are in a unique position to expand our public affairs practice. . You’ve worked with a number of public affairs organizations. What are some of the ways you’ve built relationships with the media? Social media is incredibly important.

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What Clients Really Want From A PR Agency

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

A panel of communications officers from top brands tackled the question recently in a no-holds-barred session at the global meeting of PROI Worldwide. Coca-Cola’s Williamson places a premium on an agency’s scrappiness and drive, in both new business and day-to-day media relations. A drive to win.

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PR professionals’ skills and competencies not fit for modern future proof public relations

Stuart Bruce

The State of the Profession 2017 survey by the UK’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) reveals that the PR profession still has a very long way to go before the skills and competencies of its practitioners meet the needs of modern future proof public relations best practice.

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