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

PRSay

“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. Since 2005, the nation has lost more than one-third of its newspapers, some 3,300 in all. During the past 12 months, U.S.

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Social Media Overtakes Print Newspapers as News Source

PRSay

For the first time, social media has surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans, Pew Research Center finds. adults said they often get news from social media, compared to 16 percent from print newspapers. Combined consumption of news on websites and social media stands at 43 percent for U.S.

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5 Benefits of Media Relations

Landis PR

By the Landis Team Photo courtesy of Pixabay Practical implementation of a media relations program is an art, not a science. After all, earned media isn’t transactional. Here are the top 5 benefits of a great media relations program: Credibility Third party endorsement is much more valuable than an organization’s own boasts.

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Journalists Love Twitter, and if Your Job is Media Relations, You Should too

Sword and the Script

Most PR professionals seem to agree that media relations just gets harder every year. In 2018, 51% of respondents said media relations is getting harder, according to the annual JOTW Communications Survey, that I’ve partnered with Ned Lundquist and Ned’s Job of the Week newsletter to field.

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Print news media is dying

Stephen Waddington

Print news media under threat is not an exclusive. Jessica Pardoe When did you last read a newspaper? We consume news through TV, mobile apps, PC and social media. In fact, it’s becoming unusual to pick up a newspaper. It’s a challenge for those in the journalism industry and the public relations industry alike.

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Farewell, Burrelles [PR Tech Sum 56]

Sword and the Script

Burrelles bigs farewell to print media monitoring; PRophet adds Google AI models; Meltwater announces new AI features A few days ago, Burrelles ended its print monitoring services. It’s pretty wild to realize that print monitoring was a thing before press releases. Burrelles was founded in 1888. Perhaps that’s true.

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PR Rules To Break For Killer Media Relations

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

The best and brightest public relations teams have guidelines to achieve the best media relations results. Break these rules; improve media relations. These can include writers and editors for different sections of a magazine or newspaper, or more than one segment producer for a TV interview.