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Advice From a 94-Year-Old Veteran of the Military and Public Affairs

PRSay

Air Force, where he spent most of his career in public affairs. Then, after his liberation from the Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp, he spent 41 years in public affairs. He answered the reporters’ questions as completely and honestly as possible, but he didn’t linger in the room. Perdue, is retired from the U.S.

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Astroturfing has no place in modern public relations or public affairs

Stephen Waddington

Propaganda has no place in modern public affairs or public relations. It has been widely criticised for the propagation of misinformation on the platform most recently in a report on fake news by the Parliamentary Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee. Astroturfing should be called out in the strongest terms.

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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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Should Public Relations Change Its Name?

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

As the practice of public relations has changed over the decades, so has its name – morphing from “publicity” and “press office” in the 1920s to broader and more inclusive terms like “public relations,” “public affairs” and “corporate communications.”

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6 Simple Rules for Email Pitches

Cision

Forbes Communications Council, a group of communications, PR, public affairs & media relations executives echo this sentiment : “To break through the volume of emails reporters receive, you need to know them inside and out. However, it’s important to remember that reporters love visuals. Attach nothing.

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ICCO World PR Report is positive and negative

Stuart Bruce

The ICCO World PR Report 2020 provides a mixed picture of the global PR industry. It reveals an industry where 61% of PR firms are … © Stuart Bruce - ICCO World PR Report is positive and negative was first published on Stuart Bruce's PR Futurist by Stuart Bruce - Modernising public relations and communications for the digital age.

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Leading With Ethics During COVID-19

PRSay

We shared social listening reports from FEMA. We provided weekly training sessions to ensure that public affairs officers could hone their skills. This meeting helped us cover external, internal, congressional affairs, media and others in between. I retired from the VA after working in this role for four months.

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