Despite being the shortest month of the year, February was filled with public relations stories. From Super Bowl Sunday to Valentine’s day fails, check out three of the month’s top stories in PR. Pampers won Super Bowl XLVIII Tom Brady may have led the Patriots to another Super Bowl win but the real champion of the day was Pampers. The […]
In case you have not watched the recent Netflix and Hulu documentaries or the articles and memes buzzing around social media, the Fyre Festival was a crisis of historic proportions. The “vision” of Fyre was to provide access to celebrity performers to anyone who wished to book a performer. Creator Billy McFarland was the “visionary” orchestrating the company. The concept […]
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Session: Roll With Your Reputation: Sports PR Presenter: Andy McGowan, Clinical Instructor, Georgia State University Recap: The media world is ever changing. Nowadays everyone is a reporter and everything is on the record. Presenter Andy McGowan emphasized this concept throughout his presentation. To start, he asked what reputation is. There are two parts of reputation: the rational part (products and services) and the […]
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Session: Taming the Media Monster Presenter: Dr. Joseph V. Trahan III, APR. CEO & President of Trahan and Associates Recap: Dr. Trahan’s session was inspirational, impactful and intimate. He exuded knowledge and passion for crisis communications and he electrified the room of students. Dr. Trahan spoke about the many ways to deal with crises and told us that being genuine and […]
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Session: Code for Communication Presenter: Brandi Boatner, Social and Influencer Communications Lead, Global Markets, IBM Recap: Brandi Boatner presented on tech public relations and the importance of this type of PR, as she works at IBM, a leading cloud platform and cognitive solutions company. Boatner started her presentation by stating that she is the “Beyoncé of the Business World” and she sure […]
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Session: The Future of PR for Events in a Consolidated Media World Presenter: Brett Cannon, Senior Publicist at SXSW Recap: Brett Cannon, Senior Publicist at SXSW, presented to a group of PRSSA students at the National Conference in Austin, Texas about how he manages the company’s PR efforts across 24 aspects of their Conference planning. South by Southwest is an internationally recognized […]
When the phrase “fake news” first emerged, I thought it was literally fake news. I thought, “How could the journalism and communications industry allow such a thing as fake news to become so popular?” As an undergraduate public relations student at the University of Florida, our program has a heavy focus on writing. In a reporting class, a fact error […]
Before I began my major in public relations, my knowledge of the industry stemmed from what I had seen from television shows such as “Sex in the City” and “Scandal”. From these shows, I learned that public relations is a solution-orientated field with fabulous, strong and independent women. These were the women who worked in front and behind the scenes […]
The media is one of the largest platforms for influencing public opinion. Media includes both traditional channels (television, radio, newspaper) and new channels (social media, banner ads, blogs). Any work in public relations or communications often includes all these different forms of media. As future public relations professionals, it’s our job to be good stewards of media opportunities by demonstrating […]
Another month has passed, and it’s crazy to think the fall semester will begin in just a few short weeks. Here are eight articles you might have missed in July. 1. Millennial-Friendly App Bumble Delves Into PR Territory Author: Kevin Allen Publication: PR Daily Bumble, a dating app that requires women to start the conversation, is moving into the networking world. […]
