Published on June 11, 2019, at 12:39 p.m. by Emma Bannen. It is crucial for public relations professionals to keep up with the latest news (in the industry and beyond) and trends. But with newsworthy happenings popping up every second, it can all seem a
Published on July 23, 2017, at 8:09 p.m. by Jessica Banks. If you are like me, your parents used to harp on you to put your cellphone down in your teenage years. It is even more relevant today as children are getting smartphones and other
Posted on February 2, 2016, at 5:45 p.m. by Hayley Kilgo. Long gone are the days when reading a newspaper and turning on the television were the only ways people could find out the latest news around the world. Today, it’s as easy as powering
Posted: March 16, 2015, 10:31 a.m. by Sadie Schwarm. Fall of 2014 was filled with widespread fear after the microscopic killer, Ebola, swept the nation. News cycles ran 24/7 to update the public about newly diagnosed Ebola patients and the health status of infected individuals.
Posted: February 20, 2015, 2:00 p.m. by Laura Gregory. As public relations students, we learn time after time that the key to crisis communication is an immediate and sincere apology. However, the news headlines seem to indicate that this is not the approach most often
Posted: November 13, 2014, 11:02 a.m. by Rachel Uniatowski. When the word “newsroom” comes to our minds, many of us think of a room filled with journalists running around trying to find stories to write and report on, but in Edelman’s Creative Newsroom — that’s
Posted: February 12, 2014, 2:40 p.m. by Shannon Auvil. On Feb. 9, 2014, University of Missouri defensive lineman Michael Sam revealed that he is gay via a breaking article in The New York Times. Sam was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Southeastern
Posted At: April 11, 2012 2:30 PM by Anna Ellis Rather than consistently reporting stories with elements of newsworthiness, such as relevance, timeliness and prominence, the 24-hour news cycle is infamous for reporting on trendy topics and sensationalism. This biased agenda setting creates unnecessary drama
Wolf Blitzer was interviewing the family familiar with appearing on television and reality shows when the cat was let out of the bag. Wolf didn’t throw a curveball but was definitely taken aback by what Falcon Heene, the now world-renowned 6-year-old daredevil who apparently took
