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What Is Content Marketing?
Scott Hanson | May 18, 2018
The Arizona 100, a project of HMA Public Relations, will launch May 17. It is a twice-monthly digital publication that will provide quick and concise, yet through, news of the people, events, activities and news shaping Arizona.
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Writing is PR’s Foundation
Scott Hanson | May 2, 2018
Writing has always been the foundation of public relations. See how students at South Mountain High School are honing their writing skills!
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How Do You Nail a Media Interview?
Alison Bailin | Apr 26, 2018
You’ve got an opportunity (thanks to a PR person, we hope!) to share your story or brand with the media. Here's how you nail the interview!
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What Is Wrong With Your Story Pitch?
Alison Bailin | Apr 19, 2018
Giving a little “link love” to our Public Relations Global Network partner Buchanan Public Relations today, sharing their recent PRGN blog post on “Five Reasons Your Media Pitches Are Getting No Response.”
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Report for America
Abbie Fink | Apr 18, 2018
Report for America is an organization whose primary goal is to bring community journalism back to our communities. Learn more about it in today's blog post.
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Do We Really Have a Free Press?
Abbie Fink | Apr 5, 2018
News broke last week that Sinclair Broadcast Group had its anchors from across the country recite the same scripted anti-print media message on camera. Is this what news stations will be like going forward?
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What is a News Release?
Alison Bailin | Mar 21, 2018
Public relations professionals have a vast array of tactics up their sleeves to help businesses, brands and organizations achieve communications goals. Perhaps the best-known tactic to non-public relations folks is the news release.
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What Makes News
Scott Hanson | Mar 8, 2018
Working in media relations is fraught with challenges to determine what is – and what is not news. Scott gives examples of this in today's blog post.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Public Relations
Alison Bailin | Feb 22, 2018
Last week, Alison had the privilege of speaking in her friend and long-time local journalist Christia Gibbons’ class at ASU’s Cronkite School. The students were split down the middle as to whether they were looking to go into careers in journalism or public relations.
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How to Get Published By Forming Relationships
Rachel Brockway | Feb 15, 2018
Some may believe that you can get published in top media outlets in one fell swoop. But Rachel thinks that this is not usually the case. [Click below for more]
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Do PR People Still Send News Releases?
Abbie Fink | Feb 6, 2018
News releases aren't dead, but there are a few things to keep in mind when sending them. Abbie has compiled some of these dissemination tips. [Click below for more]
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Whatever happened to Gawker?
Abbie Fink | Jan 25, 2018
Peter Thiel is now making an offer to buy Gawker’s remaining assets, which brings up further arguments about the importance of preserving free press. [Click below for more]
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