16 Sep 2010
| by Shafik Meghji
The trickle of journalists moving into PR has become a flood. But are they prepared...There was an 'invisible moment at some point in the last decade when the number of PR people ...
of journalists moving - or looking to move - into PR.
Recent high profile moves include former BBC technology editor Darren Waters, who joined Monument PR Worldwide as managing director in July, and Rav Singh, one ...
04 Nov 2009
| by Ricky Vazquez
The PR industry needs to come together to agree some parameters to evaluate effectiveness....The words 'Achilles' and 'heel' often come to mind when PR professionals discuss measurement. How ...
, citizen journalism, digital PR campaigns - call it what you will - have for too long responded with a most ...
, providing PR with the ability to tangibly quantify behavioural change through more scientific metrics ...
Just two years into a new venture, Story PR's founder has won former employer Innocent as a client...It is a PR professional's dream. Contact trendy, up-and-coming brand; ask for non-existent PR job ...
PR job, co-founder Richard Reed invited her in for a chat, and she spent the next six years heading the firm's comms function.
The story has now come full circle, as Kamelmacher's agency, Story PR, has ...
15 Apr 2010
| by Peter Hay
PR chiefs say the Digital Economy Act is 'bad news' and a 'step in the wrong direction'....PR professionals have condemned the recently passed Digital Economy Bill, now the Digital Economy ...
. But there are mounting fears it could prove damaging for PR practitioners. Speed Communications MD Stephen Waddington said: 'PR agencies will need to tighten up copyright governance and for the fast-growing digital PR ...
22 Apr 2010
| by Cathy Wallace
PR agencies weathered the economic storm of 2009 and even managed slight growth on average, figures...PRWeek's Top 150 PR Consultancies 2010 report shows that agencies grew, on average, by 0.75 per cent during 2009. Experts said this was impressive considering the economic climate. 'Compared with the rest of the marketing services industry this can be considered a good result, because flat really does ...
19 May 2010
| by Peter Hay
PR professionals have welcomed news that Twitter is set to launch a 'Business Center', a paid...for businesses, so PR teams will need to make sure their brands are set up correctly. It's a positive step ...
PR professionals have advised Facebook to be far more transparent about its privacy settings, after...: The PR damage comes from the very public reversals Facebook is now considering, but on the other hand ...
and damned if you don't.' Rocket Communications MD Pete Hendrick said: From a PR perspective, Facebook ...
The healthcare PR industry is overlooking traditional media outlets in the rush to improve online
13 Nov 2009
| by Peter Hay and Arun Sudhaman
Speaking at the Lewis PR Social Media Channels event, Israel said that he saw the future of PR professionals in 'the restaurant service industry' should they continue to use social media as they currently are. 'There are a bunch of PR people who think that their job is to pitch and pitch and pitch ...
Alastair Campbell apologised to over 1,200 senior PR professionals at the PRWeek Awards 2011...Campbell was hosting the 25th PRWeek Awards - the PR industry's 'Oscars' - which took place at Grosvenor House on London's Park Lane last week.
Also on the video, Blackpool FC manager Ian Holloway talks about winning the Communicator of the Year gong, and John Doe's founder Rana Reeves on taking home ...