Greetings! Peruse today's Daily PR Brief - April 21, 2020

Hello! Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
The power of the press conference: 5 key lessons from COVID-19 crisis comms (Influence (UK) - April 20, 2020)
Communicators Grapple with Activism's Growing Influence (O'Dwyer's - April 21, 2020)
How new PR grads are approaching the workforce amid COVID-19 disruption (PR Daily - April 20, 2020)
10 Zoom Meeting "Hacks" You May Not Know (Crenshaw Communications - April 18, 2020)
Special Report: How Companies Are Engaging Employees During COVID-19 (Institute for Public Relations - April 16, 2020)
Preparing for post-pandemic PR (PRmoment - April 21, 2020)
Revolution in Political and Digital Landscape (Everything PR - April 21, 2020)
What should PR do during and after the COVID-19 crisis? (Agility PR - April 21, 2020)
What PR can learn from politics during a crisis (Babel - April 21, 2020)
Right and Wrong Ways to Recover from the Coronavirus Crisis (CommPro - April 20, 2020)
How Companies Treat Employees During Crisis Will Make Or Break Their Reputations (PRovoke - April 21, 2020)
Meet the Media – Don Clark, The New York Times (Landis Communications INC. - April 20, 2020)
Summary Section:
The power of the press conference: 5 key lessons from COVID-19 crisis comms
By Influence
Influence (UK) - April 20, 2020
Not long ago, in the pre-COVID-19 era, communications professionals used to debate whether the days of the press conference were numbered in the digital age. Within weeks, the humble press conference has emerged as the greatest show on earth, while parliaments sink into irrelevance.
Communicators Grapple with Activism's Growing Influence
By Jon Gingerich
O'Dwyer's - April 21, 2020
People place high expectations on the private sector to take a lead in addressing the most pressing social, environmental and political issues facing the world today.
How new PR grads are approaching the workforce amid COVID-19 disruption
By Ashleigh Kathryn
PR Daily - April 20, 2020
As graduating seniors wind up their academic studies, a new beginning is in order in more ways than one.
10 Zoom Meeting "Hacks" You May Not Know
By Colleen O'Connor
Crenshaw Communications - April 18, 2020
While a calendar that’s chock-full of virtual meetings may seem overwhelming, check out a few tips and hacks that not everyone knows.
Special Report: How Companies Are Engaging Employees During COVID-19
Institute for Public Relations - April 16, 2020
The Institute for Public Relations and Peppercomm surveyed 403 communication executives and senior leaders to find out how their companies are communicating with and engaging their workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Preparing for post-pandemic PR
By Alex Jones
PRmoment - April 21, 2020
Tips for PROs to prepare for an inevitable rebound in the industry by the end of 2020 or beginning of 2021, suggested by Alex Jones from Motive PR.
Revolution in Political and Digital Landscape
By Julio Juarez
Everything PR - April 21, 2020
Not only is 2020 a major election year, but the tech industry is also bracing for a number of potentially sweeping changes on many fronts around many parts of the U.S.
What should PR do during and after the COVID-19 crisis?
By Mila Bera
Agility PR - April 21, 2020
Public relations is an industry that is thriving when all other industries are thriving. At the moment, the world is struggling to take control of the coronavirus outbreak and is not focusing on the economy,
What PR can learn from politics during a crisis
By Matt Silver
Babel - April 21, 2020
If we think of well-known crises and the key communications activity that took place within them, we often think of politics and political leaders. ...
Right and Wrong Ways to Recover from the Coronavirus Crisis
By Edward Segal
CommPro - April 20, 2020
Decisions by state governments on when and how the recovery will begin — and how it will be managed — provide important early lessons on the best or worst ways for corporations and organizations to bounce back from this or any crisis.
How Companies Treat Employees During Crisis Will Make Or Break Their Reputations
By Diana Marszalek
PRovoke - April 21, 2020
Weber Shandwick's Micho Spring and PRovoke's Paul Holmes explored Covid-19's impact on corporate reputation in a PRovoke webinar.
Meet the Media – Don Clark, The New York Times
Landis Communications INC. - April 20, 2020
Don Clark, a longtime, San Francisco-based reporter and editor for The Wall Street Journal, now writes technology stories as a freelancer with The New York Times.
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