Check out today's Daily PR Brief - June 9, 2020

Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
Diversity & Exclusion: A Response To Pledges Of Solidarity With Black Talent (PRovoke - June 9, 2020)
TP Manufacturers Respond to Consumer Complaints (Everything PR - June 8, 2020)
Tariq Ahmed, ex-group head of corporate communications at Liquid Telecom, on the PRmoment
podcast (PRmoment (UK) - June 8, 2020)
How to discuss complex information in media interviews (Media First (UK) - June 8, 2020)
Media Relations Keeps Getting Harder; Here are 6 Dynamic Techniques to Adapt (Sword and the Script - June 9, 2020)
In the time of COVID, now's the time for empathy in public relations (Agility PR - June 8, 2020)
A great PR experience to a media professional (Axia Public Relations - June 8, 2020)
Embrace the Disruption: What the Nation's Protests Can Teach Us (CommPro - June 8, 2020)
Locked-Down Employees Are in No Rush to Return to Offices (O'Dwyer's - June 9, 2020)
What PR pros can learn about collaboration from 'Songland' (PR Daily - June 9, 2020)
PRSA Chief: Always Communicate Compassion and Civility (PR News - June 9, 2020)
Summary Section:
Diversity & Exclusion: A Response To Pledges Of Solidarity With Black Talent
By Kamiqua Pearce
PRovoke - June 9, 2020
Senior PR and communications consultant Kamiqua Pearce shares her experience of being a Black woman in the workplace.
TP Manufacturers Respond to Consumer Complaints
By Julio Juarez
Everything PR - June 8, 2020
There are a lot of things missing from grocery and big box store shelves, but nothing has become more emblematic of the COVID-19 crisis than shelves without toilet paper. Because of this, and largely through no fault of their own, paper products manufacturers have become the target of massive criticism and consumer anger requiring clear and consistent counter-messaging.
Tariq Ahmed, ex-group head of corporate communications at Liquid Telecom, on the PRmoment podcast
By Ben Smith
PRmoment (UK) - June 8, 2020
This week, we welcome Tariq Ahmed, ex-group head of corporate communications at Liquid Telecom, to the PRmoment podcast.
How to discuss complex information in media interviews
By Adam Fisher
Media First (UK) - June 8, 2020
Explaining complex information and ideas is not easy. And it can be even harder to communicate it effectively in media interviews.
Media Relations Keeps Getting Harder; Here are 6 Dynamic Techniques to Adapt
By Frank Strong
Sword and the Script - June 9, 2020
75% of PR and comms pros say media relations is getting harder – up 25% over three years; here are some practical techniques for adapting to the challenge.
In the time of COVID, now's the time for empathy in public relations
By John McCartney
Agility PR - June 8, 2020
How can we in the PR community be more empathetic towards one another—and apply these lessons in our day to day lives?
A great PR experience to a media professional
By Jacob McKimm
Axia Public Relations - June 8, 2020
A media contact having an excellent experience with a public relations professional can make all the difference when pitching a story.
Embrace the Disruption: What the Nation's Protests Can Teach Us
By Neil Foote, President, Foote Communications & President, National Black Public Relations Society
CommPro - June 8, 2020
As people who shape images and messages every day, we can learn from these protesters because they are showing the best of humanity.
Locked-Down Employees Are in No Rush to Return to Offices
By Steve Barnes
O'Dwyer's - June 9, 2020
As the nation reopens, 83 percent of employees say that if their work can be done remotely, they should not be required to return to their offices until COVID-19 is no longer a threat.
What PR pros can learn about collaboration from 'Songland'
By Michael L. Ingberg
PR Daily - June 9, 2020
The TV show about the craft of songwriting on NBC gives a view into how the creative process can bear fruit when ego is set aside.
PRSA Chief: Always Communicate Compassion and Civility
By Seth Arenstein
PR News - June 9, 2020
It's a useful coincidence that in this moment PRSA's chairperson, T. Garland Stansell, also is CCO of Children's of Alabama, the pediatric health system in Birmingham. In a wide-ranging interview, we asked him about diversity & inclusion (D&I) and communications during the pandemic. His edited responses are below
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