Enjoy your Monday Daily PR Brief - August 10, 2020
Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
Is it OK to demand links from a reporter? (PR Daily - August 10, 2020)
Lessons Earned: How 'Languages' Led to a Successful PR Career (PRNEWS - August 10, 2020)
What John Wooden and Socks Can Teach Us About Burnout (Public Relations Society of America - August 10, 2020)
Only 35% of PR employees are confident their employer will reinstate them post-furlough and 72% of PR people would like to continue to work from home, says latest survey (PRmoment - August 7, 2020)
10 LinkedIn newsletters PR professionals and journalists should follow (Muck Rack - August 7, 2020)
What does a journalist want from you in a media interview? (Media First (UK) - August 10, 2020)
Study: Comms Leaders See Opportunities For Business To Do Greater Social Good Post-Covid (PRovoke - August 10, 2020)
Hey PR pro, are you too smart for your own good? (Muck Rack - August 10, 2020)
3 critical challenges in media relations right now (Agility PR - August 10, 2020)
Pitching the media? Six things to consider (Axia Public Relations - August 10, 2020)
Summary Section:
Is it OK to demand links from a reporter?
By Ted Kitterman
PR Daily - August 10, 2020
PR pros are trying to squeeze their clients some SEO juice by asking for backlinks to webpages featuring their content—but many journalists say the practice can rub the wrong way.
Lessons Earned: How 'Languages' Led to a Successful PR Career
By Jim Simon
PRNEWS - August 10, 2020
Developing language skills requires the communicator to be a student at heart and an active listener. Both traits typify well-rounded communicators.
What John Wooden and Socks Can Teach Us About Burnout
By Mark Mohammadpour
Public Relations Society of America - August 10, 2020
Legendary college basketball coach John Wooden has a famous instruction he gave to his players at UCLA, including hall-of-fame player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Put your socks on correctly so you don't get blisters.
Only 35% of PR employees are confident their employer will reinstate them post-furlough and 72% of PR people would like to continue to work from home, says latest survey
PRmoment - August 7, 2020
Essentially, PR employees fit into three groups at the moment: those who are (in the main) working from home; those who have been made redundant; and those who are still on furlough.
10 LinkedIn newsletters PR professionals and journalists should follow
By Kimberly Zhang
Muck Rack - August 7, 2020
Have you checked out LinkedIn newsletters? Here are 10 great newsletters PR pros and journalists should subscribe to.
What does a journalist want from you in a media interview?
By James White
Media First (UK) - August 10, 2020
It is always interesting when we ask for delegates’ perceptions of journalists and the media at the start of our media training courses.
Study: Comms Leaders See Opportunities For Business To Do Greater Social Good Post-Covid
By Maja Pawinska Sims
PRovoke - August 10, 2020
A survey of senior UK comms leaders found 75% expect business to be a platform for positive social change after the pandemic.
Hey PR pro, are you too smart for your own good?
By Tim O'Brien
Muck Rack - August 10, 2020
Hey PR pro, are you too smart for your own good? Falling into this trap can impact the quality of your work, and your results.
3 critical challenges in media relations right now
By Joy Knowles
Agility PR - August 10, 2020
Agility PR Solutions recently conducted an informal survey of over 300 PR professionals and communicators. One of the questions asked: what is the biggest challenge you're facing right now?
Pitching the media? Six things to consider
By Marjorie Comer
Axia Public Relations - August 10, 2020
Pitching a story to the media? Take these six questions into consideration before you start contacting the media with your story.
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