Hi! Your Thursday Daily PR Brief is here - June 8, 2023

Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
Former CNN head Chris Licht's communications catastrophe (Axios - June 8, 2023)
Tight Budgets Restrict Financial Cos. PR (O'Dwyer's - June 7, 2023)
Burnout is real in PR. How to combat stress and regain your power. (PR Daily - June 8, 2023)
What the Axios Harris Poll 100 Can Teach Brands About Reputation (PRNEWS - June 7, 2023)
AI and Journalism: What's Next? (PRSay - June 7, 2023)
19 Comms Pros Share The Most Unhelpful Jargon From Their Industries (Forbes - June 8, 2023)
The important difference between resilience and resourcefulness in the workplace (PRmoment (UK) - June 1, 2023)
The PGA Tour's merger with Saudi Arabia's LIV Tour is only the latest example of "sportswashing": Here are lessons for PR (Agility PR Solutions - June 8, 2023)
When Press Is Bad, Should PR Take The Blame? (Crenshaw Communications - June 8, 2023)
Making the Most of Non-Linear Career Paths (Iliyana Stareva Blog - June 7, 2023)
No, Press Releases Aren't Dead: Here's How To Maximize Their Value (Forbes - June 8, 2023)
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Former CNN head Chris Licht's communications catastrophe
By Eleanor Hawkins
Axios - June 8, 2023
Recently ousted CNN president and CEO Chris Licht embodies how not all press is good press.
Tight Budgets Restrict Financial Cos. PR
By Steve Barnes
O'Dwyer's - June 7, 2023
Senior leaders at financial services companies look at budget constraints as their biggest hurdle when it comes to meeting communications and marketing goals this year, according to a new study from Cognito Media.
Burnout is real in PR. How to combat stress and regain your power.
By Sherri Kolade
PR Daily - June 8, 2023
It is a vicious cycle and does not discriminate. It can even take down the strongest PR pro who doesn’t bat an eye at the toughest challenges they face. We’re talking about burnout, which stems from repeated stress. Sound familiar? These experts have some helpful hints up their sleeves.
What the Axios Harris Poll 100 Can Teach Brands About Reputation
By Nicole Schuman
PRNEWS - June 7, 2023
There’s a lot for aspiring organizations to learn from the businesses in this list about maintaining a good reputation with the public.
AI and Journalism: What's Next?
By Curtis Sparrer
PRSay - June 7, 2023
The intersection of journalism and AI is the most important media issue of our time. You can stop reading there. But if you must continue, then let's consider the explosive growth of generative AI technologies like ChatGPT and Google Bard. That means there aren't any journalists — or their end-user readers — who won't be touched by AI-generated content.
19 Comms Pros Share The Most Unhelpful Jargon From Their Industries
By Forbes Communications Council
Forbes - June 8, 2023
While industry jargon might seem like harmless shorthand, it often only serves to confuse a listener or reader by obscuring the simple ideas behind the words.
The important difference between resilience and resourcefulness in the workplace
PRmoment (UK) - June 1, 2023
Resilience was a word widely used during the pandemic. In 2020 Forbes named it as the word of the year, its description being 'the ability of a substance, person or object to spring back into shape'.
The PGA Tour's merger with Saudi Arabia's LIV Tour is only the latest example of "sportswashing": Here are lessons for PR
By Arthur Solomon
Agility PR Solutions - June 8, 2023
When I was a youngster, I believed the sports world's hype that sports is all ice cream and cake and that the moguls of the business and their employees, the athletes, should be considered on a par with George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers who fought for American independence against a tyrannical king.
When Press Is Bad, Should PR Take The Blame?
By Dorothy Crenshaw
Crenshaw Communications - June 8, 2023
In a move that surprised no one, embattled CNN CEO Chris Licht stepped down yesterday. Media-watchers were taking bets on how long Licht could last after a "brutal" and deeply reported profile in The Atlantic highlighted his controversial 18 months at the helm of CNN. It was punctuated by Licht's widely criticized decision to televise a town hall with Donald Trump in front of an "extra-Trumpy" live audience.
Making the Most of Non-Linear Career Paths
By Iliyana Stareva
Iliyana Stareva Blog - June 7, 2023
Listen to the most diverse career conversation in a recent podcast I participated in to talk about new jobs, non-linear career paths, parenting and more.
No, Press Releases Aren't Dead: Here's How To Maximize Their Value
By Jodi Amendola, CEO of Amendola
Forbes - June 8, 2023
So, is the press release—which has been around for 117 years—finally dead? Not by a long shot. It's just changed. Here are some recent client success stories brought on by press releases.
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