Take a look at your Wednesday Daily PR Brief - August 21, 2024

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Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
PRNEWS Announces Honorees of the 2024 People of the Year Awards (PRNEWS - August 20, 2024)
What Communications Leaders Can Learn From Sports Psychology (Forbes - August 21, 2024)
Why Did You Do That? (O'Dwyer's - August 20, 2024)
New social media features and updates to know this week (PR Daily - August 20, 2024)
Back-to-School Media Coverage: How to Pitch Education Reporters (Cision Media Research - August 7, 2024)
The 6 questions all internal communications must answer (PRmoment (UK) - August 15, 2024)
5 tips to increase your PR research skills for global campaigns (Agility PR Solutions - August 21, 2024)
JJ Carter Succeeds John Saunders As FleishmanHillard CEO (PRovoke Media - August 20, 2024)
New report: The State of Work-Life Balance in PR (Muck Rack - August 20, 2024)
Black Hat Special: Inside the Media Mind The Register's Brandon Vigliarolo (w2comm - August 20, 2024) [PODCAST]
Automotive Suppliers: Will These Mistakes Crash Your CES 2025 PR? (Bianchi Public Relations - August 15, 2024)
Summary Section:
PRNEWS Announces Honorees of the 2024 People of the Year Awards
PRNEWS - August 20, 2024
The PRNEWS team has announced the 2024 People of the Year honorees. The coveted awards program showcases top talent, passionate professionals and budding communications leaders who are redefining the modern PR world.
What Communications Leaders Can Learn From Sports Psychology
By Nikki Little, Senior VP at Franco
Forbes - August 21, 2024
There are a lot of similarities between sports and leadership and the mental strength characteristics required to perform well in both roles.
Why Did You Do That?
By Ken Kerrigan
O'Dwyer's - August 20, 2024
When I was in the second grade, my homeroom teacher, Mrs. Reilly, walked up to my desk one morning. I didn't like the look on her face. In fact, I was downright terrified. Within seconds, she'd taken hold of my arm and was dragging me to the principal's office—the dreaded Sister Loretta. They both looked very angry.
New social media features and updates to know this week
By Allison Carter
PR Daily - August 20, 2024
This week, Instagram is shattering your aesthetic dreams and rivals Threads and X are both offering new analytics tools. It's a busy week of updates – let's get into it.
Back-to-School Media Coverage: How to Pitch Education Reporters
By Mary Lorenz
Cision Media Research - August 7, 2024
The back-to-school season provides an excellent opportunity for public relations professionals to pitch journalists in the education industry with related story ideas that will bring attention to their brand or client. Fortunately, we have exclusive insight into what it takes to bring attention to your back-to-school story.
The 6 questions all internal communications must answer
By Fraser Raleigh, Director, Advocacy at SEC Newgate
PRmoment (UK) - August 15, 2024
You can tick these off in your head as you receive or transmit information, whether writing your own story or reading someone else's. If it doesn't answer them, then it may not work as a coherent set of messages. The same applies to communicating with teams, particularly about change.
5 tips to increase your PR research skills for global campaigns
By Divashree
Agility PR Solutions - August 21, 2024
If you have clients who want to run campaigns in different countries and languages, you need to roll up your sleeves and think beyond basic Google research. That's what we will discuss in this article today, so hold tight, and let's see what tips we've for you today.
JJ Carter Succeeds John Saunders As FleishmanHillard CEO
By Arun Sudhaman
PRovoke Media - August 20, 2024
JJ Carter will become president and CEO of FleishmanHillard on 1 October, with John Saunders taking on the chairman role after nine years in charge of the OPRG network.
New report: The State of Work-Life Balance in PR
Muck Rack - August 20, 2024
Today, Muck Rack released the first State of Work-Life Balance in PR report, offering a detailed view of how PR pros balance their professional and personal lives. The report was compiled from two surveys with more than 2,200 responses and digs into topics like stress levels, compensation and access to mental health support. Here are some of the key findings from the report.
Black Hat Special: Inside the Media Mind The Register's Brandon Vigliarolo [PODCAST]
By Madison Farabaugh
w2comm - August 20, 2024
This episode of Inside the Media Minds with The Register’s Brandon Vigliarolo features key takeaways from the Black Hat conference and more!
Automotive Suppliers: Will These Mistakes Crash Your CES 2025 PR?
By Jim Bianchi
Bianchi Public Relations - August 15, 2024
After seeing a 15% boost in senior-level executive attendance in 2024, CES is positioned to dominate the world of tech news once again in 2025. While there is no such thing as guaranteed success at CES, we can offer up our top five pitfalls that companies need to avoid.
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