Dynamic Online Newsrooms: Building Influence in the Digital Era.

Google your company’s name and see what comes up. Do the stories at the top of the search results reflect the business you are running? If not, why not? Maybe it’s because your company has a better story to tell than is being told.

    The Tom Mattia Tapes: Chapter 3 – Doing the Right Thing

    The Tom Mattia Tapes: Chapter 3 – Doing the Right Thing

    Deserted, dreamily lit streets heavy with the lingering dust from the day, straight off the pages of a Raymond Chandler novel; a bicyclist on the way to an early morning market carrying crates of live poultry piled in a way even a Costco stocker would admire; small quiet streets devoid of autos as far as the eye can see; those are the memories of China 20-years past for Tom Mattia, the new chairman of Edelman China.

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    The Tom Mattia Tapes: Chapter 2 - Strange Bedfellows

    The Tom Mattia Tapes: Chapter 2 – Strange Bedfellows

    “Mr. Gutenberg, what do you think you will print after the Bible?” That’s the analogy Tom Mattia, the new chair for Edelman China, uses when comparing the future of digital and social media to past communication trends.

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    The Tom Mattia Tapes:  Chapter One - The Art of Storytelling Communications

    The Tom Mattia Tapes: Chapter One – The Art of Storytelling Communications

    Tom Mattia, who retired from Coca-Cola as Senior Vice President of global Public Affairs and Communications, has served as the senior communications officer of two Fortune 100 companies, directly counseled four CEOs and managed reputational issues for four major global brands — Coca-Cola, Ford, IBM, and EDS.

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    O'Dwyer Rankings of PR Firms: Ranked Firms Thrive; Small Specialists Can Compete

    O’Dwyer Rankings of PR Firms: Ranked Firms Thrive; Small Specialists Can Compete

    Publicizing its overall size for 42 years and the extent of its 12 special practice areas has been a factor in the growth of Edelman Public Relations. The PR firm led all others in 11 of the 12 PR specialties tracked since 1990 by O’Dwyer rankings of PR firms, often by tens of millions of dollars.

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    Who Defines PR?

    Who Defines PR?

    It has become like a game that no one can win – who can define the un-definable. What is the new definition of public relations? – who can define the un-definable. What is the new definition of public relations?

    For Southern Methodist University (SMU) digital journalism professor Jake Batsell the definition of a PR professional in the 21st century is similar to a journalist’s roll of “connecting people to knowledge.”

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    Entrepreneurial Journalists Explore Options at SMU/Dallas Press Club Workshop

    Entrepreneurial Journalists Explore Options at SMU/Dallas Press Club Workshop

    Approximately sixty members of the press, journalism academia and students as well as public relation professionals crowded into SMU’s digital communications lab to learn how creative thinking combined with an entrepreneurial spirit can enhance a journalist’s career.

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    Survey Finds Online Newsrooms Generating Greater Coverage to Wider Audiences

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    Entrepreneurial Journalists Explore Options at SMU/Dallas Press Club Workshop

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    The Tom Mattia Tapes: Chapter 3 – Doing the Right Thing
    The Tom Mattia Tapes: Chapter 3 – Doing the Right Thing

    Deserted, dreamily lit streets heavy with the lingering dust from the day, straight off the pages of a Raymond Chandler novel; a bicyclist on the way to an early morning market carrying crates of live poultry piled in a way even a Costco stocker would admire; small quiet streets devoid of autos as far as the eye can see; th…

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