Communications
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.
Just a half decade ago, the cutting-edge in online PR was considered to be publishing an email address or an online form for media requests. We now know that journalists, investors and consumers research your company on the search engines long before they consider contacting anyone directly for information.
For communication jobseekers, the term “overqualified” is often nothing more than corporate code for “too old.” No secrets or surprises here for the 50+ – and for even those younger.
In a challenging economy “communication ills” seem to be growing daily, successful communicators rise to the challenge to create solutions to ease the pain. IABC Dallas, has announced that Newsroom Ink’s Ed Lallo will receive either a Bronze Quill or Award of Merit for the successful establishment of LouisianaSeafoodNews.com as a crisis communications tool during the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Analysis by Springfield Lewis, Newsroom Ink’s VP of Strategic Communication, of the recently released Oriella Digital Journalism Study is featured on today’s Bulldog Reporter’s Daily’Dog. The study concluded that PR is best suited to “own” digital media, shows an increasing trend by worldwide journalist to use online news tools.
Oriella Digital Journalism Study finds journalists are turning increasingly to online tools. Brands wishing to stand out must communicate their stories and messages effectively to their own digital followings, as well as complementing conventional written collateral with visuals, videos and opinion-led content which journalists can re-publish.
