Ragan Insider Kevin Z. Smith
A journalist and former PR pro compares the industries’ ethical principles
The chairman of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Ethics Committee sees plenty of common ground.
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Ragan Insider Alan Pearcy
The PR firms that made Ad Age’s list of top places to work
The publication released its second-annual Best Places to Work in Media and Marketing rankings. See which PR firms made the list of 30.
Ragan Insider Arthur Yann
PRSA: Rupert Murdoch is torching the reputation of all of his brands
A top official at the Public Relations Society of America weighs in on the PR implications of the shuttering of the News of the World.
Ragan Insider Kevin Allen
OMG, you guys: 14.5 percent of PR and marketing pros don’t use Twitter
The report that fingers the non-Twitter users in the industry also lists the five most-followed brands by those in public relations and marketing.
Ragan Insider Arthur Yann
PRSA responds to blog post about email pitching
Arthur Yann, vice president of public relations at the Public Relations Society of America, says the organization agrees with Falls’s position on email spam.
Ragan Insider Lindsey Miller
Poll: Budget cuts make for leaner, more focused comms efforts
Social media and standard PR outreach increase as communicators are forced to do more with less.
Ragan Insider Michael Sebastian
The Blog DoggerAre fake blogs OK after all?
The exposure of an alleged astroturfing campaign highlights the vague area where PR meets social media.
Ragan Insider Ragan Staff
Struggling PR association in Britain agrees to recovery plan
Based on reports in PRWeek ‘s UK edition, it appears the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), a respected PR association in Great Britain, is caught in a financial bind. PRWeek said last week that CIPR is expecting a loss of 700,000 British Pounds in 2009. In dollars that’s … a lot . (It’s more than $1.1 million.) CIPR president Kevin Taylor told PRWeek the institute’s executive board had agreed upon a three-year recovery plan.
