By Polly Winograd Ikonen, LCI Even as the communications sector has expanded to include social media channels, blogs, virtual events and more, media relations has remained – and will remain – a cornerstone of any smart MarComm strategy. Why is that? Because even in a world beleaguered by truth wars, news matters. Reporting by professional (and even quasi-professional) journalists has…
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By Robin Carr, LCI Several years ago, I attended a conference that was geared to both reporters and public relations professionals. During a session featuring a panel of newspaper editors, one award-winning editor matter-of-factly stated, “PR people and reporters should have an adversarial relationship.” I was stunned. This was not what I was taught as a PR major at San…
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by David Landis, LCI President It’s the new year: a time for high hopes, refreshed energies and renewed perspectives. So, as good PR professionals, we’re always looking for the best ways to communicate our clients’ stories. With social media, digital marketing and new platforms arriving daily, where should public relations experts turn? Predictably, we usually come back to the age-old…
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A recent segment on our local nightly TV news caught my attention initially because of the subject matter, but halfway through the piece my PR sensibilities kicked in and I was shocked at what I was seeing. The San Francisco Bay Area, oftentimes at the forefront of tech innovation, is at it again. One of the newest trends taking center…
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By Shayna Chapel of The Castle Group, our Public Relations Global Network (PRGN) partner in Boston, Massachusetts The media moves at lightning speed, especially in today’s environment when a story breaks every half hour. This means it’s challenging at times to reach out to media with stories that won’t make the front page. But what happens when you don’t have…
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By Sarah Mason, Account Coordinator July 17 was my first day at Landis Communications Inc. After a full year of staying in contact with David Cumpston, a director at LCI, and checking in with him about positions, the firm called me about a position that had just opened. I came into the office for an interview on Tuesday, July 11…
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By Shelby Ray, Account Executive at HMA Public Relations, our PRGN partner in Phoenix Public relations practitioners understand the effectiveness of media relations, but these efforts may not always be valued by their clients because it isn’t fully understood. Some professionals must spend time explaining how media relations works and why it’s effective in reaching company goals. To help reach…
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