Earlier this week, the field lost a great supporter and friend in Ward White. He was passionate about the profession and a fighter for the greater good. He cared tremendously about education. At Northwestern Mutual, he helped champion the Master’s Thesis of the Year award, given annually by IPR. I won that award 15 years ago, and I distinctly reme
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Major corporations are facing growing pressure to weigh in on social issues — and much of this pressure is coming from employees themselves, says a new Public Affairs Council study, ...
Recent headlines splashed across the front page underscore the embarrassing place companies can be put when sexual harassment charges are brought against them or someone in their employ. Whil
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Public relations remains in the early stages of its development as a multi-paradigmatic discipline that can simultaneously demonstrate both academic and practical value. Public relations educators regularly walk the line between top-down theoretical discussions and the bottom-up tactical skill sets that student
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As the oldest members of the Millennial generation are now beginning to take on management and other key decision-making responsibilities, we need to expand our understanding of this generation’s attitudes toward ethical decision-making in the workplace.
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Since 1975, the Commission for Public Relations Education (CPRE) has been at the forefront of public relations education through publication of research-based recommendations identified by an independent body of public relations educators and practitioners. Today, the CPRE is comprised of 65 academics and profe
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Attempting to write about the future of education in our field is a pretty daunting task, but one I am happy to tackle because of my enthusiasm for the topic. I’ve had the good fortune of working on a number of educational initiatives at the university and national level, and I enjoy a broad network of practitioners fro
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The explosion of social and digital media in recent years has fueled job opportunities and the number of educational programs in public relations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projected that the public relations fie
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This guest blog post is written by one of authors of the Top Three Paper Awards from the 2016 International PR Research Conference. “Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) in Recruitment and Retention of Public Relations Talent from Under-Represented Groups: A Study with the Arthur W. Page Society Members” by Hu
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A workshop at BledCom has seen the publication of a toolkit aimed at improving cooperation between theory and practice in public relations. BledCom is an international public relations resea
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