Greetings, read your Thursday Daily PR Brief - August 5, 2021
Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
Only 8% of Pitches Make it to Print (O'Dwyer's - August 4, 2021)
How Latinas can navigate a challenging PR career path (PR Daily - August 5, 2021)
How humor makes you a better communicator (Ragan - August 5, 2021) [VIDEO]
We Asked PR Experts About Cuomo's Bizarre Response to Sexual Harassment Claims (VICE - August 4, 2021)
Six steps to protect your business from digital risks (PRmoment (UK) - August 4, 2021)
PR Profiles: A Conversation with David Landis (Agility PR - August 5, 2021)
The Lifelong Learner In All Of Us (Amendola Communications - August 4, 2021)
Why It's So Important to Show Employee Appreciation – And How to Do It (CommPro (UK) - August 4, 2021)
Influence 100: Best & Worst Communicators, Reputations & Admired Agencies (PRovoke Media - August 5, 2021)
From the Mexican government to health care: Karina San Juan shares insights from 20+ years in PR (Muck Rack Blog - August 5, 2021)
Summary Section:
Only 8% of Pitches Make it to Print
By Jon Gingerich
O'Dwyer's - August 4, 2021
All PR pros are aware of the grim numbers game behind the practice of media pitching. How bad is it? According to a recent study by PR software platform Propel, only about eight percent of the pitches sent to journalists ever result in a published article.
How Latinas can navigate a challenging PR career path
By Camelia Gendreau
PR Daily - August 5, 2021
Three Latina PR pros share experiences and advice for colleagues looking to find their way in corporate America.
How humor makes you a better communicator [VIDEO]
By Ted Kitterman
Ragan - August 5, 2021
Peppercomm’s Steve Cody chats with PR Daily editor Ted Kitterman on how finding the lighter side is crucial amid the ongoing stress of a post-pandemic business landscape.
We Asked PR Experts About Cuomo's Bizarre Response to Sexual Harassment Claims
By Ashwin Rodrigues
VICE - August 4, 2021
The horror of the sexual harassment allegations should not be overshadowed by the head-scratching tactics of Cuomo's response. But his tact, according to PR experts, is informative in its ineptitude, poor execution, and lack of empathy.
Six steps to protect your business from digital risks
By Charlotte McLeod, CEO at Allegory Communications
PRmoment (UK) - August 4, 2021
Incidents of high-profile digital governance failures make headlines seemingly every week. How can you stop your organisation from joining the ranks of affected businesses?
PR Profiles: A Conversation with David Landis
By Joy Knowles
Agility PR - August 5, 2021
Before he was the president of a successful PR agency celebrating 30 years in San Francisco, David Landis was a classical pianist. It seems only right then that some of Landis Communications Inc. (LCI)’s first clients were in the entertainment industry. While the
The Lifelong Learner In All Of Us
By Philip Anast
Amendola Communications - August 4, 2021
The book “Learn Like a Pro, Science-based tools to become better at anything” provides a guide for the lifelong learner in all of us. As a PR professional for an award-winning PR and marketing agency, I wanted to give this book a "test drive" to see if it could help me in my own work, as well as provide colleagues with best practices.
Why It's So Important to Show Employee Appreciation – And How to Do It
CommPro (UK) - August 4, 2021
Most companies fail to realize when their employees are dealing with stress, disengagement, and lack of motivation. Others that do realize know little about how to combat it. However, there is a simple solution: appreciation.
Influence 100: Best & Worst Communicators, Reputations & Admired Agencies
By Maja Pawinska Sims
PRovoke Media - August 5, 2021
Edelman is still on top as the agency most admired by CMOs and CCOs, while Trump and Facebook again fare worst in the reputation stakes.
From the Mexican government to health care: Karina San Juan shares insights from 20+ years in PR
By Vanessa Hannay
Muck Rack Blog - August 5, 2021
Meet Karina San Juan, whose PR career spans 20 years, two countries and multiple organizations. She shares details on what she’s learned so far.
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