Adapting to our new normal has been challenging in unique ways for every profession since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. PR professionals have had to approach it a unique way because of some of the challenges that come with working public relations remotely. Josh Houston is currently a senior …
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For the September 16 PRSSA meeting members welcomed Roni LeForge, Public Relations Officer for Carbondale, Illinois. LeForge addressed her unique experience of being fairly new to the job right when COVID-19 hit. She’s proven a quick learner when it comes to crisis PR. LeForge also answered various student questions concerning …
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Alum and former SIUC PRSSA President Madison Case joined the weekly meeting via Zoom on Wednesday to discuss her experience looking for a job post-graduation. Case had a bit of a winding path to her current position, but emphasized the benefit of building experience–even if it means taking an internship. …
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Thanks to PRSSA President Savannah Coady for her workshop on using Canva! Canva is an online graphics creation platform that allows you to easily and for free to create graphics and layouts for everything from Facebook pages to printed flyers. Check out the video embedded here. Thanks again, Savannah.
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Thanks to Haven Thompson, our VPO and Director of Pyramid (our student run PR firm), for her Zoom session on writing press releases! The Zoom session is embedded here, so you might need to skip ahead a bit in it to get to the beginning of Haven’s talk. She also …
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