Also: General Mills celebrates Monster cereals 50 years, Ford makes amends on Bronco flaw and LinkedIn adds video chat.

TODAY’S HEADLINES – 08.18.2021  
 
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DAILY SCOOP

T-Mobile responds to massive data breach, employees favor mask mandates at work, and Facebook, TikTok uphold Taliban content ban

Also: General Mills celebrates Monster cereals 50 years, Ford makes amends on Bronco flaw and LinkedIn adds video chat.


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PR DAILY AWARDS

Announcing PR Daily's 2021 Nonprofit Communications Awards finalists

Congratulations to this year’s list of outstanding finalists!


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MEDIA RELATIONS

4 tips to improve your media pitches

It’s hard out there for media relations pros. Here are some tactics that can immediately help you find your way to the top of a journalist’s inbox.



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COVID-19

How should employers handle unvaccinated workers?

As more companies seek to enforce vaccine mandates—and employees voice growing concerns over rigid coronavirus ultimatums—here’s guidance on how best to proceed.


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THE WORKPLACE

How Gen Z is using social justice as a filter for where to work

Your ability to stand for more than your bottom line is a crucial differentiator when looking to nab the top young talent entering the workforce.


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DAILY SCOOP

Biden addresses the nation on Afghanistan collapse, companies fail to protect emails from cyberattacks, and Snopes responds to plagiarism scandal

Also: Farm Rich appoints chief cheese officer, Michigan utility companies address widespread outages and Twitter seeks to make its platform more accessible.


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PR INDUSTRY

Report: 21% of comms roles across all organizations have diverse representation

A new report shows how companies must still make big changes to bring substantive diversity to leadership and executive roles in the PR industry.



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MARKETING

What customers really want from your brand–and how to deliver the goods

It’s all about reducing friction and making people feel genuinely valued. A delightful surprise never hurts, either.


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PR INDUSTRY

How PR firms must adapt to new workplace models

One PR firm leader shares how polling employees revealed the path forward for new workflows and office dynamics.


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THE WORKPLACE

How Domino’s uses technology to build a winning workplace culture

The brand’s director of internal communication is offering a sneak peek behind the scenes of how the pizza company connects with employees amid unprecedented change and disruption.


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MEDIA RELATIONS

Is it OK to demand links from a reporter?

PR pros are trying to squeeze their clients some SEO juice by asking for backlinks to webpages featuring their content—but many journalists say the practice can rub the wrong way.



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SOCIAL MEDIA

How to approach influencer marketing through a PR lens

When considering an influencer, you can count the impressions and unique views—but here are some of the qualitative indicators of a fruitful potential partner.


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EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATION

5 lessons for more effective leadership comms

Creating a public platform for your top executives can rattle nerves, but finding that authentic voice for your organization has never been more important.


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