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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of 2018 (the most recent year for which data is available), the PR profession was 87.9 percent white, 8.3 percent African American, 5.7 percent Hispanic and 2.6 percent Asian. (By comparison, the overall U.S. population is 76.3 white, 18.5 percent Hispanic, 13.4 percent Black or African […]

Yamiche Alcindor began her General Session during ICON 2021 on Oct. 18 with a tribute to Colin Powell, the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Secretary of State who died on this day at age 84. “He was someone who had reputational issues when you think about the aftermath of

With any communication campaign, “the key is understanding what we’re trying to achieve,” said Rear Adm. Charles Brown, APR+M. “Start with the outcomes in mind” and then “measure whether you’ve achieved them,” said Brown, the Navy’s chief of information. Brown was one of four U.S. Military communicators who were guest panelists for PRSA’s Oct. 14

Chaloner and PRSA have teamed up to write a series of articles on how candidates and clients can best navigate the recruiting process. Each post of the series chronologically follows the steps of a search process, with direct insights from Chaloner recruiters, clients, placements and candidates who Chaloner has partnered with during the recruiting process.

Each week, PRsay will interview one of the nominees for the 2022 PRSA Board of Directors. Name: Michelle Egan, APR, Fellow PRSA Location: Anchorage, Alaska Current job title: CCO, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Board nominee position: Chair-elect Alma mater: B.A., Boston College; M.A., Seton Hall University Number of years as a PRSA member: 24 You

As the daughter of working-class immigrants bound for college, my career options were pretty straightforward: lawyer, accountant, doctor. I had never heard of, much less seriously considered, public relations until my supervisor at a nonprofit organization where I was working part-time suggested it. I was studying finance at George Washington University; he saw something else