A fellow Kent State journalism student, Marissa Ring, just completed an independent study this summer focusing on public relations internships, which are a requirement in our PR sequence. One result of her research was a list of FAQs that I found particularly helpful to PR interns at Kent State and elsewhere. She interviewed a number of interns in order to provide [...]
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FAQs for Public Relations Internships
Posted in Internships, Interviews, Portfolio on August 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Classroom PR: What are You Waiting For?
Posted in Classroom Projects, Media Relations, Portfolio, Press Releases, Real-World PR on March 15, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This was a stressful week at Kent State with what seemed like midterms underway, but the underlying complaint I heard from PR friends— that all the intense projects, hard work and sleepless nights will never prove directly useful in our careers— got me thinking.
I know it’s not that anyone thinks that what they’re learning will [...]
Nailing the Internship Part Two—It’s All in What You Leave Behind
Posted in Interviews, Leave-behind, PRSSA, Portfolio on March 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I really don’t consider myself an ‘interview guru,’ but since I’ve had some experience, especially as of late, I thought I’d chime in with some dos and do nots. In my last post, I mentioned how to send out a killer application… in fact I handed you the phone with a call asking you to [...]
