Stories by Matthew Schwartz

Are Your Interns Camera-Ready? Inspiration from ‘The Internship’

June 5th, 2013 by

Comedy aside, the movie may raise some interesting questions about the effectiveness of your internship program.

What PR Pros Can Learn From Edith Bunker

June 3rd, 2013 by

She knew how to defuse tense situations and see every side of the story before making a final decision.

Lucky 13: PR Tips on How to Engage Audiences on Pinterest

May 29th, 2013 by

Nearly 50-million strong, the photo-sharing site offers PR pros a growing opportunity to engage audiences with visual content.

Report: PR agencies’ profitability up slightly in 2012

May 28th, 2013 by

“Model firms,” according to StevensGouldPincus, have been able to hold professional staff salaries well under half of total net revenue.

Our Favorite Communicators (That’s You) Reveal Their Dream Jobs

May 22nd, 2013 by

A PR gig in the sports field holds a lot of appeal. But so, too, does the idea of working in PR for a yoga company or even being the press secretary for the president of the United States. Dream big, communications pros.

‘Listen’ to What Is Now One of the Most Important PR Skills

May 21st, 2013 by

They may be hard to measure, but these areas count for some of the increasingly important skills of communications.

Media Inquiries Into PR Departments Should Not Be an Exercise in Frustration

May 20th, 2013 by

You’re a busy journalist. You’re on deadline. You’re trying to round up sources and interviews for a story you need to crank out today. One of your most promising sources is not responding, gone off the grid. But you’re still hopeful, especiall…

What PR Pros Need to Know About Tumblr

May 20th, 2013 by

Yahoo agrees to purchase blogging site for $1.1 billion. Now the question for the Web giant is how to make money off the social platform.

You’re Graduating With a Degree in Communications. Now what?

May 17th, 2013 by

The 5 things you need to do (or have already done) to land full-time work in communications.

An Appreciation: Jack Felton

May 16th, 2013 by

PR veteran Jack Felton died earlier this month. We gathered some thoughts about his impact on the PR profession from a few members of PR News’ Measurement Hall of Fame, who are all disciples of Felton.