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On Deadline with Brian Ellis

Padilla’s Media Relations Consultants represent a group of agency professionals who are delivering top media relations strategies and placements for our clients. This team invests time and expertise…
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Why It’s Important for Health Care Organizations to Prepare for a Crisis

Despite even the best planning, crises happen. So, it is important for health care organizations’ crisis policies and procedures to be prepared before the unexpected happens. In a world where news t…
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Citizen Journalism’s Impact on Crisis Management

One need only catch a breaking news event to see citizen journalism’s dramatic impact on today’s society. When a young man rammed his car into a gathering of students at The Ohio State University…
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Citizen Journalism’s Impact on Crisis Management

One need only catch a breaking news event to see citizen journalism’s dramatic impact on today’s society. When a young man rammed his car into a gathering of students at The Ohio State University…
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Crisis management: 70% internal, 30% external

My first mock crisis exercise was held at a chemical plant. The number-one complaint expressed during our critique was lack of communication among team members. The litany of frustrations included ra…
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Despite the Changing Times, Some Elements of Media Relations Just Don’t Change

I always find it fascinating when I stumble across articles with headlines that call for drastic changes in how we execute strong media relations campaigns. This call for change may make a great headl…
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