The pandemic upended both PR and higher education, so Professor Margaret Murray started PR-mageddon to help graduating seniors get a glimpse inside today’s PR industry. She’ll be interviewing people from all over the field, from large agencies to solo practitioners, some with decade of experience and others who graduated just a few years ago. PR-mageddon will cover governmental PR, agency work, C-Suite communications, and much more. If you’re interested in hearing PR pros talk about the challenges and thrills of PR today, subscribe now.
Dr. Jessica Noel returns to the podcast to give feedback on the campaigns students created for South Arbor Animal Hospital.
7 Apr 2021
Advice from Alums
As seniors near graduation, we connect with two UM-Dearborn alums who entered the job market in 2019. Mohamad Jaafar is a Communications Specialist at a nonprofit in Dearborn, MI. Brighid Driscoll is a reporter for Heritage Broadcasting in Traverse City, MI.
14 Mar 2021
C-Suite PR
Mary Writz is not in a communications role, but she ends up doing a lot of PR as the Vice President of Product Management at ForgeRock, a San Francisco tech start up. We talk about what it’s like to do PR from the C-Suite and new ways to connect from a distance.
7 Mar 2021
PR in the Videogame Industry
Beadle has been in the gaming industry for over 20 years, first for Nintendo and now as the Senior Director of PR for Ubisoft. We’ll talk about his professional journey, what it’s like doing PR for one of the world’s most successful gaming companies, and even why he got to dance with Rihanna!
21 Feb 2021
Diversity & Influencers in PR
Cheyenne Cameron-Pruitt graduated in 2016 and she’s already an Account Executive at FleishmanHillard, part of Adcolor’s Futures 2020, and the Director of Marketing & PR for Black Womxm United. Join us for a fascinating conversation about social influencers, diversity, and networking.
15 Feb 2021
Checking in with students in Comm 460
In this week's episode, we hear from students in Comm 460. They share their questions about Dr. Murray's journey to PR, professional development, and their research report for their semester-long project.
7 Feb 2021
A crazy year for local government PR
Battle Creek is a small city in western Michigan, and it relies on Jessica VanderKolk for all of its public communications. From parks to police, events to COVID, Jessica talks with us about doing it all for local government.
31 Jan 2021
Inside Agency Life
Megan Bonelli is an Account Supervisor at Franco, Detroit’s oldest PR firm. She also has her pulse on local happenings as a board member of PRSA Detroit. Join us for a chat about PRSA, landing your first role after graduating, and how PR has adapted to our pandemic world.
24 Jan 2021
Meet our client: South Arbor Animal Hospital
In our first full episode, we get to know our client: Dr. Jessica Noel. Dr. Noel owns South Arbor Animal Hospital and is looking for creative PR solutions to foster warm connections despite the pandemic.
10 Jan 2021
Introducing PR-mageddon & COMM 460
Welcome to COMM 460: PR Campaigns! This introductory episode provides an overview of the course.
20 Dec 2020
PR-mageddon Teaser
The pandemic upended both PR and higher education, so Professor Margaret Murray started PR-mageddon to help graduating seniors get a glimpse inside today’s PR industry. She’ll be interviewing people from all over the field, from large agencies to solo practitioners, some with decade of experience and others who graduated just a few years ago. PR-mageddon will cover governmental PR, agency work, C-Suite communications, and much more. If you’re interested in hearing PR pros talk about the challenges and thrills of PR today, subscribe now.
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