Public Relations Writing

With a wealth of illustrations, examples, and practice assignments, this book covers every key PR document needed on the job: press releases, PSAs, annual reports, newsletters, magazines, trade journals, brochures, print ads, and speeches and presentations.

Writing for Public Relations and Strategic Communication equips students with the knowledge, skills, and tools they need to write persuasively. The book underscores the importance of strategic analysis at the beginning of the writing process. Utilizing an audience-centered perspective, it shows how persuasive writing emerges organically after critically assessing the goals of an organization's message in light of its intended audience. Students learn essential strategic thinking and planning skills to create effective and intentional writing. The book presents the theoretical underpinnings of behavior, which students can then employ to generate prose that prioritizes the audience's reasons for attending to the message. The book is unique in presenting a primer on communication, persuasion, and moral theories that provides students a roadmap for constructing effective, ethical arguments. Throughout, anecdotes, examples, quizzes, and assignments help connect theory to practical, real-world applications. Writing for Public Relations and Strategic Communication helps readers build their persuasive writing skills for professional and effective public relations, employing unique strategies and tactics, such as: --A generative writing system that helps students identify and organize important information to produce quality prose, then adapt it to various media, on deadline --Interactive walkthroughs of writing examples that deconstruct prose, offering students insights not just into what to write, but how and why practitioners make strategic choices--down to the word level --Long-form scenario prompts that allow students to hone their persuasive writing, editing, and communication management skills across an array of platforms --Three two-chapter modules where the first chapter demonstrates how to write effective prose for a particular channel and the second offers practical help in delivering those products through message-delivery channels --Detailed case studies demonstrating how to translate research and planning into storytelling that addresses organizational problems --Unique chapters building important analytical literacies, such as search engine optimization tactics, marketing statistics analysis and data-driven audience targeting methods

Public Relations Writing: Principles in Practice is a comprehensive core text that guides students from the most basic foundations of public relations writing-research, planning, ethics, organizational culture, law, and design-through the production of actual, effective public relations materials. The Second Edition focuses on identifying and writing public relations messages and examines how public relations messages differ from other messages.

A writing and planning resource that is suitable for public relations students and practitioners

From pitches and press releases to news and feature stories to social media writing and more, this new book by author Whitney Lehmann and a handful of experienced contributors breaks down the most widely used types of public relations writing needed to become a PR pro. The Public Relations Writer’s Handbook serves as a guide for those both in the classroom and in the field who want to learn, and master, the style and techniques of public relations writing. Eighteen conversational chapters provide an overview of the most popular forms of public relations writing, focusing on media relations, storytelling, writing for the web/social media, business and executive communications, event planning and more. Chapters include user-friendly writing templates, exercises and AP Style skill drills and training. Whether you’re a PR major or PR practitioner, this book is for you. Lehmann has combined her industry and classroom experience to create a handbook that’s accessible for PR students and practitioners alike. A dedicated eResource also supports the book, with writing templates and answer keys (for instructors) to the end-of-chapter exercises in the text. www.routledge.com/9780815365280.

Aimed at students of public relations, this second edition provides practical writing instruction for those preparing to enter the public relations profession. It uses a process approach to address a variety of writing formats and circumstances.

In its third edition, Strategic Writing emphasizes the strategic, goal-oriented mission of high-quality media and public relations writing with clear, concise instructions for more than 40 types of documents. This multidisciplinary text covers writing for public relations, advertising, sales and marketing, and business communication. Featuring a spiral binding, numerous examples and a user-friendly "recipe" approach, Strategic Writing is ideal for public relations writing classes that include documents from other disciplines.

Becoming a Public Relations Writer guides you through the writing process for public relations practice. It leads you through the various steps and stages of writing, and helps you explore many of the formats and styles necessary for public relations writers. Using straightforward, no-nonsense language, realistic examples, easy-to-follow steps and practical exercises, this text introduces the various types of public relations writing you will encounter as a public relations practitioner. A focus on ethical and legal issues is woven throughout, with examples and exercises addressing public relations as practiced by corporations, non-profit agencies, and other types of organizations both large and small. In addition, the book offers the most comprehensive list of public relations writing formats to be found anywhere - from the standard news release to electronic mail and other opportunities using a variety of technologies and media. Updated to reflect the current technologies and practices of today’s PR professional, the contents of this third edition: addresses principles of effective writing useful in all disciplines focuses on news as the bridge an organization builds to its various publics overviews a variety of writing formats and environments that provide an internal or controlled approach. Laying the foundation for an integrated approach that touches on public relations advertising and direct mail, this text concludes with a presentation of the variety of PR writing styles and approaches that form an integrated communication package. In its current, comprehensive and accessible approach, Becoming a Public Relations Writer will be an invaluable resource for future and current public relations practitioners.

Combining the practical approach of a trade book with fundamental principles and theories, PUBLIC RELATIONS WRITING: STRATEGIES & STRUCTURES, 11th Edition, equips readers with the essential techniques and methods needed to write with understanding -- and purpose. The book thoroughly explains the different styles and techniques behind writing principles. Taking a decidedly strategic focus, the Eleventh Edition guides readers through a logical progression of PR writing. After exploring the roles and responsibilities of the PR writer, the book provides comprehensive coverage of writing principles, preparing to write, writing for select audiences and—finally—writing for crisis situations. The new edition also includes a new chapter on writing for social media, which focuses on the latest information in this changing arena. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Employers consider communication as one of the most critical skills for workers today. Writing for the Workplace: Business Communication for Professionals is an easy-to-follow guide that provides strategies for effective professional communication. Written to address the needs of both students entering the workforce and business professionals looking to improve their written communication, the book offers guides to compose typical workplace documents, from effective e-mails and convincing reports to winning presentations and engaging resumes. This concise book offers busy readers concrete strategies to improve their workplace writing.