{"id":3474,"date":"2011-09-09T14:24:46","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T13:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uk.cision.com\/?p=3474"},"modified":"2019-02-27T15:46:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T14:46:42","slug":"weekly-comms-news-round-up-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/weekly-comms-news-round-up-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly comms news round up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go! This weeks pick of comms news curated via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/CisionUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@CisionUK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.communicatemagazine.co.uk\/news\/3079-digital-impact-awards-shortlist-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Impact Awards shortlist revealed<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/Communicatemag\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Communicatemag<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.communicatemagazine.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Communicate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The shortlist for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalimpactawards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Digital Impact Awards 2011<\/a> has been announced, as a record number of entries were whittled down by the judges of the UK\u2019s leading programme to recognise, benchmark and celebrate excellence in digital stakeholder communications.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuartdredge.com\/posts\/?p=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What annoys tech journos about PRs&#8217;<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/stuartdredge\" rel=\"nofollow\">@stuartdredge<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuartdredge.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stuart Dredge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Earlier this week, I went with a couple of other journalists to Skywrite to be grilled by a room of PR graduates on what journalists do and don\u2019t like about PR. And to have some more rounded stuff to say, I asked other tech journalists on Twitter for their key annoyances. The floodgates \/ can of worms opened wide, and I thought it would be worth publishing the responses in one place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prmoment.com\/745\/big-rise-in-the-number-journalists-using-twitter.aspx#third\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journalists now love Twitter, but does this diminish the quality of reporting?<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/therealprmoment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@therealprmoment<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/prmoment.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PRmoment.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;According to Cision\u2019s latest annual survey of journalists on their uses and perceptions of social media, there has been a considerable rise in the amount journalists use social networks. Paul Miller, head of digital at Cision, discusses some key findings from the study, carried out in conjunction with Canterbury Christ Church University:&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandrepublic.com\/digital_media\/article\/1089350\/twitter-en-ads-course-october-launch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter UK ads on course for October launch<\/a> by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/Shearmans\" rel=\"nofollow\">@Shearmans<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandrepublic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brand Republic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The paid-for opportunities offer promoted tweets, promoted trends and promoted accounts, which have already been available on a global basis through its US sales team for more than a year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wallblog.co.uk\/2011\/09\/09\/social-medias-role-in-the-evolution-of-communication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social media\u2019s role in the evolution of communication<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#%21\/ff_matthew\" rel=\"nofollow\">@ff_matthew<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/wallblog.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THE Wall<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the relatively short period of time for which they have been in existence, social media platforms have exerted an intense pressure on our industries. And given the whistle-stop speed with which a message or meme can now be transmitted across groups of friends \u2013 and, in the process, potentially transform a market overnight \u2013 marketers are increasingly focusing their energy on monetising this new platform. In a way there is an amusing touch of <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.futurefoundation.net\/2011\/08\/magic-nostalgic-goes-digital\/\">Magic Nostalgic<\/a> about this \u2013 word of mouth is after all the oldest form of marketing.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here we go! This weeks pick of comms news curated via @CisionUK. 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