“I always thought it ironic that journalism schools house News writers, Advertising dreamers and PR people-in-training. It creates a never ending cycle of chasing each other and training none to trust the other”
“Besides this evil cycle, PR is caught in the problem that while housed within liberal arts colleges few of the PR graduates that I have met in the past 10 years can actually think critically or for that matter, creatively.”
“PR students are taught about the style, and tactics, but few are taught to think or challenged to think about an actual campaign, or what life is like day-to-day in the PR world. ”
A recent post by Blois Olson.
PR Blogger says:
True, students don’t learn what life is like day-to-day in the PR world at college/university. That’s why a lot of them give up their valuable time to work for free in PR departments when they arn’t studying or working in their paid jobs.
Who would you rather employ? Someone with a PR degree and 5 years PR experience or someone with 5 years PR experience?
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Stephen is a communications consultant based out of the UK. You can connect with him on Twitter or check out his LinkedIn profile. | Email Stephen
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