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Agencies, Directories of (Arranged by Headquarters Country)
United States
Association
for Interactive Media -- Includes many PR agencies with web expertise
Agencies with Home
Pages (Impulse Research)
Council of Public Relations Firms
Europe On-Line -
International network of public relations agencies
Nerd World: Public Relations
(Ecclectic list of agencies, freelancers, and miscellaneous sites)
PRSA Counselors
Academy
(Select Member Directory)
United Kingdom
IPRA Members, Links to
Firm Sites of
Hollis U.K. Press
and
Publications Annual -- Use limited to registered subscribers.
Public Relations
Consultancy Association
U.K. PR
Centre: PR
Company Index Page
Elsewhere in World
New Zealand WriterFind
Thailand PR
Agencies Directory
Pravda PR Moscow
Search Engines
Yahoo! Public
Relations Services
Professional Organizations
Arthur W. Page Society
Council of Public Relations Firms
Health Care Public Relations
Association
International Association of Business Communicators
PR Wire Services/Data Bases/Sources
Services
(Good sources of sample news releases)
Business Wire
Canada NewsWire
24-7 Press Release Newswire
Contacts on
Tap -- Online directory of contacts (free trial
available)
Collegiate Presswire
E-wire
(Environmental
news service)
Good News
Broadcast
Internet Wire
Press Access
Pressline (Press release data base
service)
PR Newswire
ProfNet
PR Web (internet release distribution service)
U.S. Newswire --
Specialists in Web/E-Mail Distribution for Public Relations
CapitolStrategy.com" --
Affiliate of First Strategy
FirstStrategy.com
Media Finder -- Oakridge Public
Relations
Press Features
RushPRNews
URLwire
Virtual Press Office
Vocus - Formerly Capitol Hill Software
Newswire
Other Commercial PR Services
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Ammerman Experience
Article Resource Association (publicity distribution service)
Associated Press Information Services (news distribution)
ATT Teleconference Services
Auritt Communications Group (broadcast news services)
Automatic On-line System/Automatic Mail Services (direct response)
Axiom Research (opinion research)
Bacon's
Media Services (Mailing lists
and distribution services)
Barks Communciations -- Communications
training services, materials
Burrelle's Information
Services
BIS: Yearbook of Experts, Authorities and
Spokespersons
Communicate with Power (McLaughlin
Associates--media
training)
CyberAlert
CyberScan (Monitors
information and public opinion on Internet)
Delahaye MediaLink (research services)
DWJ Television (News releases)
EventWeb
eWatch (WWW clipping service)
Exstream Data (fax distribution service)
Feature Photo Service
Karen Friedman Enterprises (media training)
GetPress.Com (Project-based publicity service)
Gebbie Press (Directories, mail lists)
Goodman Speakers Bureau
Greater Talent Network
Hollywood Madison Group (speakers bureau)
Info ARA Content, feature writing
service
Leigh Bureau (speakers bureau)
Robin Lewin Productions (broadcast news services)
Luce Online (Publicity retrieval
service)
MarkWatch (Internet monitoring
service)
MDS-Media Distribution
Services (includes useful bibliography and organizations list)
dna13 -- Canadian PR/communications
software firm, monitoring service
MediaLink (PR broadcast
news distribution service)
MediaTracks (radio publicity services)
MediaMap(List and research service)
Media Mentor (Steve Bennett, media training)
Multivision, Inc. (broadcast
monitoring services)
National Satellite Production/Media Services
News Broadcast Network (radio publicity service)
Newz Group (multi-state clipping
service)
Parallax Productions (broadcast news services)
Susan Peterson/Communication Center (media training)
Perri Productions (Superior, CO; video news releases)
Press Kits (presentation folders, printing)
Press
Release Network -- Release distribution service
ProAdvance (major special events production)
Professional Photographers of America (photography referrals)
Media Training by Hart Media
(Also Hart Media and crisis communciation.com)
Prolog WebSite 2.0 (Meridian Project Systems--event management
software)
PiMS (List maintenance and mailing service)
Proamics Corporation (agency management software)
PR Newsfotos
Orbis Broadcast Group (Video news
releases)
Online Directory of Experts and
Spokespersons
On The Scene Productions
Ovations (speaker training services)
Premiere Conferencing (teleconferencing)
PromoMart (Advertising Specialties
Institute)
Publicity Depot -- Directory of
experts
PR infoFinder (software)
PR Press
Network UK -- Includes prtalk.com
(discussion group),
simpleclip.com, simplescout.com,
prposts.com (headlines), prfinder.com
(resources directory),
Ragan Communications (Conferences,
newsletters, books)
Ready for Media (Anne Ready, media training)
Royce Carlton (speakers bureau)
D.S. Simon Productions, New York
(Video news releases)
SNET Faxworks (fax distribution services)
SourceNet
-- Posts journalist inqueries soliciting sources on stories
SpinWare (public relations software)
Target Video News, Inc. (video news services)
TrakWare (publicity tracking/analysis software)
TJ Walker -- Media training services.
Same as PR Radio TV Network
TTS Fax Communications (fax distribution services)
Harry Walker Agency, Inc. (speakers bureau)
VMS-Video Monitoring Services
Vocus (media lists, clippings,
distribution, other PR tools)
West Glen
Communications (Audio-visuals)
Wieck Photo Data Base
Wilson Group (Steve Wilson, media training)
XpressPress (Release distribution
service)
Also see Agencies, Executive
Recruiters, Publications, PR
Wire Services
Academic/Educational PR Links
A&PR
Worldwide (University of
Alabama links)
Advertising World
(University of Texas)
American
Communication Association - University of Arkansas (Various useful pages
of links, including organizational communication, political communication,
technology topics)
AEJMC Public Relations
Division (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication)
Argentinean Internet Site on Public
Relations: REDRRPP
(for students and practitioners; edited by Maria del Sol Rodrigquez Gallego)
Community Relations, Center for
Corporate
(Boston College)
Corner Bar PR.
Resources, articles on current issues (Rich Barger)
Grunig Web Site. Fun tribute to
Jim and Lauri Grunig, University of Maryland (under construction).
Includes current articles by these leading researchers in the field.
Hallahan
Course Resources (Kirk Hallahan, Colorado State)
Institute for Public
Relations (formerly Institute for PR Research and Education)
Media Researcher's Companion (Vincent
Graceffa)
Mitchell
Friedman (Media trainer, also teaches at UC-Berkeley Extension)
PR Navigator.com (Mark R. Phillips,
USAF, University of Maryland)
PRSA Educators Section
pr@RMIT
(Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia)
National
Communication Association, Public Relations Division
PRaxis-Public
Relations Resource Centre Massey
University, New Zealand
Smith,
Ron -
Buffalo State
Witmer, Diane -
Cal
State Fullerton
Swiss Public Relations Institute (training in four languages)
Tim
Traverse-Healy's Papers - UK
practitioner
Also see Academic Research Gateways section of CSU J-Links
Other PR Links--General
About.com-Public
Relations Links (Excellent compendium of articles, recent case studies,
and numerous other links)
A HREF="http://www.aboutpublicrelations.net">All About
Public Relations
A Better
Server PR Directory
PR Career Opportunities (PRSA Carrer Connection)
Center for Media &
Democracy (PR industry watchdog group)
Center for Responsive Politics (Political
contributions and PACs)
Chase's
Search Engine for Marketers -- Larry
Chase, Select "Public Relations"
Contacts
on Tap
Ethics,
The Current Debate Surrounding (Sarah J. Zupko, Tribune Media
Services)
Google Search Engine: Public Relations
Hoover's
Industry Profiles: Marketing and Public Relations Companies
Media Tool Case (Jerry Brown, how to work with media)
PR Commentary (Robert A.
Kelly)
PR Forum (Web conference site; See
separate PR Forum Listservs below)
PR Guide (in German)
PR Headquarters (web site sponsored by to
Independent Public Relations Practitioners Network; includes sizeable non-member section)
Publicity Insider (Bill
Stoller, newsletter primarily for small businesses)
Insights,
Public Relations (Oakridge Public Relations Agency position papers on
various PR topics)
PR Point -- Useful
resources by K. Srinivasan, Madras, India
PR Resources On-Line
(Impulse Research)
Public
Relations and Investor Relations Tools - Big.Universe.Com
Swiss PR Institute Links
Managing Public
Relations (For small businesses)
Profitable
Public Relations for Nonprofit Organizations
Miyamoto's Strategic Public Relations
Online-PR
PR Strategy.net
Public Relations Links (PRSA National
Capital Chapter, Washington, D.C.)
PR Infofinder (PRSA Professional Practice Center>
Public Relations Museum
Silver Anvil Winners (Searchable online summaries of
award-winners in
PRSA's annual competition)
Stuart Goldstein (Articles and
presentations by practitioner-consultant)
Top Story -- Articles on various topics by
Canadian practitioner Al Czarnecki
Yahoo Public Relations Services Sites
Other PR Links--Crisis Management
Note: Many consulting firms offer valuable materials on crisis
management
Bernstein
Crisis Management LLC --
Specializes in crisis response, issues management, litigation consulting
Crisis Communication
Plan: A Blue Print -- Sandra Clawson Freeo, Northern Illinois University
Crisis Web News about international crises worldwide
Crisis Management International,
Inc.
Crisis Management Group,
Inc.
Crisis Management in
Sports
Crisis Management Institute --
Counseling intervention services
Dart Center for
Journalism & Trauma - Sources related to news coverage
of violence
Disaster Research Center,
University of Delaware
Disaster News Network
FEMA: Federal Emergency Management
Administration -- Emergency response site
Institute for Crisis Management
(Bob Irvine, author of When You Are The Headline)
National Transportation Safety
Board
Natural Hazards
Research Center, University of Colorado
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission -- All things nuclear
Preston Global Crisis response
consultants specializing in violenct situations
Southern California
Disaster Preparedness -- Earthquake, flood, fire disaster planning for
consumers
PASE Inc. -- Producers of The Emergency
Public Relations Manual, preparedness programs
Wilson Group -- Crisis planning
consultants
Examples
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 --
Commemorative site
BurgerKing Toy Recall
Challenger Disaster --
Commemorative site
Columbine High School -- School tragedy
site
Firestone Tire Recall
-- Unofficial legal information center
Ford Firestone
Tire Recall -- Ford's official referral site, select Wilderness AT Program
Texas A&M Bonfire Tragedy
Oklahoma
State Airline Tragedy
USDA Foot and Mouth Disease
Site
Other PR Links--Activism
Activism.Net
Be an
Activist! (Adam Rifkin's Activism Links Page)
AdBusters
Civicus Net
Complain Domain.Com
FAIR Media Activism Fairness
and Accuracy in Media
Envirolink | Envirolink Action
Center
Feminist Activism
Greenbelt
epublicrelations
Internet PR Guide
Political Activism
Resources
Protest.Net
Public Eye on Davos
Ruckus Society
Speakout.Com
SPIN Project Independent Media
Institute/Strategic Press Information Network
Sucks500.Com Former Sucks.Com
Teen
Hoopla - Activism (American Library Association)
Web Active -- Highlights activists
sites
Examples
Corp Watch
PETA-People for Ethical
Treatment of Animals
Junk Science
Southern Rockies Ecosystem
Project
World Wildlife Federation
thetruth.Com
Habitat for Humanity
AIM Native American
Mascots Controversy
NORML - National Organization for Reform of
Marijuana Laws
U. of Guelph Student Liberation Front
Other PR Links--Publicity (Mass Media and Internet)
A Publicity Primer (For beginners)
Connecting Online (Info on book of same
title; includes useful news updates and links)
Contentious (Web zine on writing online content)
DVCO -- Agency specializes in media
rooms, site for agencies.
Sources,
Directory of News (National Press Club) -- Accesss to news sources' web sites
GVA Internet User Surveys
DVvideo.com" -- Film and video making
primer
Internet Publicity
Resources (Site for Steve O'Keefe's Publicity on the Internet)
Jakob Nielsen's Newsletter (web site strategy and usability)
LeFile.Com (site dedicated to usability
of PR sites)
Media List: Outlets
that Accept Press Releases By E-Mail
Pew Internet Project (Research
studies)
Pew Research Center for People &
the
Press
Online Public Relations (Various
links, tips, syllabus for an online public relations course taught through
Seaton Hall)
Press
Release Pointers
(Infoscavenger)
Quest for Insight: PR in
Cyberspace (What Journalists Look for in Press Releases)
Media Finder
Writing and Sending Press
Releases
Yudkin's Publicity Frequently
Asked Questions -- Marcia Yudkin, Internet Marketing for Less than $500/Year
Other PR Links--Public Opinion
American Association for Public Opinion
Research
Center for
Deliberative
Polling - University of Texas
Roper Center for Public
Opinion
Research - U. of Connecticut
National Organization for Research at
Chicago
Pew Research Center for the People &
The
Press
PollingReport.com - Compilation
of recent
polls
Public Agenda Online -- Source for
Public
Opinion and Policy Analysis
Roper AWS, a NOP World Company -- Roper
Starch
Research
Bibliographies/Book Sources on Public Relations
Amazon.com (Search database
for
current titles)
PR Bibliography: Books for Graduate Research
(Kirk
Hallahan, Colorado State)
PR Bibliography: Selected Research Articles and Book Chapters, 1989- (Kirk
Hallahan, Colorado State)
Bibliography, Public
Relations (Compiled by MDS)
Bookshelf,
A Public Relations (Compiled by Michael J. McCoy)
Erlbaum Associates, Lawrence (Leading
academic publisher--Search under Communication)
Guide to Research About Public
Relations
(Kirk Hallahan, Colorado State)
Ragan Communications (Books,
conferences, newsletters)
Sage Publications (Leading
academic publisher)
Various books and materials also are available for sale from
professional
organizations, such as IABC, NAGC,
NIRI,
PAC,
and PRSA
PR Publications On-Line
Advertising Age
Advertising and Marketing
Review (Denver)
Communication World (IABC)
Forum (PRSSA newsletter)
IPRA Review-Frontline
21 (Ordering info and list of titles since 1984)
Journal of Communication
Management - Henry Steward Publications, in cooperation with IPR and
IABC
Journal of Public Relations
Research (Ordering information only)
Online Marketing Magazine, Dan Janal's
(Includes occasional items on PR)
O'Dwyer Publications, Jack
(Newsletters, PRServices magazine, directory)
PR Canada
PR Central ( inside pr, Reputation
Management)
PR News & Marketing Network (Phillips, publisher of PR
News, Interactive PR)
PR News (promotional information only)
pr reporter (includes online index)
PR Week (US)
PRSA Publications (Online
ordering information only for Public Relations Strategist and other
directories)
PRism
Online academic journal, New
Zealand-Australia.
Public Relations Review
(Ordering information only. Check under "Journals Published")
PR Watch
(Selected
articles from publication by Center for Media & Democracy)
Publicity.com (Sponsored online
publication of Media Relations, Inc., Minneapolis)
Ragan Communciations (Newsletters,
books, conferences)
Tactics (PRSA's monthly
tabloid)
West Coast MediaNet (West
Coast PR Newsletter)
Quick links to directories of on-line publications of possible
interest:
AJR Newslink: Journalism | Business
Ecola's Newsstand: Sales and Marketing
Electronic News Stand
Newspage
Yahoo News Sites: Journalism | Business
Public Relations
AEJMC Public Relations Divsion
Listserv for the 400 public relations educators who are members of
the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
--To subscribe go to AEJMC PR
Listserv
Entertainment PR
Online community on Yahoo!provides advice
and support to those entertaining the
field and those already established
-- Go to:
"http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/entertainmentpr/">Entertainment
PR
gradpr
Forum for graduate students in public relations/communications programs to share ideas,
experiences and concerns
--To subscribe, go to gradpr.
Internet PR
Listserv devoted exclusively to Internet PR, sponsored by Audette Media. Archived.
--To subscribe,
send e-mail to
I-PR. Leave subject line
blank and type "subscribe"
(without quotes) in message line.
preducators
Small listserv for public relations educators. Inactive between
January and November, 1999.
--To subscribe, go to preducators.
PRSIG--Public Relations Special Interest Group
aka Public Relations and Marketing Forum, available exclusively to
CompuServe subscribers.
--For details, see the PRSIG home page.
The Network at PPConline
Listserv sponsored by PRSA's Professional Practice Center intended to facilitate the sharing of
practices and resources among the professional community.
--Sign
up by entertaing your e-mail address
at the PPC website
ProfNet
Exchanges reporter inquiries with participating
university public information offices nationwide.
--A service of PR
Newswire. See ProfNet in index for details.
PIONet -- Public Information Officers Net
Serves as an exchange among public
information officials at educational institutions.
--To subscribe (no charge), send e-mail to:
listproc@mlist.access.digex.net
--In body of the message, type SUBSCRIBE PIONET followed only by your
name. Then send the message.
prbytes
Moderated forum for public relations professionals todiscuss issues related to the Internet and
technology in general. More Information
--To subscribe, go to prbytes.
PR Professional Daily
Daily e-zine deals with a single topic on public relations.
--To subscribe, see instructions at Cool Sheets
PR Point
Very small, unmoderated group sponsored by a major public relations
consultancy in India.
--To subscribe, go to OneList.
PR Quorum
Open for exchange of timely and topical news and opinions of practitioners, collegiate majors, and
vendors
--To subscribe, to to
PR Quorum.
PRSSA-Talk
Discussion group for members of the Public Relations Student Society
of America
--To subscribe, see instructions on the PRSSA Online home page.
Public Relations Forum
A general exchange group among PR
practitioners: separate from the PR Forum conference web site under Other PR
Links)
--To subscribe (no charge), send e-mail to: LISTSERV@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU
--In the body of the message, type SUBSCRIBE PRFORUM followed only by your name.
Then send the message.
Image Management
International discussion group
--To subscribe, go to Image
Management
Young PR Pros
Yahoo! discussion group
--To subscribe, go to Young PR Pros.
Select "Join this Group."
Journalism and Communications, in general
Journalism Listservs and Internet Newsletters (Fought's Finds, Syracuse University)
Updated November 1998
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