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PRCA backs call by media to protect journalists in Afghanistan

The PRCA is supporting a joint letter by three major US newspapers calling on the US government to protect journalists and free speech in Afghanistan.   The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post published a rare joint letter on the topic to the administration this week, following the Taliban’s seizure […]

PRCA Announces Global Qualifications Board

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has revealed a new global Qualifications Board to oversee the strategy and development of its qualifications programme. The Qualifications Board is comprised of communications leaders from around the world. Qualifications Board members: – Genevieve Bosah, Lecturer in Media and MA Programme Coordinator Journalism and Media Communications, University of Hertfordshire […]

Senior PR Executive & Arabic PR Manager – Seven Media

Job Profile Position Title: Senior PR Executive   RESPONSIBILITIES: · You are the driver of all media, influencer and blogger relationships and it is your job to know the landscape inside and out, across all the markets you are operating in · You are responsible for ensuring the media and influencer lists across your accounts […]

New @PRCA_HQ Twitter Handle to serve global PR industry

The Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA) has changed its Twitter handle from @PRCA_UK to @PRCA_HQ. The change comes as the world’s largest professional PR body recently announced the launch of its Africa Network, expansion in Thailand and Vietnam, and record membership across the world, including the United States of America. The new Twitter handle reflects the […]

NextGen MENA – Letters from the desk

Open Letters – From the desk of Nisha Idicula Senior Consultant at Hill+Knowlton Strategies, and NextGen Committee Member 8 August 2021 Hey there younger Nisha,  It’s 2021 and I’m you, from the future. I won’t bother giving you all the details of what life is like right now, but I can tell you we do […]

PRCA PULSE By Francis Ingham, Director General of the PRCA, and Chief Executive of the International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO)

The PRCA strapline is the power of communication. And we’ve seen that power more than ever during this period of pain, stress, transformation, and now strong recovery. Whether that’s communication between individuals; or businesses and their customers; or between public bodies and the populations they serve. Organisations have seen their reputations enormously enhanced or severely […]

Saakshi Khubani progresses to PR Executive role at SOCIATE

Joining #teamSOCIATE as a PR intern in 2020, Saakshi’s passion for the industry and innate PR talent saw her hired as the agency’s Junior PR Executive. Quick to learn and put her newfound knowledge in action, Saakshi has progressed to her new role as PR Executive at SOCIATE in 2021. Saakshi’s current account roster features […]

Ring-fencing an Olympic sponsorship, by Khaled AlShehhi, PRCA Board Member, Executive Director of Digital Communication at UAE Government Media Office; Ministry of Cabinet Affairs

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have only just started, and Japan leads the medal table. If this were to continue, the Japanese’s disaffection with the event could dissipate and expose the domestic sponsors as fair-weather friends with their decision to distance themselves from the Games. Japan certainly had a rough ride to get to the […]