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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">some pretty dubious ppl?</font><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">e bruce harrision?</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">see also arthur page soc</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.prsa.org/">https://www.prsa.org</a>/</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">p<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">ublic Relations Society of America Inc.</span></font></div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">120 Wall Street, 21st Fl.</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">New York, NY 10005-4024</span></font><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Public Relations Society of America</b>&nbsp;(<b>PRSA</b>) is a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)organization" title="501(c) organization" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">nonprofit</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_association" title="Trade association" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">trade association</a>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_relations" title="Public relations" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">public relations</a>&nbsp;professionals. It was founded in 1947 by combining the American Council on Public Relations and the National Association of Public Relations Councils. That year it had its first annual conference and award ceremony. In the 1950s and 1960s, the society created its code of conduct, accreditation program and a student society called the Public Relations Student Society of America.</font></p><div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); padding: 7px; display: table;"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="margin: 0px; position: absolute; opacity: 0; z-index: -1; display: none;" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center; direction: ltr;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><ul style="list-style: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#History" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">1</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">History</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#Organization" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">2</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Organization</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#Services" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">3</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Services</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#Research_and_advocacy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">4</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">Research and advocacy</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#See_also" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">5</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">See also</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">6</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">References</span></font></a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0.5em;">7</span><span class="toctext" style="display: table-cell; text-decoration: inherit;">External links</span></font></a></li></ul></div><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; width: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); width: 222px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tim_Russert-PRSA_International_Conference-Philadelphia,PA(1690060407).jpg" class="image" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Tim_Russert-PRSA_International_Conference-Philadelphia%2C_PA%281690060407%29.jpg/220px-Tim_Russert-PRSA_International_Conference-Philadelphia%2C_PA%281690060407%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="328" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Tim_Russert-PRSA_International_Conference-Philadelphia%2C_PA%281690060407%29.jpg/330px-Tim_Russert-PRSA_International_Conference-Philadelphia%2C_PA%281690060407%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Tim_Russert-PRSA_International_Conference-Philadelphia%2C_PA%281690060407%29.jpg/440px-Tim_Russert-PRSA_International_Conference-Philadelphia%2C_PA%281690060407%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="2896" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></font></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; border: 0px;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tim_Russert-PRSA_International_Conference-Philadelphia,PA(1690060407).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" resources="resources" src="src" mediawiki.skinning="mediawiki.skinning" images="images" magnify-clip-ltr.svg="magnify-clip-ltr.svg" e="e" display="display" block="block" text-indent="text-indent" px="px" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" width="width" height="height" user-select="user-select" none="none" /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tim_Russert-PRSA_International_Conference-Philadelphia,PA(1690060407).jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" resources="resources" src="src" mediawiki.skinning="mediawiki.skinning" images="images" magnify-clip-ltr.svg="magnify-clip-ltr.svg" e="e" display="display" block="block" text-indent="text-indent" px="px" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" width="width" height="height" user-select="user-select" none="none"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" /></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Russert" title="Tim Russert" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Tim Russert</a>&nbsp;speaks at the plenary session of the 2007 PRSA international conference</font></div></div></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Public Relations Society of America was formed in 1947 by combining the American Council on Public Relations and the National Association of Public Relations Councils.<sup id="cite_ref-mc_5-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-mc-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-three_6-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-three-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Gower2007_7-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-Gower2007-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a></sup>&nbsp;The society had its first annual conference in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Philadelphia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_8-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-telegraph-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a></sup>&nbsp;where&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Falk" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Falk" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Richard Falk</a>&nbsp;was given PRSA's first "annual citation" for advancing the field of public relations.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a></sup>&nbsp;Several ethical violations in the field led to discussions about&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics" title="Ethics" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ethics</a>&nbsp;within the society. At the 1952 annual conference, a speaker used&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Adolf Hitler</a>&nbsp;as an example of the potential abuse of communications.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a></sup>&nbsp;The society published its first code of conduct and its first Anvil awards two years later.<sup id="cite_ref-Gower2007_7-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-Gower2007-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wis_11-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-wis-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a></sup>&nbsp;The code of conduct was later ratified in 1959 and again in 1963.<sup id="cite_ref-code_12-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-code-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a></sup>&nbsp;PRSA merged with the American Public Relations Association in 1961<sup id="cite_ref-wis_11-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-wis-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a></sup>&nbsp;and started its accreditation program for public relations professionals the next year.<sup id="cite_ref-ugh_13-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-ugh-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-blah_15-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-blah-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a></sup>&nbsp;The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) was created in 1967 based on suggestions by Professor Walter Seifer of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ohio State University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In the 1970s to early 1980s, PRSA's female membership base increased, coinciding with more women pursuing a career in the field. PRSA had its first female President in 1972<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a></sup>&nbsp;and a second female President in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a></sup>&nbsp;In 1981, 78 percent of PRSA's student society were women, up from 38 percent in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-three_6-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-three-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a></sup>&nbsp;The society grew to 9,000 members by 1981,<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_8-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-telegraph-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a></sup>&nbsp;up from 4,500 members in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-ugh_13-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-ugh-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a></sup>&nbsp;In 1977, the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Federal Trade Commission</a>&nbsp;(FTC) said PRSA's code of conduct inhibited fair competition by requiring members not to solicit clients from other members. It issued a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consent_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Consent order" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">consent order</a>&nbsp;that required PRSA to remove content from its code of conduct that contained sexist language, discouraged soliciting clients from other members or encouraged price-fixing activities.<sup id="cite_ref-Riechert-2005_19-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-Riechert-2005-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Schorr-1977_20-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-Schorr-1977-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a></sup>&nbsp;PRSA's first definition of public relations was created in 1982 as "Public relations helps an organization and its publics adapt mutually to each other.”<sup id="cite_ref-five_22-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-five-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a></sup>&nbsp;In 1986, PRSA's then President Anthony Franco resigned from his post after it was revealed he was accused of insider trading by the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Securities_and_Exchange_Commission" title="U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-23" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[23]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a></sup>&nbsp;The PRSA's philanthropy arm, the PRSA Foundation, was founded in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-GoodmanHirsch2010_26-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-GoodmanHirsch2010-26" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[26]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 1994 O'Dwyer from the O'Dwyer's PR trade journal alleged that PRSA was violating copyright laws by lending articles from&nbsp;<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">USA Today</a></i>,&nbsp;<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">The New York Times</a></i>,&nbsp;<i>O'Dwyer's</i>&nbsp;and others to members. Although O'Dwyer has been a critic of PRSA since the 1970s,<sup id="cite_ref-forbsie_27-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-forbsie-27" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[27]</a></sup>&nbsp;this is often considered the beginning of a long-term dispute between PRSA and O'Dwyer<sup id="cite_ref-adage_28-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-adage-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-copy_29-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-copy-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[29]</a></sup>&nbsp;that&nbsp;<i>PR News</i>&nbsp;described as a "never-ending back-and-forth."<sup id="cite_ref-PRNesie_30-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-PRNesie-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[30]</a></sup>&nbsp;In 1996 and 2011 O'Dwyer criticized PRSA on issues such as financial transparency, auditing and spending in the context of proposed increases in membership dues. PRSA said the increases were caused by an increase in services to members.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-31" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[31]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-adage_28-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-adage-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>In 2000, PRSA and the Institute of Public Relations signed a mutual declaration saying the two would work together in areas like ethics, education, accreditation, professional development and new media</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-32" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[32]</a></sup>&nbsp;The society started two efforts to revise its definition of public relations in 2003 and 2007, but neither moved forward.<sup id="cite_ref-twenty_33-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-twenty-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[33]</a></sup>&nbsp;In November 2011, PRSA led an initiative called Public Relations Defined, in order to create a crowd-sourced definition of public relations.<sup id="cite_ref-twenty_33-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-twenty-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[33]</a></sup>&nbsp;927 submissions were made on PRSA's website filling in the blanks to the statement: "Public relations (does what) with or for (whom) to (do what) for (what purpose).”<sup id="cite_ref-five_22-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-five-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[22]</a></sup>&nbsp;The winning definition was: "a strategic communication process that builds mutually beneficial relationships between organisations and their bodies."<sup id="cite_ref-twenty_33-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-twenty-33" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[33]</a></sup>&nbsp;According to the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_Institute_of_Public_Relations" title="Chartered Institute of Public Relations" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Chartered Institute of Public Relations</a>&nbsp;(CIPR) "reactions to the new PRSA definition were mixed and views vigorously debated."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-34" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[34]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2011 PRSA publicized accusations that O'Dwyer had been eavesdropping on PRSA's conference calls.<sup id="cite_ref-adage_28-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-adage-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PRNesie_30-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-PRNesie-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[30]</a></sup>&nbsp;Later that year PRSA started refusing O'Dwyer entrance to their events and sent a 23-page letter to O'Dwyer describing his behavior as disruptive and unethical.<sup id="cite_ref-PRN_35-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-PRN-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[35]</a></sup>&nbsp;The&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Press_Club(United_States)" title="National Press Club (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">National Press Club</a>&nbsp;tried to negotiate his entrance unsuccessfully.<sup id="cite_ref-PRN_35-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-PRN-35" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[35]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Organization">Organization</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><div class="thumb tright" style="clear: right; float: right; width: auto; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px 1.3em 1.4em;"><div class="thumbinner" style="min-width: 100px; padding: 3px; text-align: center; overflow: hidden; border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); width: 222px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_W.Edelman-World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011.jpg" class="image" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Richard_W.Edelman-World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011.jpg/220px-Richard_W.Edelman-World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="149" class="thumbimage" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Richard_W.Edelman-World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011.jpg/330px-Richard_W.Edelman-World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Richard_W.Edelman-World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011.jpg/440px-Richard_W.Edelman-World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4048" data-file-height="2736" style="border: 1px solid rgb(200, 204, 209); vertical-align: middle; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></font></a><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align: left; line-height: 1.4em; padding: 3px; border: 0px;"><div class="magnify" style="float: right; margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 0px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_W.Edelman-World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" resources="resources" src="src" mediawiki.skinning="mediawiki.skinning" images="images" magnify-clip-ltr.svg="magnify-clip-ltr.svg" e="e" display="display" block="block" text-indent="text-indent" px="px" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" width="width" height="height" user-select="user-select" none="none" /></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_W.Edelman-World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" resources="resources" src="src" mediawiki.skinning="mediawiki.skinning" images="images" magnify-clip-ltr.svg="magnify-clip-ltr.svg" e="e" display="display" block="block" text-indent="text-indent" px="px" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" width="width" height="height" user-select="user-select" none="none"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In 2010 Richard Edelman (<i>pictured</i>) and the "Committee for a Democratic PRSA" called for the extension of full voting rights to in the group to members who did not hold the APR designation.</font></a></div></div></div><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_W.Edelman-World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" resources="resources" src="src" mediawiki.skinning="mediawiki.skinning" images="images" magnify-clip-ltr.svg="magnify-clip-ltr.svg" e="e" display="display" block="block" text-indent="text-indent" px="px" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" width="width" height="height" user-select="user-select" none="none"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PRSA is organized as a&nbsp;</font></a><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)organization" title="501(c) organization" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">501(c)(6) not-for-profit organization</a>&nbsp;and governed by a set of bylaws. A chair is nominated each year and elected based on a vote of the Leadership Assembly. The Leadership Assembly consists of one delegate for every 100 members, as well as anyone that holds an elected office. Elected positions within PRSA are held on a volunteer-basis. A board of directors can propose membership fee changes that must be approved by the assembly. The board has the authority to create or dissolve task forces and committees as well as revoke or reward membership status. PRSA's Board of Ethics and Professional Standards and the Universal Accreditation Board make recommendations on the code of conduct and accreditation programs respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-bylaws_36-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-bylaws-36" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[36]</a></sup>&nbsp;PRSA has more than 100 chapters<sup id="cite_ref-org_37-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-org-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[37]</a></sup>&nbsp;in ten districts,<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-38" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[38]</a></sup>&nbsp;nearly 375 student chapters<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-39" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[39]</a></sup>&nbsp;and 14 interest groups.<sup id="cite_ref-org_37-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-org-37" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[37]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Since the 1970s, the PRSA had restricted the right to sit in the group's national assembly or to seek election to the national board to those possessing an&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accreditation_in_Public_Relations" title="Accreditation in Public Relations" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">APR certification</a>. The requirement for the assembly was dropped in 2004, but was maintained for those seeking board membership. In 2010 a revolt led by&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Edelman" title="Richard Edelman" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Richard Edelman</a>&nbsp;and a group calling itself "the Committee for a Democratic PRSA" called for the restriction to be scrapped.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-40" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[40]</a></sup>&nbsp;The attempt to overturn the rule was defeated in a vote during that year's session of the assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-41" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[41]</a></sup>&nbsp;In 2003 a proposal to amend the society's bylaws to allow non-accredited professionals to run for PRSA's offices was defeated,<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-42" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[42]</a></sup>&nbsp;but the motion passed the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-acc_43-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-acc-43" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[43]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Services">Services</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PRSA members receive access to a suite of tools that fosters professional development and career growth.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-44" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[44]</a></sup>&nbsp;PRSA is a member of the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Accreditation_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Accreditation Board" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Universal Accreditation Board (UAB)</a>&nbsp;which hosts an accreditation program called APR (accreditation in public relations) that evaluates a PR professional in four categories: research, planning, implementation and evaluation.<sup id="cite_ref-sys_45-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-sys-45" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[45]</a></sup>&nbsp;Accreditation is usually granted to candidates with five to seven years of experience upon completion of written and oral examinations.<sup id="cite_ref-acc_43-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-acc-43" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[43]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-46" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[46]</a></sup>&nbsp;About 20 percent of PRSA's members are accredited.<sup id="cite_ref-sys_45-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-sys-45" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[45]</a></sup>&nbsp;PRSA hosts the Anvil awards, which are issued based on four components: research, planning, execution and evaluation.<sup id="cite_ref-one_47-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-one-47" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[47]</a></sup>&nbsp;The Gold Anvil is awarded to individuals.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-48" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[48]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-49" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[49]</a></sup>&nbsp;The Silver Anvil is awarded for strategy and the Bronze for tactics.<sup id="cite_ref-two_50-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-two-50" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[50]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-51" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[51]</a></sup>&nbsp;It also issues awards such as Grand Gold Pick, Rookie of the Year, Lifetime Achievement and PR person of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-52" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[52]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PRSA's&nbsp;<i>Public Relations Journal</i>&nbsp;was published from October 1945 to 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-namesy_53-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-namesy-53" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[53]</a></sup>&nbsp;Its original mission statement was "to carry articles that deal with fundamental public relations problems, as they currently press for solution." The journal was comparable to a text-heavy academic periodical.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-54" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[54]</a></sup>&nbsp;PRSA still publishes&nbsp;<i>The Strategist</i>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<i>Tactics</i>.&nbsp;<i>The Strategist</i>&nbsp;is a quarterly glossy magazine intended for executives, while&nbsp;<i>Tactics</i>&nbsp;is a monthly news tabloid.<sup id="cite_ref-namesy_53-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-namesy-53" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[53]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>The Public Relations Society of America publishes a code of ethics. Members that violate the code may have their membership revoked</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-pro_55-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-pro-55" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[55]</a></sup>&nbsp;usually under its mandate that members "not engage in any practice which tends to corrupt the integrity of channels of public communication" and that members act "in accord with public welfare." The code also expects PRSA members to identify the source of their communications, avoid derogatory methods and avoid abusing insider information.<sup id="cite_ref-code_12-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-code-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a></sup>&nbsp;According to the code of conduct, members should "protect and advance the free flow of accurate and truthful information; foster informed decision-making through open communication... and work to strengthen the public's trust in the profession."<sup id="cite_ref-alaska_56-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-alaska-56" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[56]</a></sup>&nbsp;The code states that members "adhere to the highest standards of accuracy and truth." A story in&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS" title="CBS" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">CBS</a>&nbsp;criticized the code: "Show me a PR person who is 'accurate' and 'truthful,' and I'll show you a PR person who is unemployed."<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-57" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[57]</a></sup>&nbsp;The code of ethics has been revised in 1954, 1959, 1963, 1977, 1983, 1988 and 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-58" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[58]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-59" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[59]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Riechert-2005_19-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-Riechert-2005-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Parkinson-2001_60-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-Parkinson-2001-60" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[60]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Research_and_advocacy">Research and advocacy</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Public Relations Society of America and the&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_for_Education_in_Journalism_and_Mass_Communication" title="Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication</a>&nbsp;commissioned studies in 1975 and 1987 on the state of public relations in education. They found that too many classes were taught by educators with little or no experience in the field and that most didn't have a post-graduate degree. Several standards in education were established by the studies, including that 75 percent of coursework for PR professionals be outside the major.<sup id="cite_ref-mass_61-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-mass-61" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[61]</a></sup>&nbsp;In 1991, PRSA hosted a Task Force on the Structure and Role on Public Relations, which found that public relations teachers still lacked practical experience. In 1993 PRSA published a Professional Career Guide, which classified skills and knowledge that were needed at five different levels of someone's career.<sup id="cite_ref-mass_61-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-mass-61" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[61]</a></sup>&nbsp;PRSA also advocates that MBA programs include communications programs, so business executives will be more prepared for a crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-62" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[62]</a></sup></font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">PRSA advocates for the trust, credibility and respect of&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_relations" title="Public relations" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">public relations</a>&nbsp;as a profession,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-63" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[63]</a></sup>&nbsp;believing that PR can facilitate open communication that allows for an informed public and supports the democratic process.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-64" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[64]</a></sup>&nbsp;In 1999, a National Credibility Index from PRSA found that PR professionals were among the least credible of professions as a spokesperson.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-65" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[65]</a></sup>&nbsp;The PRSA objected to the actions of the Redner Group in 2011, when the PR firm threatened to blacklist media that gave&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_Nukem" title="Duke Nukem" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Duke Nukem</a>&nbsp;negative reviews.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-66" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[66]</a></sup>&nbsp;In 2012 a Senate subcommittee investigated the communications and advertising spend of eleven government agencies. PRSA opposed the investigation, presenting that the effort dismissed the value of public relations in government.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Society_of_America#cite_note-67" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[67]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><ul style="list-style-image: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" common="common" images="images" bullet-icon.svg="bullet-icon.svg" d4515="d4515" margin="margin" em="em" px="px" padding="padding" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Public_Relations_Society" title="Canadian Public Relations Society" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Canadian Public Relations Society</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellow_of_the_PRSA" title="Fellow of the PRSA" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Fellow of the PRSA</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Relations_Journal" title="Public Relations Journal" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Public Relations Journal</font></a></li></ul><h2 style="margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span class="mw-headline" id="References"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">References</font></span></h2></div><div><span class="mw-headline"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">...</font></span></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">2022</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">May 3, 2021</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">new york, may 3, 2021 - prsa, the nation's leading professional organization serving the communications community, announced today the 2021&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">winners</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">of</span>&nbsp;the bronze&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">anvil</span>&nbsp;awards, which recognize the best of the best in&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">public</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">relations</span>&nbsp;tactics — the use of social media, video, blogs, podcasts, annual reports, digital newsletters, websites — that …</span></font></div></div></article></div><div class="nrn-react-div" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><article id="r1-1" data-handled-by-react="true" data-testid="result" data-nrn="result" class="yQDlj3B5DI5YO8c8Ulio CpkrTDP54mqzpuCSn1Fa SKlplDuh9FjtDprgoMxk" style="margin: 0px; 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font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: var(--line-height-result-snippet-main); vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Best of Silver&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Anvil</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">winner</span>&nbsp;represents the pinnacle of excellence in&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">public</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">relations</span>&nbsp;programming and demonstrates&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">public</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">relations'</span>&nbsp;strategic value and ability to drive critical business outcomes. 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BEST IN-HOUSE TEAM</font></span></div></div></article></div><div class="nrn-react-div" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><article id="r1-2" data-handled-by-react="true" data-testid="result" data-nrn="result" class="yQDlj3B5DI5YO8c8Ulio CpkrTDP54mqzpuCSn1Fa SKlplDuh9FjtDprgoMxk" style="margin: 0px; padding: calc(var(--px-in-rem)7.2) 10px; border: 1px solid transparent; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; border-radius: var(--rounded-md); box-shadow: var(--theme-shadow-ui); cursor: pointer;"><div class="OQ_6vPwNhCeusNiEDcGp" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; 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line-height: var(--line-height-result-title-main); vertical-align: baseline; letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-result-title-main); position: relative;"><a href="https://www.commpro.biz/prsa-announces-winners-of-2020-silver-anvil-awards/" rel="noopener" target="self" class="eVNpHGjtxRBq_gLOfGDr LQNqh2U1kzYxREs65IJu" data-testid="result-title-a" data-handled-by-react="true" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: none; display: block;"><span class="EKtkFWMYpwzMKOYr0GYm LQVY1Jpkk8nyJ6HBWKAk" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: top; display: inline-block; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; text-decoration: inherit; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">PRSA Announces Winners of 2020 Silver Anvil Awards - CommPRO</font></span></a></h2></div><div class="E2eLOJr8HctVnDOTM8fs" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="OgdwYG6KE2qthn9XQWFC" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: var(--line-height-result-snippet-main); vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Public</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Relations</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Society</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">of</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">America</span>&nbsp;( PRSA) announced the&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">winners</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">of</span>&nbsp;the Silver&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Anvil</span>&nbsp;Awards, which recognize the best&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">public</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">relations</span>&nbsp;campaigns of the year and the highest standards of performance for the profession. PRSA presented 53 Silver&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Anvil</span>&nbsp;Awards and 58 Awards of Excellence at a virtual ceremony held during ICON 2020 this afternoon.</font></span></div></div></article></div><div class="nrn-react-div" style="margin: 0px 0px 1.2rem; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><article id="r1-3" data-handled-by-react="true" data-testid="result" data-nrn="result" class="yQDlj3B5DI5YO8c8Ulio CpkrTDP54mqzpuCSn1Fa SKlplDuh9FjtDprgoMxk" style="margin: 0px; padding: calc(var(--px-in-rem)7.2) 10px; border: 1px solid transparent; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; 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font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">May 20, 2022</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">NEW YORK, May 20, 2022 -- PRSA , the nation's leading professional organization serving the communications community, announced the&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">winners</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">of</span>&nbsp;the 2022&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Anvil</span>&nbsp;Awards, which recognize the best&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">public</span>&nbsp;<span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">relations</span>&nbsp;tactics and campaigns of the year and the highest standards of performance for the profession. "Congratulations to all our well ...</span></font></div></div></article></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">===</font></div>