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Why PR?

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.
— Oscar Wilde.

My name is Melanie McKnight, I am 19 years-old, and I am a Public relations major at Georgia Southern University. Before I enrolled at GSU, I was a dual enrollment student at Georgia Gwinnett College. Finishing my freshman year of college as a senior in high school came of major importance in the rest of my college education. I chose this major because I have a very outgoing personality and I want to have a voice in my industry. I love being able to get out in my community and speak to the people around me to inform, persuade and entertain. My faith has opened me up to so many opportunities such as serving my community, so that is what I want to do for the rest of my life.

Blog Assignment #3

The phrase “communication is power” is an important idea for people to keep in mind every day. Communication is simple, yet very complex. There is much to learn about how to communicate efficiently and how to use communication to one’s advantage. It is said that the difference between people who are successful and the people who are not is their communication skills. Communication is such a strong tool that should be utilized in our everyday lives to exceed in our relationships, work, and education.

Blog Assignment #2

News is noteworthy information about current and/or important events happening in the world. The eight elements that make news newsworthy are timeliness, prominence, proximity, significance, unusualness, human interest, conflict, newness. I believe pop culture should definitely be considered news because it falls under the element of “prominence” and sometimes “novelty.” Most of the pop culture entertainment is full of celebrities and big organizations that create entertainment news that people are interested in hearing about. This value of newsworthiness feeds into our need to know what is going on with organizations and celebrities ( Wilcox & Reber, 2016).

Wilcox, D.L., & Reber, B.H. (2016). Public Relations Writing and Media Techniques. Boston: Pearson