Becoming a Public Relations Writer

The seventh edition of Becoming a Public Relations Writer serves as an essential guide to the writing process for public relations practice.

The text covers public relations writing formats across digital and traditional media, providing comprehensive examples, guidelines, and exercises to learn the fundamentals of public relations writing and help students practice their writing and editing skills. This new edition is significantly streamlined with numerous updates throughout. It features updated diverse and inclusive examples and expands its coverage of writing for digital and social media, addressing influencer relations, media pitching, and media catching. A standalone chapter on ethics and legal issues for the PR writer also informs every chapter of the text. Helpful pedagogy includes in-class discussion prompts and writing assignments.

This seventh edition is an ideal text for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in public relations writing.

Free additional online resources include chapter summaries, assignments, test bank, sample syllabi, and other resources for the PR writer. Please visit www.routledge.com/9781032159324.

Natalie T. J. Tindall, Ph.D., APR is a Professor of Public Relations in the Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations at the University of Texas, USA. She is an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America. She has authored book chapters and online publications along with peer-reviewed journal articles published in Journal of Public Relations Research, Public Relations Review, Public Relations Journal, Howard Journal of Communications, PRism, and the International Journal of Strategic Communication.

Amber L. Hutchins, Ph.D., is a Full Professor of Communication at Kennesaw State University, USA. She is an author, speaker, consultant, and expert on public relations, ethics, and media studies. Her recent peer-reviewed journal articles have been published in The Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management and The Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing, and her co-edited books include Public Relations and Participatory Culture: Fandom, Social Media, and Community Engagement and Public Relations and Online Engagement: Audiences, Fandom and Influencers.

Ronald Smith, APR, was Professor Emeritus of Public Communication at SUNY Buffalo State, USA, where he served as Chair of the Communication Department and Associate Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities. He was an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America. Ron has written two other textbooks, Strategic Planning for Public Relations and (as co-author) MediaWriting, as well as an introductory book, Public Relations: The Basics.