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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

The racial and ethnic geography of the Twin Cities is important to why ICE actions are occurring throughout the metro area and beyond. Although the two core cities have a lot of non-white and immigrant populations, most of the non-white population lives in the suburbs.

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

My first article as a Ph.D. candidate has been published in a peer-reviewed journal: “New Code Needed for New Conversations: A Critical Textual Analysis of the PRSA Code of Ethics and Practitioners’ Responsibility to the Public Good.” instituteforpr.org/prj-vol-18-i... #PR #PublicRelations

Screenshot of the website for the Public Relations Journal, "New Code Needed for New Conversations: A Critical Textual Analysis of the PRSA Code of Ethics and Practitioners’ Responsibility to the Public Good.”

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(Kyra is offline until late August) @kyrafreestar.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Writing in Good Company online this morning was a heartening start to the week. To find an online academic co-writing option that works for you this fall, start with this list @allisonvandev.bsky.social and I collected: bridgecreekediting.com/a-call-to-ac...

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A call to academic writing practice — September 2025 edition | Bridge Creek Editing

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

FB memories are often superfluous, but sometimes, they show big things. I didn't know it, but receiving these textbooks as I prepared for the fall of the 2nd year of my professional strat comm MA was one. I knew I had questions that went past the strategies & tactics focus of my MA. #PR #StratComm

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Are you a public relations or strategic communication professional with 5+ years of experience? I'm doing interviews to discuss language & professional responsibility. $15 giftcard available. Interested? Message or email me #PublicRelations #StrategicCommunication #PR #StratComm #CriticalPR

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There are many assumptions and suspicions about what public relations practitioners think and do with language, but what is the truth?

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Have 5+ years of experience working in public relations, strategic communication, or a related professional communication function
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Complete the majority their work in English (multilingual practitioners are welcome)
Reside in the U.S. and work primarily for U.S.-based organizations or clients
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I am interested in the ways practitioners think about language and professional responsibility across all settings, work arrangements, sectors, and positions.

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Email me at sboone5@uoregon.edu and include "PR language interviews" in the subject line. Learn more about me at boonesk.com.

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

For the summer, I am back at the University of Minnesota’s Global Program and Strategy Alliance making PDF forms accessible. Does anyone have suggestions for training videos? An I am in thinking this project is made harder because of Adobe being frustrating? #Accessibility #A11y

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Yesterday, I shared my dissertation plan with the Critical Language Awareness Collective convened by Dr. Shawna Shapiro. I hope more #PRProf will join me in considering PR ed beyond technical mastery, genre replication, & strategy maximization. #PublicRelations #StrategicCommunication #JPRE #PRProf

PowerPoint slide that states, “Examining public relations practitioners as a speech community of language workers. Generating critical reflection through attention to language, resulting in a more responsible field.” It also includes several book covers from business communication, technical and professional communications, education, PR, and sociolinguistics.

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FWC Indivisible @fwcindivisible.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

How do you kidnap and deport millions of people? How do you meet a quota of 3,000 apprehensions a day? Racial profiling and indiscriminate abductions. Nobody is safe: #MAGAKidnappers

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

To conclude year three at @uosojc.bsky.social, I successfully defended my PhD prospectus, “What’s right in what we write? Exploring the metalinguistic norms, language ideologies, and writing practices of the public relations industry.” #PublicRelations #GradLife

A PowerPoint slide with the text "What’s right in what we write? Exploring the metalinguistic norms, language ideologies, and writing practices of the public relations industry; Sandra Boone, Dissertation Prospectus; June 2025." Next to it is a drawing of people working on laptops, shown from above.

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Attention #PRProfs. How are you talking about #PR's role in supporting DEI with your students? It should be thought of as a question of professional responsibility and ethics.

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Ashlee 🤟🏻 @ashleemboyer.com · 23/01/2025

“But we have laws!” They don’t care

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Lilia @lilialetsch.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Hi Friends! We are hiring for a remote Public Relations Specialist. Movement Media is the best workplace I've ever experienced and this will be a great job for someone with some solid communications / PR experience. Please share! www.linkedin.com/posts/moveme...

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Movement Media on LinkedIn: Movement Media Public Relations Specialist

Movement Media is hiring for a remote Public Relations Specialist to join our dynamic team! Please see the attached job announcement for more details, and…

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

In @dukepress.bsky.social's Pedagogy, Chris Gallagher argued teachers should use ghostwriting to encourage students to develop Critical Language Awareness. #PRProfs, I'd argue that's most of what we teach. How can we encourage students to meet the challenge? doi.org/10.1215/1531...

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“This Weird Thing I'm Discovering”: Toward a Critical Pedagogical Approach to Ghostwriting

Abstract. This article addresses a pervasive but undertheorized literacy practice: ghostwriting. Drawing on a five-year interview study with undergraduate students, I describe the many ghostwriting ta...

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Teresa Valerio Parrot @tvparrot.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Please stop saying this woman works in crisis PR. I work in crisis PR— I help people/organizations tell the truth even and especially when it is hard. I abide by the PRSA Code of Ethics and our professional values. My profession and her job are quite different. www.prsa.org/about/prsa-c...

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PRSA Code of Ethics

The PRSA Code of Ethics is central to the ethical practice of public relations.

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Winter Break goal: Now that I'm a 3rd year Ph.D. student who (in theory) has a better idea of my research, does anyone have suggestions for how to clean out my @zotero.org library of my road-not-traveled research? Particularly, identifying big files? #phdlife #phdchat #phdvoice #zotero

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a cartoon of a lion and a meerkat with the words you gotta put your past behind ya on the bottom

Alt: Timon (the meerkat in the Lion King) is telling young Simba (the lion), "You gotta put your past behind ya."

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

"The Conscious Style Guide neatly complements [existing style guides], because it doesn’t intend to compete with them. Instead, Yin recommends using a systemic, thoughtful approach to style questions in a time of rapidly evolving language and cultural change." - @andybechtel.bsky.social

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Kasey Bonifacio's 13 Days of Accessibility is a great way to dig into the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, which are international standards used to measure accessibility. Kasey's resource makes WCAG more digestible. a11ycalendar.kaseybon.com

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13 Days of Accessibility

Review the 13 WCAG 2.1 guidelines that web designers and developers can follow to create accessible websites.

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J Suzanne Horsley @profhorsley.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

go.bsky.app/GG4maF3 #PRprofs let me know if you’d like to be added, and tag your colleagues. (Also let me know if you wish to be removed).

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Painful? Yes. Do we get to complain? Absolutely not. We knew websites were supposed to be accessible the entire time, but we focused on aesthetics, saving $/time, and “works for me.” We got a pass for too long. Accessibility should never have been a “we'll come back post-launch."

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The captions are surprisingly good, but make sure to check them! I had it once pick a word that was the opposite of what we said.

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Krista J. @heyitskrista.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Lots of new adds today on the #comms4good Starter Pack. Follow to bring the best folks doing communications at nonprofits and foundations (and our consultant friends) to your feed! And comment if you fit that vibe and would like to be added! go.bsky.app/PxcuT5T

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Kate Fitch @katefitch.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

here’s the #CriticalPR link go.bsky.app/ALfzHKL

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Sandra Boone @boonesk.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I'm a professional communicator turned Ph.D. student studying for comps and preparing for a dissertation on equity concerns for public relations professionals focusing on the power of/in language. Who is interested in discussing any part of that?

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 14/03/2024

SIX WEEKS until LingComm Grant applications are due! Send us your linguistics communication projects! Now 4 grants thanks to the generosity of @emckean.bsky.social and friends of @kirbyconrod.bsky.social (especially send us LGBTQ+ lingcomm projects for this last one)

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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

#Edibuddies, #Authors, and #WritingCommunity! Enter the Goodreads giveaway for "The Conscious Style Guide." AP Stylebook editor Paula Froke calls it "the best tool book of all…I absolutely love it." Available for preorder everywhere books are sold. 📚 Details: www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...

[The Conscious Style Guide’s navy-blue cover is encircled by adjectives, with arrows pointing to the book. The words are (clockwise) timely and timeless, flexible, realistic, sustainable, forgiving, self-empowering, liberating, contextual, creative, practical, adaptable.]

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