Click on the arrow above to watch the Zoom recording of Otis Taylor’s talk. Otis R. Taylor Jr. is a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle. He writes about issues affecting the East Bay, but the impact of his words has no limits. Most of his columns deal with issues related to racism and culture. […]
Read MoreJoin Us Dec. 9 for a Virtual Lockdown Comedy Break
December 9, 2020 Holiday Program & Scholarship Fundraiser Join the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table for a Virtual Lockdown Comedy Break With Comedians Lisa Geduldig and Greg Proops Wednesday, December 9, 2020 12 noon – 1 p.m., with networking from 11:50 a.m.-noon We are thrilled to present two stars of the local comedy scene as […]
Read MoreNovember 18 Virtual Event: San Francisco Chronicle Columnist Otis Taylor Talks About His Beat—Race, Politics, Housing, Policing and Immigration
In these times of COVID, national soul searching and election upheaval, it seems an apt moment to host San Francisco Chronicle columnist Otis R. Taylor Jr. at the Wednesday, November 18, noontime meeting of the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table, which will convene on Zoom. Twice a week, Taylor writes human-centered columns about race, […]
Read MoreKatharine Mieszkowski and Lance Williams of Reveal News Share How They Unearth the Facts
Two veteran Bay Area journalists spoke about investigative reporting at the October 7 meeting of the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table. Lance Williams and Katharine Mieszkowski, both senior reporters with Reveal News (part of The Center for Investigative Reporting nonprofit), discussed what makes a good investigative report, and then provided a case history for […]
Read MoreReal-World Reporting by Reveal News: Journalists Lance Williams and Katharine Mieszkowski Share Stories on How They Unearth the Facts
Climate change and global migration. The rise of fascism. The spread of COVID-19. Racial injustice and growing wealth gaps. The world is facing an unprecedented number of urgent global crises and the destabilization of democratic institutions. Has there ever been a time when factual and professional reporting mattered more—or when it has been more under attack? On […]
Read MoreBeverly Butler Rose and Blodwen Tarter Named PR Round Table Life Members
Two longtime Round Table members have been named Life Members by the Round Table Board of Trustees. Beverly Butler Rose, APR, ABC, retired in early August as senior vice president and department head of Customer Experience Communications, Treasury Management, at Wells Fargo, and Blodwen Tarter, PhD, retired in late August as chair of the Marketing and […]
Read MoreCommunicating in a Pandemic
“2020 was to have been a banner year for San Francisco and the cruise business. Instead, we got coronavirus.” That’s how Randy Quezada put it when looking back over the past few months of his job as communications director at the Port of San Francisco. Quezada was a panelist at a discussion about managing communications […]
Read MoreHow PR Practitioners Can Help Make a Better World
A Statement by the Board of Trustees of the Public Relations Round Table of San Francisco It is hard to find the right words to say to people who are feeling great pain, and this, most unfortunately, is that time. We are all disturbed about our world in the aftermath of the tragic deaths of […]
Read MoreOn PR’s Front Lines: Navigating Through These Turbulent Times, One Crisis After Another
Join the Public Relations Round Table on Tuesday, June 30, for a noontime panel discussion on crisis communication during the most difficult of difficult times. Three experienced San Francisco public relations and public affairs practitioners will share how the recent COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown, followed by the heartrending Black Lives Matter demonstrations and unrest, brought […]
Read MorePriya Clemens: A Journalist’s Journey Across the Country and Back
“Knowledge is our most precious resource,” says journalist Priya Clemens. She learned that during her stint as editor-in-chief of her elementary school newspaper. It’s still the foundation for all she does. And what she’s done! Washington, DC, New York, California – she’s been a TV producer and reporter for network and local news stations all […]
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