Debunking Public Relations - the Terminology of PR Explained

Advertising   Paid for by a business to beDamage limitation  Same as crisis management
submitted and publishedDeadline   Final time by which a story has to be
Advertorial   Similar to advertising but it looks like awritten   
piece of editorialDoorstepping   Coloquial term for reporters hanging
Bills    The day's headlines on the board (or billaround someone's doorstep to get their story
board) outside a newsagents   Edit    Altering copy to improve, and often shorten,
Brief (or nib or even fudge) Small item of news, oneit
paragraph only, in a newspaperEditor    The person in charge of overall content
By-line    Carried on a story, to identify who wroteof the editorial side
itEditorial   Stories, features, letters, sport - anything
Brand    Your company's name and its identity -not paid for   
more than just its logoEzine    Electronically generated and distributed
CIPR    Chartered Insitute of Public Relationsnewsletter
Copy    The words that make up a piece ofFeature    Longer than a news story, more in
writingdepth, not necessarily topical
Corporate communications The company'sFeatures editor   The person in charge of the
messages (such as press releases) to the outsidefeatures pages
worldFreelance   Someone who works for him or
Crisis Management  Coping when the proverbial hitsherself and sells stories or gets commissions
the fan (a bad news story perhaps)Integrated campaign  Using a variety of media i.e.