‘Restoring’ Civility or Reinventing It? Why Civility Without Communication Isn’t Civil at All

By David Murray As the author of a new book, An Effort to Understand: Hearing Ourselves (and One Another) in a Nation Cracked in Half, naturally I’m enthusiastic about the focus of the PRSSA’s 2021 Bateman Compeition: “Modeling Civility: How Public Relations Professionals Can Restore Quality, Integrity and Inclusiveness to Public Discourse.” I’m even more…… Continue reading ‘Restoring’ Civility or Reinventing It? Why Civility Without Communication Isn’t Civil at All

PRSSA Promotes Civility via Bateman Competition; Hear 10 Important Tips to Reduce Polarization

By Jennifer Honeycutt Civility has been top-of-mind for many this past year. Faced with crises including a pandemic, a summer plagued by police brutality and the resulting calls for better regulation and oversight of policing, and an election that tested American democracy, the national climate has felt vitriolic. It was in this environment that the…… Continue reading PRSSA Promotes Civility via Bateman Competition; Hear 10 Important Tips to Reduce Polarization

DePaul Students Promote Census, Win Bateman Award

For the first time in DePaul’s history, a team of College of Communication students won the Bateman Competition, PRSSA’s premier national case study competition for public relations students. The student team from University of Florida finished second, and third place honors went to High Point University in the highly competitive challenge undertaken by 57 student…… Continue reading DePaul Students Promote Census, Win Bateman Award

Up the Ante: A Powerful Bateman Competition Student Experience

By Brooke Beatty If you would have asked me three years ago when I stepped onto the DePaul University’s campus that a case competition would change my life, I would have asked you, “What is a case competition?” But it is the truth. About a year ago I was scrolling through my email on the…… Continue reading Up the Ante: A Powerful Bateman Competition Student Experience