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Workplace communication often took a back seat this past year, as employees and employers rushed to work remotely, struggled with technology barriers and adjusted to physical distancing. But the pandemic has resulted in valuable lessons for communicating on the job, according to a Baylor University study.
During the onset of COVID-19 along with accompanying layoffs and a recession there likely has never been a moment with such demand for ethical listening to employees, said lead author Marlene S. Neill, Ph.D., associate professor of journalism, public relations and new media at Baylor. Ethical listening was defined by one communication manager as listening with an open mind and being able to hear the good, the bad and the ugly. Strategic listening is then taking the good and the bad and the ugly and knowing how to use the information.
Fauci, Woodruff, Robinson and Heyman honored live at Page Center Awards
The four distinguished honorees shared their thoughts on combating disinformation, achieving social justice, inspiring future communicators and more
(Top left) Eugene Robinson, Washington Post columnist and editor; (Top right) Dr. Anthony Fauci, NIAID director; (bottom left) Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of PBS Newshour; and (Bottom right) Bill Heyman, CEO of Heyman Associates, attended the fifth annual Page Center Awards live on Feb. 24, 2021.
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Fauci, Woodruff, Robinson and Heyman honored live at Page Center Awards
Jonathan F. McVerry
February 25, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. The discussions at the fifth annual Arthur W. Page Center Awards were as inspirational as they were timely. This year’s class of honorees shared stories, principles, advice and reflection during the virtual event on Feb. 24.
The 5th annual Arthur W. Page Center for Integrity in Public Communication awards was hosted virtually Wednesday night by Penn State, where honorees received awards for responsible and ethical communication
Elon University
Rochelle L. Ford, Ph.D., APR, became the dean of Elon University’s School of Communications in June 2018, overseeing more than 80 full-time faculty and staff, six undergraduate majors and one master’s degree program. From 2014-2018,she served as a tenured professor and chair of the Public Relations Department in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, responsible for all public relations programs at PRWeek’s top-ranked institution. Additionally, Ford served as a Provost Faculty Fellow, co-chairing its Middle States Accreditation process. Before joining Syracuse, Ford was a faculty member and associate dean at Howard University for 16 years, mentoring African-American public relations professionals and championing the diversity agenda within the PR industry. Ford has led hundreds of presentations on multicultural communications and diversity, and her scholarly works have been published in Public Relations Tactics, The New York T