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Prince and Princess of Wales team up with Snoop and David Beckham in new video

Exposure to a common plastic during pregnancy linked to autism – study

Colin Farrell opens up about son’s Angelman syndrome as he launches foundation

Repeating aids believing: Climate misinformation feels more true through repetition – even if you back climate science

Taylor Swift’s Vienna concerts cancelled after police foil terror attack

London memorial garden for Queen Elizabeth to be planted with her favourite flowers

Kiwi landscape designer takes gold for ‘portal’ garden at Singapore Garden Festival

Nick Cave to appear on ABC’s Australian Story for deeply personal interview

That’s a first! Chinese university announces marriage-related degree

Elle Macpherson to share ‘well-learned wisdoms’ in memoir

Filmmaker David Lynch says he will ‘never retire’ despite emphysema diagnosis

New Banksy artwork appears on west London building

Double whammy antibiotic makes antibiotic resistance much harder – new study

Justin Timberlake pleads not guilty to drink driving charge

Keanu Reeves to make Broadway debut

Signs of life spotted at Britain’s felled Sycamore Gap tree

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has ‘only scraped surface’ of mental health trauma

Britney Spears’ memoir is being made into a movie

In pictures: Incredible Olympic moments through the years

Drop in South Africa’s rhino poaching linked to dehorning programmes

How to win on your own terms: Simone Biles claims her eighth Olympic medal on her Paris 2024 ‘redemption tour’

Miriam Margolyes reveals she struggles to walk amid declining health

Ex-BBC news presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to indecent child pictures charges

Australia’s “explosive” outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease continues to grow

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New media professionals enter the industry with an innate passion for keeping people informed – although most probably don’t realize that keeping people informed is now a 24-hour-a-day, 7-day-a-week commitment.

Once limited by time zones and printing press schedules, reporting has profoundly changed with the onset of digital communication. Most outlets have switched to 24-hour cycles to meet the growing need to deliver the most immediate and compelling news at every hour of every day.

Many of us have woken to breaking news that surfaced while we were capturing some much-needed sleep. The thing is, news never sleeps. Skeleton crews of journalists, editors, copy editors, illustrators, graphic designers, photographers and cameramen all remain on duty after normal business hours at every operating outlet – whether it’s a television station, online outlet, wire bureau or radio station – poised to cover breaking news, even if that breaks at 3:45 a.m.

As public relations professionals, our job, too, is deeply entrenched in the news – in fact, we are often the ones making it. With the 24/7 cycle comes various pros and cons that we, too, must take into consideration as we counsel our clients through breaking moments or even the run-of-the-mill daily dissemination.