public affairs
plural noun
: the events, activities, etc., that a company does for the public
the director of public affairs
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The archive spans more than a century of programming, across the genres of comedy, drama, news, public affairs, performing arts, sports, reality, animation, documentary and more.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
The collection includes more than 160,000 television and radio programs and advertisements from more than a century of media history, spanning comedy, drama, entertainment, sports, news, public affairs, documentary, performing arts, reality, animation, and children’s and family programming.
—William Earl, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
The firm can bill up to another $22,500 a month if specialty Black and Hispanic caucus advocacy firms or public affairs firms are used.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
What To Know Trump's decision to appoint himself to be Chair of the Kennedy Center means that the center, which has always received federal funding, is a subject of both federal government and public affairs and is within C-SPAN and NBC's purviews as news broadcasters.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025
The collection includes more than 160,000 television and radio programs and advertisements from more than a century of media history, spanning comedy, drama, entertainment, sports, news, public affairs, documentary, performing arts, reality, animation, and children’s and family programming.
—William Earl, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
The firm can bill up to another $22,500 a month if specialty Black and Hispanic caucus advocacy firms or public affairs firms are used.
—Sarah Freishtat, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
What To Know Trump's decision to appoint himself to be Chair of the Kennedy Center means that the center, which has always received federal funding, is a subject of both federal government and public affairs and is within C-SPAN and NBC's purviews as news broadcasters.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Public affairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20affairs. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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