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What is the difference between sports public relations and sports media roles day to day?

The job titles sometimes overlap. For someone deciding between communications/PR and media/content work, what are the biggest differences in responsibilities and skills?

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PR is usually focused on reputation, messaging, media relationships, announcements and issues management. Media/content roles are more often producing or distributing stories directly to audiences. There is overlap, especially in smaller organizations, but the primary stakeholder and output are different.

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