The work of the press offices in institutions and enterprises, the substitution of sources of information and the operating mode in press releases, press conferences, etc., and generally all previous and subsequent work to ensure informative success, are detailed by linking them to a higher organizational communication. All this from the theoretical perspective and professional praxis, told with vivid, and historical, examples, and in which no less important is the work of anonymity in which are located, as authors of the released issues, the people in charge of these devices. Other aspects specific to the press offices are also discussed, beyond the tasks associated with writing reports, but of equal interest to public and private entities. And singularly the role they play in political campaigns.

Health Communication is a field of knowledge, which is in a growing and strengthening process at present. The aim of this article is to analyze three qualitative studies about communication and health articulations conducted in Buenos Aires, Argentina: to communicate a message of health promotion in a public hospital; to communicate public policies in the Ministry of Health, Argentina; and, finally, to communicate health news on the press. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with health care providers, decision makers and journalists, respectively. Findings show how Health Communication contributes to building citizenship and social participation.

Analiza cómo la estrategia de comunicación implementada por Cobre Las Cruces, para el relacionamiento con las comunidades de su área de influencia, han incidido en la percepción de los grupos de interés ubicados en Gerena sobre el impacto económico, social y ambiental generado en su comunidad y qué visión de desarrollo económico local sostenible expresan en sus discursos. En España, la necesidad de materia prima de minerales metálicos, la falta de industrias y la urgencia de empleo, han generado que se reactive el fomento a la inversión minera. Ello a pesar del vertido de residuos tóxicos al río Guadiamar sucedido en 1998 tras la rotura de la balsa de Aznalcóllar, que llevó al cese de funciones de la empresa minera Boliden. Así, desde el 2009, la actividad minera se ha reiniciado en la provincia de Sevilla con la mina de cobre considerada la más grande explotación a ci...