Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I am in charge of gathering news for our daily newsletter, hosting and producing podcasts, covering events and writing original content for our monthly print magazine and daily newsletter, among other projects. Paying attention to who owns who helps give us insight into how a company goes to market. Any pet peeves with PR people?

Meeting 95

Meeting Automotive Media Journalism 95

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

These days, we publish our print edition quarterly and focus most of our attention on our website. I left newspapers in 2013 shortly before T he Plain Dealer in Cleveland started cutting back print publication schedules. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Just understand the volume of material we get.

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Meeting Automotive Media Newspapers 78

Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Or this comment from Nora Naughton , formerly of The Detroit News and now with the Wall Street Journal : “… I also think that every aspect of the American automotive industry touches so many lives, especially in the Detroit area, so I’m always looking for that intersection between business and real people.”. What is the takeaway?”

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Automotive Journalism Interviews Engineering 86

Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As chief editor, I lead all FleetOwner’s content planning efforts for both print and digital. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Editors are busy and flooded with emails and PR pitches all the time. And, please, keep it relevant and know who you are pitching to. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Meeting Automotive Transportation Newspapers 60

Bad Pitch Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2006

Bad pitches are like snowflakes. And our next pitch is in the danger zone as it represents the second time this person has pitched Canuckflack. As a result, he/she might also become the second person outed on the Bad Pitch blog. We usually fillet consumer pitches here. His focus is primarily the industrial market.

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Pitching Automotive Engineering System 40

Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 21, 2022

I test drive new equipment offerings in print and video formats. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Understand the market I write for. I get lots of pitches for stories on the automotive industry, which occasionally cross over, but it’s rare. I cover the heavy-duty trucking industry.

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Meeting Media Chemicals Radio 87

Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 17, 2021

I read the fine print in what was given out at the Cummins event that introduced the X15 and then broke the story on the Atkinson Cycle that makes the Efficiency Series of this engine more efficient than earlier versions. A chart from one article I did on picking the right transmission ended up in Eaton’s marketing that year.

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Meeting Automotive Engineering Media 65