Communications Conversations

MAY 21, 2020

Last Saturday, there was a wonderful article in the Variety section of the Minneapolis Star Tribune about groups of kids who had started neighborhood newspapers during the pandemic. First, we need more local journalism–whether it’s professional or not. People want to learn more about their communities!

Newspapers 78

Newspapers Blogging Groups Print 78

Axia PR

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Gaining free media exposure through coverage by local newspapers, TV, radio, and online outlets can massively pay off for plumbing companies. But with busy schedules focused on serving clients, how can local plumbing companies strategically capture more media attention?

Brand 62

Brand Branding Radio How To 62

Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Local Facebook pages and groups are replacing local media according to research from Braintree, Essex. By Dan Slee If there’s one thing I can tell you it’s that Facebook groups and pages in a local area are huge. Exploring a community In September last year I set about counting the Facebook groups and pages in Braintree.

Local 60

Local Facebook Media Government 60

Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Facebook pages and groups are replacing local media according to research from Braintree, Essex. By Dan Slee If there’s one thing I can tell you it’s that Facebook groups and pages in a local area are huge. Exploring a community In September last year I set about counting the Facebook groups and pages in Braintree. A lot huge.

Local 60

Local Facebook Media Government 60

PR for Anyone

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

As a real estate agent, it’s important to be the “famous” agent in your community. Getting local media coverage makes you a star in your community. This is a free media query service where media outlets are looking for sources and quotes for national magazine articles, television shows, newspapers, and blogs. It’s Google.

Real Estate 130

Real Estate Publicity Television Local 130

The Stalwart Blog

JULY 25, 2017

Regardless of your political leanings, this strategy of "don't be everything to everyone" could stand as a model for other newspapers to follow. . While understandable, this strategy will only accelerate the demise of newspapers. This approach is also playing out well in certain cities with hyper local or niche outlets.

Newspapers 68

Newspapers Strategy Television Advertising 68

Presspage

JUNE 26, 2018

With newspapers and TV stations shrinking their staffs these days, how does an organization get attention for its events and accomplishments? That means it’s a hub of academic activity as well as a resource for a community that is both a tourist attraction and center of industry on the Gulf Coast, Eddleman says. ”

Community 88

Community Newspapers Education Resources 88

Landis PR

MARCH 4, 2024

Example: pitch a story on a newly opened hiking trail to an outdoors editor at a local newspaper who also has a following on social media. Targeting those audiences that influence your target customer can cut through the digital clutter. His/her audience is your target. Is your brand quirky, fun and irreverent?

Media Relations 107

Media Relations Media SEO Newspapers 107

PR for Anyone

APRIL 21, 2020

Part One of ‘Public Relations Management First of all, you have to think about your local market. That being said, there is a huge opportunity to stand out locally. You might not know it, but you are already a prominent figure in your community. But start really watching your local news. See what your newspaper is saying.

Industry 189

Industry Local System Google 189

Stephen Waddington

APRIL 14, 2020

Newspaper circulation during the COVID-19 crisis has been hit by as much as a third by newsagents closing and a reduction in footfall on the high street, across travel hubs and in supermarkets. Local and national newsprint impacted The crisis is indiscriminate in its impact on local and national media.

Print 102

Print Newspapers Crisis Local 102

Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

It won an award from the National Newspaper Association for community service. I started writing professionally at 17 years old as a sports correspondent for my local newspaper, the Milford (NH) Cabinet. That was followed by four years as a TV sports reporter and anchor before a return to the newspaper business.

Automotive 87

Automotive Meeting Newspapers Sports 87

PR Fuel

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Utilizing public relations is a great way for your business to become more well-known in your community, boost your sales, and create better relationships with your current and future customers. Forming relationships with the people at your local radio, newspaper, and TV station can really help promote your business!

Small Business 88

Small Business Community Local Social Media 88

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 13, 2019

News media in pain Newspaper brands continue to suffer as readers shift from print to digital. Popular newspaper brands have suffered double digit falls in print circulation with the Daily Star (-18%), Daily Mirror (-13%), and Daily Express (-12%) hardest hit.

Print 115

Print Media Newspapers Local 115

PRSay

OCTOBER 16, 2020

3, Americans will cast their votes for President and for state and local candidates. Communicators have “a lot of great partners out there” who can help provide their employees with local voting information, said panelist Kelly Mason, director of corporate communications at Levi Strauss & Co.,

Communications 201

Communications Nonprofit Employee Local 201

Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

That was my first experience really using social media and the publication’s website to break news and keep residents in the community informed. Our newspaper ended up winning an award for our reporting. I got my start in journalism in 2008, working for a weekly newspaper in Connecticut called The Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer.

Meeting 59

Meeting Automotive Transportation Newspapers 59

Landis PR

OCTOBER 11, 2021

You may have noticed that the “calendar” section in your neighborhood newspaper, online newsletter or event site is starting to populate with things to do. National and local media in attendance were from CNBC, CNET Roadshow, PBS Newshour, Mashable, Forbes and local TV stations, generating more than 120 editorial feature/news articles.

Local 98

Local Newspapers Sports Video 98

Stephen Waddington

MAY 9, 2020

Local Facebook groups have a vigilante mood. Images of lockdown dodgers have been posted in several local Facebook groups that I follow, both in London and the North East. Newspaper front pages this week celebrated the expectation of lockdown being eased. The COVID-19 community on Twitter is incredible.

Government 83

Government Healthcare Television Local 83

PR for Anyone

AUGUST 6, 2020

Why this pitch appealed to the media : Nurse Curry serves a local community, Hampton Roads, Virginia. She took a national story/trend and brought it local. She provided local resources and her expertise as to how people in her community can care for their elderly loved ones. SPOILER ALERT: YES!

Case Study 100

Case Study Study Media Local 100

Konnect Agency

JANUARY 7, 2022

From creating national brand awareness to supporting local store developments, a tailored funnel strategy incorporating digital marketing and social media promotion will help maximize your exposure to your target market. Supporting Local Market Development. How A PR Agency Fine-Tunes Your Strategy Plan.

Agency 52

Agency Local Newspapers Interviews 52

Konnect Agency

JANUARY 7, 2022

From creating national brand awareness to supporting local store developments, a tailored funnel strategy incorporating digital marketing and social media promotion will help maximize your exposure to your target market. Supporting Local Market Development. How A PR Agency Fine-Tunes Your Strategy Plan.

Agency 52

Agency Local Newspapers Interviews 52

PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

Which students at your local college or university are already making the world a better place, and how are they doing it? How is your local government benefitting the community? Sure, go after The New York Times as your boss asked, but don’t forget your local newspapers, TV and radio stations. If so, how?

Storytelling 161

Storytelling Media Nonprofit Government 161

HMA Public Relations

DECEMBER 16, 2020

The Jewish News covers news of interest to and about the Jewish community throughout the Valley. Since I also loved reading the newspapers and magazines that my parents kept around our house (the Arizona Republic, The Atlantic, The Economist), I decided to pursue journalism – and here I am! Favorite local restaurants or other haunts?

Local 52

Local Pitching Community Journalism 52

Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

By the end of my junior year I was running the paper, and one of my stories got picked up by a local newspaper. From there I went on to freelance for community newspapers around Milwaukee, and got a part-time job at a business-to-business publisher covering aviation for three sister magazines.

Meeting 81

Meeting Automotive Media Transportation 81

Sword and the Script

AUGUST 23, 2022

We continue to benefit from responsible reporting by our local newspaper.”. Frankly, over the last few years, we have noticed the bias/slant in reporting has increased and the quality of reporting has gone down as turnover in local outlets has increased.”. We are a science-based organization and stick to fact-based media.”.

Survey 136

Survey Media Report Journalism 136

PRSay

JUNE 5, 2023

Thurston is a speaker at PRSA’s Travel and Tourism Conference, held June 20-23, at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison, Wis. Every local PBS affiliate has seemingly been doing marketing for it. With this PBS series, we have absolutely benefitted from, and even depended on, the massively local nature of PBS.

Storytelling 60

Storytelling Tourism Travel Local 60

PR Fuel

MAY 12, 2022

Send an invite to local news agencies, and you could get a significant boost in publicity if they come along and write news about your business. They are written in such a way that newspapers and media outlets could use them verbatim if they chose to write about your news. They are ideal for your local media contacts.

Media 96

Media Local Tools Report 96

Beyond PR

JUNE 30, 2016

The college newspaper. Community college newsletters or magazines. Campus Newspapers: The Digital Revolution Is (Also) Here. Let’s consider the campus newspaper in more depth. Research from re:fuel has shown how effective it is to reach students at their campus newspapers. The university radio or TV station.

Radio 69

Radio Newspapers Print Media 69

Communications Conversations

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Take a peek at the social communities for my biggest client (of 10 years now!), Follow-up with the 30+ folks in the local mastermind group I manage with a note about our meeting tomorrow. This is a group of senior-level communicators at the biggest companies in town (General Mills, Toro, Medtronic, etc.) Blog post research.

Social Media 157

Social Media Media LinkedIn Tourism 157

Cision

JANUARY 13, 2017

Public Relations Company, Phil has served as the Public Relations Director for a myriad of companies, community initiatives and professional organizations. Advocacy for diversity and inclusion is an important tool to change this, as we begin to communicate this issue on a local and national level.

Local 120

Local Radio Community Tools 120

PRSay

MAY 8, 2018

I started out working for a small-town newspaper, and then for many years I was director of PR for Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. Karlie, how did observing your mother’s work in the profession and also in the local Chapter inspire you ? Our local conference also helps expose young people to different professional paths.

Leadership 155

Leadership Conference Local Internal 155

Presspage

AUGUST 5, 2020

As we mentioned above, the same news can impact in a different way for different communities. When a global company announces that it’s launching in a new country, this will be written about in different ways by newspapers like the Financial Times, online publications like Forbes, and local papers in that area.

Pitching 78

Pitching Local Newspapers Policies 78

Presspage

AUGUST 5, 2020

As we mentioned above, the same news can impact in a different way for different communities. When a global company announces that it’s launching in a new country, this will be written about in different ways by newspapers like the Financial Times, online publications like Forbes, and local papers in that area.

Pitching 78

Pitching Local Newspapers Policies 78

PRSay

JANUARY 9, 2020

When we began this decade, many local newspapers had at least 10 more pages of non-syndicated content than they do today. And if you’re looking for avenues to explore in this arena, might we recommend building out messaging around sustainability, corporate citizenship and community relations.

Trends 133

Trends Nonprofit Consumer Newspapers 133

Cision

APRIL 26, 2016

What drew you to the field of public relations and communication? My daily newspaper of choice is…The Wall Street Journal. If I was stuck on a desert island, I’d…be forced to “unplug” from technology and actually relax. My favorite social media platform is…Twitter; it’s my leading source for news. Images via Pixabay: 1 , 2.

Telecommunications 120

Telecommunications Public Affairs Newspapers Transportation 120

Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

I have been in journalism or PR for 25 years — I went to Boston University for journalism and upon graduation, I worked as a business reporter for a local daily newspaper on the outside of Cleveland. After a few years hiatus doing community PR, I entered technical publishing when I was out of a job for a few months.

Meeting 72

Meeting Automotive Engineering Journalism 72

Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I enjoyed a 17-year career at several Detroit area newspapers, including 12 years at The Oakland Press in Pontiac, MI, before shifting gears and taking a job in public relations at Buick. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? And somewhere back in time, I was an elected school board member.

Automotive 81

Automotive Engineering System Media 81

Cision

MARCH 29, 2016

For me, it was a unique opportunity to see the special relationship between PR, business and the communities where “making dreams come true” was more than just a tagline. Be locally relevant, build trust, be mindful of your tone of voice and don’t underestimate the power of relationships. How has PR changed over the years?

Local 120

Local Newspapers Retail Sports 120