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PR Rock Stars: Life Time’s Dan DeBaun

Communications Conversations

Let’s go back to the beginning–how did you get your start in the media world? I was a radio news reporter for three years in St. I really appreciated my time in radio and print journalism. I spend a good chunk of my time on media relations and pitching. Let’s hear more from this PR Rock Star.

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Media Interview Skills: Why Silence Is Not Always Golden

Polaris

And a poorly handled print or broadcast interview could turn a relatively benign issue into a full-blown crisis. Which brings us to Talk about Talk, a semi-regular (I’ll share something whenever I find an example from which we can all learn) feature here on the Polaris bog about media interview and presentation skills.

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Being Smart and Strategic When Navigating the Current News Cycle

PRSay

Monitor the media environment. Media interest in this story will continue until the public health crisis abates. We’ve been talking to our key media contacts to find out where things stand, how they’re feeling and what’s in store. Another said coronavirus stories are all she is working on.

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Pitching in a Pandemic COVID-19 PR Coronavirus Tips

wiredPRworks

It’s a challenging time in so many ways, yet crisis communications is a place where PR people can shine a light. Get media training before you go live on radio or video. For businesses, organizations, and people, now is not the time to sit out in a PR quarantine. People are listening, especially for good news.

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Back to School Media Pitches

PR for Anyone

So for the next thirty days, in terms of your local media, newspaper, radio, television, you have a great opportunity to pitch back-to-school stories. Transcript. It is the end of August. I know where I am, the majority of the kids went to school today. Think about what you can talk about related to going back to school.

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30 podcasts PR pros should listen to

Remote PR Jobs

Thanks to the growth of digital platforms like social media, the news cycle is rotating faster than ever before. Couple that with an endless to-do list of research, writing, media training and more, and it seems nearly impossible to keep up, let alone make sense of it all.

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7 PR Blogs You Should Be Following

Critical Mention

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