Ishmael's Corner

DECEMBER 7, 2014

I don’t think Rem Rieder, editor of the American Journalism Review, is going to be happy. Drilling down to the White House-created content, the press backgrounder reads like journalism starting with the absence of superlatives in the headline, “Strengthening Community Policy.”. 5 and Dec. Obama’s content guys get it.

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PR Job Coach

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Here is another guest blog of mine on Lindsay Olson''s site on migrating from a career in journalism to one in public relations. Lately though, I am receiving queries about how to migrate into a career in PR from journalism. For certain, if you currently have a job in journalism it is definitely good training for a career in PR.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 29, 2014

One of the things I appreciate most about my local paper is that they hire and employe professional journalists. People who are trained in journalism. Learn about LOCAL news–you know, that place where you live? But, one of the only places I can get local news coverage is my local newspaper. With our park.

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OnePitch

APRIL 5, 2022

She’s held numerous roles with the publication since 2014 and prior to that was an investigative reporter for several local news organizations. 00:03:26] AL: Yes, definitely. . [00:03:28] There are definitely creative subject lines. 00:03:28] BB: Okay. Let’s talk about the pitches. “I

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NewsWhip

APRIL 28, 2021

Data and innovation leads for Hill+Knowlton Strategies in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia joined NewsWhip’s CEO Paul Quigley for a special panel session on the Pulse to talk about navigating multiple market nuances to be locally relevant at scale. Balancing global strategy & local market needs. David: Yeah. Kirsty: Yeah.

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Flatiron Communications

AUGUST 26, 2018

Hardly a day passes without my seeing a tweet from or about Civil , a new enterprise that will use blockchain technology and the sale of tokens to revive and sustain the badly battered journalism profession. The Wall Street Journal : $15.60/month Reimagining the news with #blockchain -based architecture [link]. month digital.

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Rock the Status Quo

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Since we’re in the tail-end of third quarter, I decided to interview the new hire on his area of expertise, diving into specific trends he had noticed during this quarter and their local impact. I wrote up the press release showcasing these trends, giving it a heavy local spin. They wanted a softer, more conservative approach.

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NewsWhip

MAY 27, 2021

Media consumption habits and local news | Jump to text. Influence of local newspapers | Jump to text. I would say that the fruits of our labor can be anything from a story in the Wall Street Journal, to a local TV segment on CBS, to a sponsored article within women’s books, but we don’t throw spaghetti on the wall.

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Cision

JANUARY 22, 2016

It’s The Newspaper of Record, The Grey Lady, and a journalism institution. Readers expect to be served with the highest quality journalism, and any story that might hew too similarly to the competition’s story is not going to pass muster. How can this story be original, relevant, impactful and indicative of a national (or local) trend?

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Ethical Voices

AUGUST 29, 2022

I was the managing editor of the local business journal here in Nashville before joining a local PR firm. ” Coalitions and front groups are definitely something that come up time and again. Started right out of college as an old fashioned copy clerk. And then I was a reporter and a columnist and an editor.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 21, 2020

First, we need more local journalism–whether it’s professional or not. Whatever you call it, we definitely brainstormed and dreamt up new ideas for columns and stories each month. I can’t tell you how much I loved that article–for a couple reasons. People want to learn more about their communities!

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Ethical Voices

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

I learned a lot about public speaking, community organizing, canvas operations, and just really being an agent of change in my local community. That for me was definitely the most ethical challenge of my life as a professional. My mother is Hopi and my father is Navajo. Absolutely.

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OnePitch

APRIL 19, 2022

We don’t come from a place of this article and this article is the definitive answer on a topic, but we want to help people understand why an issue or a topic might be becoming prominent or be a part of the way we live.”. [00:02:56] For me, when I was doing like local news stuff, I was like, “Oh, my. 00:03:44] BB: The world. .

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Flatiron Communications

APRIL 13, 2021

” Such prominent breakaway journalists include Casey Newton, Jessica Lessin, and Graydon Carter who respectively left The Verge , The Wall Street Journal, and Vanity Fair to start their own subscription-based newsletters. Newton’s six-month-old Platformer reportedly now has 20,000 subscribers (at $10/month).

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Solo PR Pro

MAY 8, 2018

Journalism. Today, we have an even broader definition of “Solo PR Pro.” Some have local practices and others are international. Direct advertising. Event planning. Fundraising. Government relations. Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC). Internal communications. Internet marketing. Investor relations. Promotions.

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Cision

MARCH 17, 2017

10 years later, the answer is a definitive yes! My favorite family tradition is… Anytime one of us travels somewhere, we make it a point to come home with a bag of coffee from a local shop. What is the biggest PR lesson you’ve learned throughout your career? Halloween because of all the dressing up!

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Flack's Revenge

JANUARY 10, 2019

Neal: Definitely. It is still one of the most powerful advertising platforms ever invented and continues to prove its effectiveness for just about everyone from top 100 advertisers to local mom & pop businesses. Is it OK to use some of the same levers as the Russian misinformation campaigns, e.g Neal: Absolutely!

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Mora Communications

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

For example, your story might be a good fit he Wall Street Journal, Elle magazine and your local newspaper, but you definitely don’t want to pitch each of those the same story in the same way. Before telling your story, do your homework. Understand who your story is aimed at. Who you are speaking to?

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Stephen Waddington

MARCH 15, 2021

Having said that, it doesn’t mean we can’t have any predictive capability - Philip Tetlock has shown that forecasting is definitely something you can train yourself to be better at: But again - there will be a natural limit to exactly what and how much we can predict even with better models and data.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Paul Business Journal , Twin Cities Business’ e-briefcase, and even Huffington Post have eroded the value of the daily newspaper at 425 Portland Avenue? It’s definitely a big change. Paul Business Journal, Twin Cities Business, Minnesota Business, MinnPost and more? "We Beyond its average weekly readership of 1.34 Think again.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 18, 2015

She’s not satisfied unless she is literally dominating the local PR and digital marketing arena! I also am fascinated by the evolving world of journalism and I got a front row seat to the changes and struggles facing that industry. I can definitely see myself working for a media company in the future.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

This is how you wind up with a press release on a local ABC news affiliate in Buffalo even though your tech client is in San Francisco. Or the Longview Journal in the case of this particular announcement. Some of these syndications, or “pick-ups” are better than others. Meltwater has its eyes on adjacent markets.

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Beyond PR

JULY 20, 2016

It’s important to not only stay current with PR and marketing best practices, but also journalism best practices. The definition of newsworthiness has changed. Get local: Most of the media outlets you reach out to are focused on a specific audience. Newsworthy. Don’t be dull: Newsworthiness does not equal boring.

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Ethical Voices

AUGUST 1, 2022

We start working and I pitch some new stories for the new client, including one that actually landed in the Wall Street Journal. They called the agency and they said, “There’s this story in the Wall Street Journal, we don’t know who this new beer is. The story came out and the original client saw it and got upset.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2016

Tools ranging from Live Journal, TypePad and Blogger — to WordPress, Tumblr and Medium. It isn’t introducing any new, original thoughts, nor is it establishing the writer as a foremost expert on the subject, and it definitely isn’t revolutionizing the way people think about a particular topic or industry.”.

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Waxing UnLyrical

OCTOBER 10, 2016

But however it was – whether through a local social media event, or because we’re both connected to Johns Hopkins, or then through ColorComm – I was always impressed by her indefatigable energy and willingness to lend a hand. I’ve known Mercy so long now, I don’t even remember how we met. Sushi is life.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 9, 2019

“In 2009, The Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that email was dead. Source: Marketo, The Definitive Guide to Engaging Email Marketing (2013). Constant Contact measures this by the highest open rate by local time. The Definitive Guide to Engaging Email Marketing by Marketo [2013].

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 25, 2018

It’s now almost always a given that if my businesses want to put something up on social, it most definitely needs funding. This is hard for a journalism major to admit, but cut the characters ! Internally, I’m having less and less of the conversation with my work colleagues defending social as not a free medium.

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Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 11, 2018

This is a definite turn-off for journalists. Need I mention NOT to pitch a local TV news outlet a story on the day a mass shooting occurs in its hometown? Looking through the lens of the modern PR professional — of which there are six for every one on-staff news reporter or producer in the U.S.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

When I talk to my friends who market local or regional businesses they imply that big brand marketing is easy because of large budgets and tons of resources. It has definitely gotten harder because retailers are more sophisticated, consumer behavior has changed and there are more communication channels to manage.

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PR Conversations

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to GAP VIII results, Canada’s senior PR professionals are apt to have a local or regional scope of practice. Public relations education now trumps journalism. This is new, according to Thurlow, because, “Historically in Canada, most PR practitioners had a journalism degree.”.

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Maxim Behar

OCTOBER 15, 2023

My dad had sent me to learn the language at the local Community center and I knew only how to greet and say goodbye to people, but I still told him that I knew how to speak. Then we'd go with a friend and give that money for boza and sweets at the local bakery, which now is a supermarket. We were selling them for 2 stotinki.

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Masters in Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Today, we use many information sources to see what is going on around us, locally, nationally, and globally, with more emerging all the time. Modern Newspapers & Journalism As discussed in a previous section, newspapers were technically invented in China around the year 200BC. Mass communication aims to meet these needs.

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PR Fuel

JUNE 26, 2018

Open up any magazine, blog, trade journal, or newspaper, and you’ll likely be able to find at least one story that’s written as a list. 7 Local Search Marketing Tips for Dominating Your Region. However, there’s one format I like to use whenever possible because it just seems to work – the list press release.

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Victorious PR

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

and Wall Street Journal just BEGGING us for a quote from a small business owner just like you! But, there is DEFINITELY no way of knowing, if your team doesn’t get the chance to get in here and start figuring it out. We are regularly approached by top tier publications like Inc. And we have no one to send them to! Guess what?

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NewsWhip

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Its cross-cultural insights are widely cited in media outlets such as The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Economist, Fortune, Forbes and others. And maybe it’s a local government organization. Local governments are far more trusted than the federal government right now.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 18, 2016

The Business Journal has its long-time 40 Under 40 “competition.” Definitely another one of those people who just goes to work, does her job and doesn’t ask for a lot of recognition in return. Definitely one of the solos I look up to. ” Adfed2 has its 32 Under 32. And now, Pollen has its 50 Over 50.

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