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Pitching the Local Media – Tips from the Pros

PR for Anyone

The easiest way to do this is pitching the local media. I interviewed journalists from The Washington Post, The Washington Business Journal , and Inside Nova (a Northern Virginia local publication) about what types of local real estate pitches they like to receive. Don’t pitch me the gourmet kitchen with cathedral ceilings.

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

Sword and the Script

However, I learned a lot about reporters and pitching in that capacity. This helps understand the key points of an article without having to spend time reading the entire document. Eight vacant positions will be left without replacement and 23 “new functions will be created”, according to the newspaper Libération.

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Meet the Media: Justine Murphy, Senior Editor at Laser Focus World

Bianchi Biz Blog

As special publications editor for The Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire (the fifth oldest continuously published newspaper in the U.S.), Back when I was a newspaper reporter, I wrote a series of articles about an embattled high school principal accused of misconduct, including secretly altering the grades of several students.

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Meet the Media: Doug Newcomb, Freelance Automotive Journalist  

Bianchi Biz Blog

They were reunited for a “Thelma and Louise” weekend in Las Vegas, and I tagged along to document it as they raced Corvettes at a local track, rode a mechanical bull at a bar on the Strip and went sand boarding at Dumont Dunes outside Vegas. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Fun assignment!

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A day in the life of one solo PR/social media consultant (and adjunct professor)

Communications Conversations

Over the last five years, we’ve created a social media playbook document that makes this a lot easier! We’re pitching a lot of bylines to these kinds of pubs, and in many instances, I’m on the hook to take the first stab at the draft. Family time; read the newspaper (yes, we still subscribe to the Star Tribune!).

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The Top PR Tips and Tricks for Small Businesses

PR Fuel

Forming relationships with the people at your local radio, newspaper, and TV station can really help promote your business! It’s also important to pitch stories and ideas to the media whenever your business is having a special sale, event, or advertising campaign. Learn How to Write a Great Press Release.

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Talking About the Great Outdoors: Q&A With Acclaimed Storyteller Baratunde Thurston

PRSay

Are CVBs and other tourism groups pitching you now to come and visit? When the show was gearing up, I got texts from friends all over the country sending me screenshots of mailers and newspaper inserts with my face on them. And without the compulsion to document it on social media or stop to check work email? Experiment.