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Increasing Your Media Coverage Through Storytelling

PRSay

In today’s media environment, pitching reporters and editors has become a lost art. We all love a good story, and research shows that conducting media relations through the lens of storytelling provides optimal results. To make your storytelling effective, approach it as you would a strategic communications plan.

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PRSA Introduces Innovative Program to Guide Journalists Transitioning Into PR and Communications

PRSay

Through the years, the PR and comms fields have been attractive landing spots for journalists with their writing and storytelling skills and media prowess. They both are storytellers. I didn’t understand how to craft a good pitch and how to pitch a story. PR professionals and journalists have very similar skills.

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USA Today’s Tips for Pitching to Get News Coverage

Cision

Moderated by social media strategist Nichole Kelly , the panelists discussed ongoing transformations in the journalism world, the innovation process that sets USA Today apart from other digital newsrooms and pitching tips for PR pros to better work with outlets like USA Today. The worst pitches are those that are pushy or ignorant.

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Behind the Headlines With Rich Oppel

Cision

Before you pitch a journalist, you must think about how your story adds value for your audience. It’s all storytelling. What are some of the biggest pitching mistakes communication professionals make? How many pitches is he likely to read? I find that some young professionals don’t read newspapers or influential websites.

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45 Marketing and PR Statistics that Recap the Year We Had in 2020

Sword and the Script

Source: Code of PR Ethics? ). The deluge of PR pitches. According to a survey of journalists by Muck Rack, 48% of journalists responding to this survey said they get between 1-5 pitches a day; 18% get between 5-10; 12% get upwards of 10-20; and 13% get 20 plus pitches a day. Pitch proof points with claims.

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Media relations is thriving

Stephen Waddington

Much of the modern public relations business grew up out of media relations and publicity, rooted in storytelling and editorial engagement. If you read an article about an individual or organisation in your favourite magazine or newspaper you’re likely to view it far more favourably than if you heard the information direct.

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Behind the Headlines With Brandon Puttbrese

Cision

In this interview, Brandon shares why brands shouldn’t focus too much on competitors, how to streamline your pitches to journalists and how social media can help your brand in a crisis. I thought to myself: “Everything we do is storytelling!” If you can pack your pitch into 140 characters, do it. How did this happen?

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