PRSay

MAY 3, 2019

On April 27, Bloomberg published an inaccurate, one-sided piece titled “Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffet Sees Newspapers Dying.”. As the article noted, billionaire investor Warren Buffet sees the traditional newspaper slipping away. It’s imperative that public relations and journalism remain equal and accountable.

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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. Organic reach on social media was also still possible for brands. And people still faxed pitches! If that doesn’t take your breath away for a minute, I don’t know what will. Social activism.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

I come from a creative writing background; I’m great at writing and editing, but before I took my job at Microwave Journal journalism hadn’t crossed my mind since working with my high school newspaper. What advice do you have for PR people who want to pitch you? Use people. You can connect with Emma on LinkedIn here.

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PR Insiders

MAY 5, 2021

But regardless of that ultimate audience, your first audience is always the editors, reporters, TV producers or others who receive your press release or pitch. You waste your time and the journalist’s time when you pitch a story idea that doesn’t fall within their beat. CISION-State of the Media Report. The majority (60.4

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Covering Hurricane Sandy in 2012 was an adventure that included a lot of adrenaline and little sleep in the “early days” of using social media for good. Big events like that are a great opportunity for teamwork, which have led to some of the most gratifying moments in my career. I love watching and attending big sporting events.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

As managing editor of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine and TruckingInfo.com, she writes trucking news and features, manages e-newsletters and social media, coordinates magazine production, and helps to develop content for events and multimedia projects. Once I graduated, I had to make the choice: newspapers or trade pubs.

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PR Insiders

AUGUST 26, 2021

Once you’ve sent a pitch, a press release, or an article to a journalist, should you follow up if you don’t receive a response? Your pitch could have become lost in their clutter of email. Cision’s survey found that many journalists want at least two to three days to look over a pitch before you follow up with them.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

More: 21 Media Relations Insights From 3 Surveys Polling 4,000+ Journalists 5. It could be a way to cut through the clutter since reporters are deluged with pitches. Keep in mind, the story you are pitching has to actually be worthy of an exclusive. Notice none of them cited a wire service.

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Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

How is reporting different at newspapers, TV and wire services? The great strength of broadcast is its ability to take news consumers directly to the scene and witness events — a wildfire, a debate, a demonstration, a major speech — as they unfold. Dan Rosenheim is the Director of Business Development at Bay City News.

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Cision

MAY 4, 2016

Before you pitch a journalist, you must think about how your story adds value for your audience. Rich Oppel, senior advisor for media strategy and management at Crosswind Media & Public Relations, says brands will successfully land media coverage when they can combine their needs with the needs of journalists and their readers.

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Cision

JUNE 21, 2016

In this interview, Morgan discusses the importance of having a social presence, how to keep your digital community engaged and why the fundamentals of public relations will never change. Going into college I just knew that I would be a reporter at a newspaper. And yes, social media posts can live forever.

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Cision

MARCH 30, 2016

In this interview, he shares the pitch that got him the most coverage, his strategies for building relationships with the media and why social media is so important. What are some of the ways you’ve built relationships with the media? What constitutes a successful pitch? Social media is incredibly important.

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Prakkypedia

JULY 10, 2016

Every day is different and projects can include issues management, event management, web writing, publicity stunts, drafting columns, researching niche publications, organising stakeholder meetings. So when I receive a positive response from a media outlet, I celebrate. Do you work in PR or carry out a lot of media pitching?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

I love this basic test because it’s not based on whether an event, announcement or action is positive or negative. Since then, I have worked in weekly and then daily newspapers, online media outlets and magazines. What advice do you have for PR people who want to pitch you? But that’s not my job.

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Cision

JULY 17, 2015

By the end of the conversation, he seemed to think that I was a secretary who sold newspapers and fixed photocopiers for clients who were, for whatever reason, always setting things on fire. Check out our “2015 Holiday Gift Guide PR Kit” for pitching tips, media contacts and deadlines!

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Cision

DECEMBER 4, 2015

At my first agency job in New York, I worked alongside a media relations specialist who wanted each of his annual coverage reports to be as thick as a phone book. She not only disagreed, she double-downed – forging ahead with the event and all but guaranteeing national media attendance at it.

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Barokas

MAY 5, 2017

After all, the media is the main lifeline of our work. Newspapers, nightly newscasts, radio shows and numerous other mediums are our partners in storytelling. It’s also imperative to ensure the pitches and releases we send can be verified against scrupulous fact checkers and that our claims and promises hold tight under scrutiny.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 30, 2021

Here are five pitch ideas for when there is no news that can work particularly well for B2B PR campaigns. . We do this through a meet-and-greet pitch. In this type of pitch, we introduce the new officer and explain what their new role is at the organization, highlighting their accomplishments in past roles. Meet and greet!

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Shift Communications

MAY 19, 2015

Whether it’s monitoring where our clients are being mentioned, or their competitors or general trends – being media savvy makes us great at what we do. One recent example was a colleague’s reactive pitch on water-saving advice in advance of the Bay Area’s (nowadays, rare) rain storm.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

This event serves as an excellent way for automakers, suppliers, dealers and others to give back to the community. And it’s a fun event coming up on 41 years. Francis de Sales High School in Toledo, Ohio, where I spent four years working on the student newspaper, The Lance , finishing up as editor-in-chief in 1983.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 16, 2019

Danielle Whitfield, Media and Public Affairs Executive, Newcastle Airport @daniellemalvina Northern boomerang: brands to Newcastle Christian Cerisola was motivated to move into PR after working for a provincial newspaper and receiving poorly targeted pitches. Ivan taught himself to learn to use production and video.

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The Resolution Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

If you’ve been in the PR world for any length of time, you know that human interest stories really give a pitch a fresh new angle because, let’s face it, everyone loves a heartwarming story. And, before you begin, make sure they know what’s involved and what your story will be about before you pitch the story out.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

Every year, they gather for the grassroots WAVE event, seeing the sights and proselytizing about the value – environmental and societal – of plugging in instead of gassing up, talking to school kids and interested members of the public in whatever small towns their caravan drove through. Pay rate per word. :).

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

PR can also involve managing events, speaking at conferences, and developing social media campaigns. PR practitioners use a variety of methods to get their message out, including press releases, media relations, social media, and more. What are some examples of public relations?

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MaccaPR

APRIL 18, 2017

Now that I’ve morphed from journalist to public relations guy, I’m aware of how vital it is to target precisely the right reporter – so you avoid becoming the PR pro who pitches the launch of a new Caramel Coconut Cherry ice cream flavor to a reporter who is dedicated to covering Islamic fundamentalism in Qatar. First, we start with.

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Cision

AUGUST 12, 2016

Getting coverage in the most widely circulated newspaper in the country is no easy feat, but the powerful reach of USA Today makes it a highly desirable target for PR professionals. To cut through the clamor of the thousands of pitches and press releases received by the staff of Gannett’s flagship paper, consider the following tips.

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Bad Pitch Blog

MARCH 23, 2006

The 16-year-old Kennedy High School student has performed at numerous City events, including the 2005 Mayor''s Prayer Breakfast and Flag Day celebrations. From there, we''ll remind everyone that a news release does not double as a pitch. Too many facts can turn your pitch/news release into an act of desperation. Seacrest-style.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 5, 2019

Tailored pitches have always been the key to success in media relations. Adding SEO and social data to pitches adds huge value for time pressed journalists. The 2019 Cision Global State of the Media Report contains useful insights for media relations practitioners seeking to cut through with their pitches.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2020

COVID-19 has certainly changed the way business-to-business (B2B) public relations and media relations is now conducted. But even still, one thing has remained consistent for public relations professionals … we know that our media relationships will beat out our news releases … every single time.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

As more of us get our news digitally, newspapers have taken the hardest hit; however, the estimated total US daily newspaper circulation (print and digital combined) in 2022 was 20.9 Print media is the most trusted source of news in the world at 58% (vs. first appeared on Burrelles.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 3, 2016

He mastered media relations managing information for national outlets like ESPN and Sports Illustrated. His popularity and ability to inspire students has played a critical role in the success of the school’s investor relations club where he has steadily grown his knowledge and responsibility. Alyson Hagglund, @alyhagglund.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Live events shrink by 64% in 2020. PwC estimates live events, conferences and tradeshows have shrunk 64% as an industry. Event dropped from a roughly $16 billion market in 2019 to about $6 billion in 2020, according to a study reviewed by Marketing Charts. “PwC Shifting the live event budget. The deluge of PR pitches.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

I covered college football for a while so I’ve had a lot of fun, but most fun might go to Isuzu’s I-1 Grand Prix World Technician Competition in 2018, a skills-based event for the company’s service and repair technicians. I was the news editor of a small daily newspaper in Alabama. Metro weekly newspaper that no longer exists.

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Bad Pitch Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2006

As we sift through the backlog of media relations atrocities sent to us, we submit this true story. At a recent PRSA awards dinner, Cincinnati Enquirer managing editor Hollis Towns brought a curious prop to show the crowd—a box crammed with media kits. Towns literally referred to these media kits as “bribes.”

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Cision

APRIL 20, 2016

A successful public relations pitch has the potential to elevate your brand in a way advertising simply can’t. But a good pitch starts with finding the right reporters. You probably are already reading magazines, newspaper columns, blog posts and websites that are good candidates to start with. In-Person Events.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 17, 2023

I have an affinity because I recall being a young account executive getting envelopes of newspaper clippings in the snail mail from their team in Maine. Offers native newswire service through PR Newswire and PRWeb which it owns; it also owns media outreach services Help a Reporter Out (HARO) and ProfNet.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 21, 2021

It’s always fun to cover an event that you know won’t come around every day. Several months after I left my job at my hometown newspaper, The Vindicator , I got some texts from friends who still worked there with some ominous-sounding news. This month, June, marks seven years working full-time for local newspapers.

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