Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As chief editor, I lead all FleetOwner’s content planning efforts for both print and digital. In my role today, the most fun stories I get to write come from test-driving trucks. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? Can you tell us what types of stories, trends or issues are on your radar now?

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Solo PR Pro

APRIL 8, 2021

She began her career as an aspiring newspaper reporter, securing an internship at the Atlanta Journal Constitution before becoming a daily reporter in Greenville, South Carolina, not far from her hometown. Pivoting from journalism to PR. I knew that journalism was changing,” she said. “I Sure, I can do that. ”.

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PRSay

MAY 8, 2018

In one class, we were asked to write a release based on a police report. Judy: I also went to UF, but studied journalism. Karlie, how did observing your mother’s work in the profession and also in the local Chapter inspire you ? Judy: To create brochures, we used to have to go to a printing press.

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Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

He developed a love of sports and print media at a young age, and set off to the University of Florida to pursue a degree in journalism. When he arrived on campus, however, he was amazed by the student-run broadcast stations, including radio and TV stations that would actually compete in the local market for ratings. “I

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

I also write the occasional story for our Automotive Engineering and ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Engineering magazines. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? And before that, I was an English and Journalism student at Bowling Green State University. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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NewsWhip

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The UK-based company operates 130 national and regional print and online media brands in the U.K., local-focused websites like the Manchester Evening News , Leicestershire Live and national outlets like the Daily Star , Daily Express and Daily Mirror – with the latter regularly being one of the top three publishers on Facebook in the world.

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Cision

MARCH 22, 2016

How did you get your start in journalism? I wanted to be a writer from an early age and after I completed a National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) course when I was 18, I started working for my local newspaper in Cheshire, England, where I lived. How do you choose what stories to cover? Rapid Fire Round.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

In a separate, but timely report about the state of M&A in the PR technology space, Burton-Taylor Consultant Chris Porter noted: “We see ongoing M&A action in this space at all levels, from local strategic tuck-ins to major private-equity transactions. Platinum Equity’s $2.8

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Critical Mention

AUGUST 5, 2018

A veteran in PR and marketing, Deirdre has counseled countless senior level executives, authored six business books, serves as an online instructor for UMASS at Amherst Journalism Department and speaks both nationally and internationally on PR, marketing and social media communications. Some of her clients include US Weekly , Aol.

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Communications Conversations

MAY 21, 2020

First, we need more local journalism–whether it’s professional or not. And, I fell into a career of writing, social media and blogging. The printing. I can’t tell you how much I loved that article–for a couple reasons. People want to learn more about their communities! Desire/ability to do it all.

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Cision

JUNE 10, 2015

Today, USA Today ranks first in combined print and digital circulation, underlying the importance of this digital transformation for newsrooms around the world. But how can PR pros take more mundane company news and get it into a local or national news story? Q: What’s the biggest thing you need from PR pros?

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Beyond PR

JUNE 8, 2016

Although the trio’s conversation focused on the state of journalism in the District, the obstacles and opportunities they discussed not only apply to most news markets, they also impact their PR counterparts. Washington’s not really unique – it’s like any town with a myriad of local stories,” writes Christine. “So

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 17, 2014

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know I’m a big devotee of reading the hard copy print edition of my local newspaper, the Minneapolis Star Tribune. And, it also includes some syndicated content from the Wall Street Journal, which I really enjoy. And, like many, I particularly enjoy the Sunday edition.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

has been exploring in her work on women in journalism. Each corporate PRCA member will be expected to engage with a local school each year. The web was the most significant shift in publishing since the invention of the printing press in the 15th Century. It’s a theme that Topi? It was also a time of incredible innovation.

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PR Fuel

JULY 24, 2018

Determine the chronology of your business story before writing it. The language, idioms, and examples you use in your business story will likely vary depending on whether you’re writing for million dollar home buyers or Kindergarten teachers. Simple Advice: Write Like You Speak, Reporters Will Listen. Just write like you speak.

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Journalistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

It was pure magic the first time I read an article in print that was the result of a story I pitched. Back then, if you called enough reporters, you would eventually find a couple willing to listen to your pitch – and perhaps one or two that would write a story.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 21, 2022

I test drive new equipment offerings in print and video formats. Wilson award for business journalism. I’m not boasting here, but nobody was more surprised than me to win that award, as I had not formal training in writing. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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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. Kirsty: Yeah.

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MaccaPR

MAY 23, 2018

What could the producers and editors of The Wall Street Journal , “The Dr. Oz Show,” BuzzFeed, Parents magazine and NBC’s “Today Show” teach you about successfully pitching a story to the most sought-after media outlets in America? If you have a story you know a local editor won’t want to miss, try a call. Consider the Medium.

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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. The organization switched from Cision according to the write-up. In fact, it’s not an editorial placement at all.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 17, 2021

I work out of my home and call my freelance writing business Baxter TechWrite. Today, the majority of articles I write are for Transport Topics , but I have also worked on four different Confidence Reports for NACFE , the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. Hence my desire to write such a piece.

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Meeting Automotive Engineering Media 65

Cision

AUGUST 26, 2015

You know there’s at least one person saying “Damn Twitter, I can’t write a Direct Message in under 10k characters.” Founded The Social Media Monthly, in 2011 as the first and only print magazine devoted exclusively to unlocking the power of social media for its readers. CEO of Likeable Local. XuswAAsGAo.

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Journalistics

MARCH 2, 2013

First, Writing Skills. No matter what you’ve heard about all that sexy social media stuff, you still need to know how to write in PR. Ideally, you majored in Journalism (or English) – or your PR or Communications program had a heavy concentration of writing-related courses.

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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? Paul Business Journal, Twin Cities Business, Minnesota Business, MinnPost and more? "We Otherwise I try to follow the other local publications and whatever catches my eye.".

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Government (41%) and religious leaders (42%) are least trusted while local communities (62%), employers (63%) and scientists (73%) are the most trusted. It’s also an issue of writing style. Misinformation: The internet is a sewer The Edelman Trust Barometer 2021 reports an epidemic of misinformation and widespread mistrust.

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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. Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising. Mass communication aims to meet these needs.

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