PR Fuel

MARCH 19, 2021

We’ll tell you how to write, format, distribute, and promote your press release, so keep reading below. Write for Journalists. Writing press releases as if they are already leading stories is a winning strategy. Including the city and state helps localize for regional coverage. Not Too Long. Body of Answers.

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Cision

MARCH 22, 2016

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. When you start to become blasé and complacent about your writing, that’s when you stop doing such a good job.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

I’m the editor in chief of FleetOwner magazine and FleetOwner.com. 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. Can you tell us what types of stories, trends or issues are on your radar now?

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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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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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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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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 15, 2016

So when a colleague and I pitched a local McDonald’s news story, little did we know what was to come. After an aggressive media relations push, we began to pick up traction in the local market. On the day of the woman’s retirement party there were four broadcast stations and a number of print/online reporters on-site.

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Beyond PR

APRIL 10, 2017

Is it local, budget friendly travel? Be sure to offer a news hook, and explain why a magazine for example, needs to cover something now. Print media and travel freelancers have longer lead times, often three to four months in advance. She edits media updates, and writes influencer and industry features.

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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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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.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The same is true in print. Where the major daily newspaper – even the online version – was the single most influential local publication in any American city, today it’s just one among many. Re-write white papers as long form contributed articles. Today, are many more options both on the television – and on the web.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Doug Iverson (formerly with the Pioneer Press and Finance & Commerce ) edits healthcare reporter Chris Snowbeck and medical tech writer Joe Carlson (formerly with Modern Healthcare magazine); our Washington, D.C. Otherwise I try to follow the other local publications and whatever catches my eye.". Can you tell me about that?

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PR Fuel

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Writing just might be the most important skill you can have. It doesn’t matter how many reporters you know or how unique your story angle is, if you can’t write a compelling press release that instantly sucks readers in, everything else is meaningless. Unfortunately, too many press release writers never improve their writing skills.

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Beyond PR

APRIL 6, 2016

For local news, compile a list of influential outlets in the region; for larger, national stories, think of top outlets across the country and pinpoint their most prominent writers. For stories that are more evergreen or broader in scale, consider print periodicals like consumer and trade magazines.

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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. It’s less important than the examples I shared above.

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Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 28, 2007

This blog was created because we got tired of reading one editor after another call out the minority of our hard-working industry for bad taste, poor writing and lazy pitching. So this news article was a welcome find (click on the print version for the full-length version).

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PR Conversations

JULY 20, 2015

For example, the local small- to medium-sized theatres and site-specific locations operating as this year’s 28 Fringe venues. Earned media—advance profiles and positive reviews—particularly from The Fringe Toronto’s official media sponsor, NOW Magazine , remains important. Others are less obvious. Hello new #FringeTO Pals!

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MaccaPR

DECEMBER 19, 2016

In 2017, let's all agree to maximize the ROI of our writing efforts by focusing equal efforts on distribution. Sponsored Content on a Specific Blog or News Site - Increasingly, brands and companies can pay for articles to be published in traditional media such as magazines and newspapers.

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Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 2, 2007

For years, many COMPANY locations have relied on their local Valpak franchise to create and deliver advertising campaigns to area consumers. ®, an online site for local savings, has over 20 million offer views each month. The writing sucks and the reason they sent it to Susan Getgood sucks. But we’ll focus on the writing.

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Bad Pitch Blog

MAY 20, 2010

She does not ask me to write about Retrevo, she merely asks me to credit them for the content. Retrevo''s highlights include stories in: Forbes, The Huffington Post, Elle Magazine, The New York Daily News, Reuters, The Boston Globe, Agence France-Presse, Bloomberg,Yahoo! Good Organic Stories Trump Re-Prints. Not to worry.

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