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How To Score A Great Local News Story: 5 PR Tips

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

It’s also important to determine whether a story has its best chance of being published as a local media item, or if it warrants a full national media outreach. For example, survey results or breaking news at a national company will be pitched to national media, whereas region-specific news will be offered to local reporters.

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Getting on Local TV

PR for Anyone

The best place to start with PR is to get on local media. Many people aspire for national television but starting local is the best place to get your feet wet. Testing the waters on local television is a a smaller audience and allows you start slowly and get comfortable with how a television interview really works.

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The Enduring Significance of Broadcast Media: Why TV and Radio Remain Essential for PR Professionals

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

In today’s digital age, where streaming platforms and online media dominate the landscape, it’s essential not to overlook traditional broadcast media’s enduring relevance and significance, such as television and radio. The numbers for radio are impressive!

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Back to School Media Pitches

PR for Anyone

Most kids went back to school this week and it’s a great time to position yourself as an expert and start pitching the media! Think outside of the box on what value you can provide related to back-to-school and pitch those stories starting today and for about the next 30 days. What can you pitch? It is the end of August.

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PR 101: How to Pitch Travel Journalists

Cision

Using Cision’s proprietary research of thousands of travel journalists, we have come up with six tips that will help your travel pitch get noticed in a flooded inbox. Not All Travel Pitches are Created Equal. Pitching travel stories blindly causes an overflown editor’s inbox and an ignored pitch. Think Like a Journalist.

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Pitching lessons from the Christmas build up

PR in High Definition

You pop into the local off licence for a paper. As you’re browsing, the song playing on the radio drifts into your consciousness. Fighting the urge to look behind you, you arrive at your local station. Especially when it comes to pitching in news. As PRs we need to be tactful in how we approach pitching.

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Public Relations Review

PR for Anyone

She pitched it to her editor who loved it too and they wrote an article about me. Be Newsworthy My biggest piece of advice when it comes to publicity is to start locally. Local media loves to cover stories about local businesses. Those are all topics that interest local media. Make your business newsworthy.

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