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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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Talking About the Great Outdoors: Q&A With Acclaimed Storyteller Baratunde Thurston

PRSay

Thurston is an Emmy-nominated storyteller and producer, recognized for his work at the intersection of race, tech, democracy and climate. Are CVBs and other tourism groups pitching you now to come and visit? Or, I photograph and video document and share it. What are some factors in deciding on a location to explore?

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Meet the Media: David Sickels, Editor of The Buzz & Senior Editor of Tire Review & Fleet Equipment

Bianchi Biz Blog

Lately, I’ve been focusing on the medium for storytelling and trying to take the most advantage of the tools at my disposal. I love the written word, but video and audio exponentially add new ways to get my point across or to accentuate a specific idea. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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9 Blogs To Make You PR-Smart

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

For a better understanding of the mechanics of PR, from creating media pitches that work to delivering a well-crafted results report, no one does it better than the Cision Blog. Authentic Storytelling Project. The site is always looking for contributors, making it a go-to for thought leadership pieces and guest blogging. Boing Boing.

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Getting hired and ahead in marketing and PR

Stephen Waddington

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. He described breaking a story about a pornographic video pirating ring.

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Get a Big Picture of the PR Landscape with these Notes from 10 Industry Surveys

Sword and the Script

According to a survey of 3,000 journalists by Cision: 45% said information relevant to their audience 17% said a clear news hook 15% said avoiding jargon 8% said quotes that “add depth to a story” 6% want typo-free releases, and 4% want more multimedia elements (images, pictures, graphics, video). Notice none of them cited a wire service.

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Behind the Headlines With Dan Gregory

Cision

Storytelling, while central to PR strategies, is a delicate process. Smaller newsroom budgets have resulted in more website space being devoted to clickbait, and TV news broadcasts relying on syndicated stories and viral videos. For PR professionals, this emerging reality means that we can’t only sell the significance of our pitch.

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