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PRSA Introduces Innovative Program to Guide Journalists Transitioning Into PR and Communications

PRSay

Through the years, the PR and comms fields have been attractive landing spots for journalists with their writing and storytelling skills and media prowess. They both are storytellers. Journalists have excellent communications skills, such as writing and the ability to speak clearly and concisely.

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Increasing Your Media Coverage Through Storytelling

PRSay

As communicators, we have long relied on earned media or public relations — usually in the form of media relations — to place our clients’ names on the internet, on TV, in print and on the radio. In today’s media environment, pitching reporters and editors has become a lost art. Find your organization’s best stories.

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USA Today’s Tips for Pitching to Get News Coverage

Cision

Today, USA Today ranks first in combined print and digital circulation, underlying the importance of this digital transformation for newsrooms around the world. Once you’ve established that, then pitch a reporter, he continues. The question they always come back to when writing a story is, what is going to resonate with my readers?

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Can Print Still Flourish in The Age of Digital? An Interview with Star Tribune Magazine’s Sue Campbell

MaccaPR

Has digital media – from Huffington Post , Google News and BuzzFeed to Kindle e-books, Twitter and (God help us) more than 8 million blogs – finally vanquished Print? Recent headlines provide brutal evidence: Condé Nast announced last December it was shutting down the print version of Self magazine to go online-only. Long Live Print”!

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Adapting Strategies for Effective Storytelling in the Social Media Era

PRSay

For those who work in sports and entertainment PR, there are many areas of our practices we should be evaluating from how we pitch media in the social media era, to crafting captivating press releases, packaging media stories and effectively communicating our messages to the right audiences in real time.

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A PR Pro’s Guide to Creating and Maintaining an Editorial Calendar

PRSay

For example, if you’re pitching a year-round story about car safety, you can write a tip sheet or create a video on the importance of seat belts. During Autism Awareness Month in April, you can share relevant content or pitch stories throughout the month. Doing so will ensure your pitches and posts are timed appropriately.

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Tell Your Story Like You Speak, Keep Pitching, and Earn Media Coverage

PR Fuel

Determine the chronology of your business story before writing it. 3. Use Tried and True Storytelling Techniques – Establish a clear beginning middle and end, use details to “show” your story and not “tell” it, and build suspense to keep the reader scrolling down or flipping pages. Just write like you speak.