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Meet the Media: Michael Freeze, Features Editor at Transport Topics

Bianchi Biz Blog

We are a business-to-business weekly newspaper covering the trucking and logistics industries. The most fun was a feature I wrote about the “Right to Repair” around 2004. From there, I joined any school newspaper or group that allowed me to write, eventually found my passion for reading, pursued a career, and now, I’m a happy man.

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Meet the Media: Doug Newcomb, Freelance Automotive Journalist  

Bianchi Biz Blog

Probably a feature for Corvette Quarterly in 2004, when I profiled racecar driver Leilani Munter and her high-school friend. I started writing for my college newspaper and freelancing in 1984 and got my first full-time editorial job in 1988 right out of college, as editor for Installation News (now Mobile Electronics ) at Bobit Publishing.

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Turn Off the Cloaked Reporter in this Transparent World

Bad Pitch Blog

These reporter queries look like this: • Faintly Veiled: A reporter reveals his/her name, but only provides a vague description - not the name - of the media outlet (often times, they are freelance reporters still pitching said story). We take great care to ensure our pitches are on target and are consistent with our own goals.

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Research Shows Journalists Want More Multimedia from PR Pros

Beyond PR

In 2004, Jon Forsythe was one of just a handful of Washington Post journalists who were given a video camera and told to go report on the news. Send More Multimedia in PR Pitches. Many of those images show up in magazines, newspapers and blogs, she says. How many hours do you want to spend on this?” Create High-Quality Assets.

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Can we press release that? 15 stories about the public relations industry (you won’t believe #10)

Stephen Waddington

The industry has a wholly unrealistic expectation that graduates should be oven ready, and able to immediately undertake a stakeholder audit, write a blog, or pitch media. The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) and Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) exist to protect the rights of copyright holders. Entry level roles demand work experience.

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