Deirdre Breakenridge
AUGUST 27, 2018
A former newspaper journalist, Michael has won national and regional awards for news release and feature writing. In a world where blogs are often more widely read than traditional media, and communication includes texting, emoji, DMing, and live video chat, how important is media pitching? PRStudChat. Is PR Right for me? ”
Presspage
JANUARY 23, 2018
In May 2004, Tom Foremski became the first journalist to leave a major newspaper, the Financial Times, to become a full-time journalist blogger. He writes the blog Silicon Valley Watcher — reporting on the collision of media and technology. In 2006, Foremski published one of his most unforgettable blogs titled Die!
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PRSay
MARCH 30, 2018
Here are some quick reminders of the new techniques that were supposed to “change everything” just during my short career: • 2006 — “Bypass the media” was the watch cry. You could optimize a news release, and Google News indexed it just the same as an article from a real newspaper!
Doctor Spin
APRIL 30, 2023
Ahead of others in his time, he actually understood the importance of media coverage (he started New York’s first illustrated newspaper in 1853) and believed ‘there is no such thing as bad publicity,’ a popular phrase many times attributed to Barnum himself.” Please support my blog by sharing it with other PR- and communication professionals.
Bad Pitch Blog
AUGUST 15, 2006
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 15:54:22 -0400 To: prblog@yahoo.com From: " AGENCY " AGENCY@AGENCYNAME.com > Subject: News: NAME Joins AGENCY NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: FLACK NAME FLACK PHONE FLACK EMAIL NAME Joins AGENCY BETHESDA, MD- August 15, 2006- NAME has joined Bethesda, MD-based AGENCY as an Account Executive and Copy Writer.
Bad Pitch Blog
MARCH 23, 2006
From: NAME on Behalf Of John James Nicoletti Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 2:50 PM Subject: ANAHEIM MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL URGE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL AMERICAN IDOL CONTESTANT Please contact me with further questions regarding this release. Something tells me they''re already doing this. But for this email, the City should have opted-out.
Bad Pitch Blog
JUNE 10, 2007
On September 25, 2006, CLIENT was placed in the number 9 position on the CITY Business Journal’s List of Fastest-Growing Private Companies, with a revenue growth of 311 percent since 2003. For this brotherly love pitch, you may think it’s as easy as doing a search for college magazines and newspapers and calling it a day. Think again.
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