2008 Newspapers Pitching Print 
Sword and the Script
APRIL 2, 2024
The founding HARO was founded by Peter Shankman in 2008 as a Facebook group for journalists in need of sources. However, I learned a lot about reporters and pitching in that capacity. Eight vacant positions will be left without replacement and 23 “new functions will be created”, according to the newspaper Libération.
Bianchi Biz Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2022
As chief editor, I lead all FleetOwner’s content planning efforts for both print and digital. Our newspaper ended up winning an award for our reporting. I got my start in journalism in 2008, working for a weekly newspaper in Connecticut called The Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer. Stick to the keep-it-simple principle.
Bianchi Biz Blog
APRIL 17, 2023
A local newspaper for which I interned, The North Baltimore News (Ohio), assigned me to cover the Dayton Air Show. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Provide enough details to give a good idea of what you’re pitching and how it’s relevant. Any pet peeves with PR people?
Cision
MAY 4, 2016
Before you pitch a journalist, you must think about how your story adds value for your audience. I ended 45 years in journalism when I retired as editor of the Austin American-Statesman in 2008, so it didn’t feel like a “switch” so much as completing one phase of my life. How many pitches is he likely to read? Everyone wins.
PRSay
JULY 31, 2019
It’s not just a matter of getting a version and printing it. After covering nine presidents and breaking the Watergate story with Carl Bernstein in the early 1970s, he has ample advice for working with the media, including his thoughts on “no comment,” pitching reporters and building trust. Do it personally. Call the reporter and ask.
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