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Meet the Media: Josh Fisher, Executive Editor or FleetOwner

Bianchi Biz Blog

Covering Hurricane Sandy in 2012 was an adventure that included a lot of adrenaline and little sleep in the “early days” of using social media for good. I had my first staff byline at a small Connecticut newspaper in 2001. Describe the craziest or most fun story you have written. I always love providing a valuable service to readers.

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Meet the Media: Vince Bond, Reporter at Automotive News

Bianchi Biz Blog

I started writing in eighth grade for my middle school newspaper in 1999 and was hooked from there. I completed six internships at various outlets in Michigan and Ohio before getting hired at Automotive News in 2012, my first full-time gig. One day, I might pop up with an interview request when I feel they’re a good fit.

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Meet the Media: Cristina Commendatore, Editor in Chief of FleetOwner

Bianchi Biz Blog

I covered Hurricane Sandy in Connecticut in 2012. 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.

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Meet the Media: Vesna Brajkovic, Managing Editor of Heavy Duty Trucking & TruckingInfo.com

Bianchi Biz Blog

I’ve written a story at least once a week since 2012 when I walked into the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s independent, student-run newsroom unannounced asking for an assignment. By the end of my junior year I was running the paper, and one of my stories got picked up by a local newspaper.

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Sting Learns Painful Lessons in Heated Dispute

Reputation Specialist Michael Toebe

USA Today and writer Colleen Barry tells the story : The juicy celebrity dispute has spilled onto the pages of Italian newspapers. The 45-year-old son of the duke, who died in 2012 at 86, wrote a long, stinging rebuke to Sting’s accusations, calling them “slander, poisonous and completely false.” So what’s all this about anyway?

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How Harry’s very LA relaunch has only just begun

Mark My Words

“This is all about the ongoing narrative, now,” adds Borkowski, referencing the Oprah Winfrey interview in which the Sussexes raised serious concerns about the Royal family’s handling of racism and mental health issues. The impact of generating more connections to his brand is an ongoing struggle for him.

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

PRSay

There are infinite ways to talk about our relationship with the outdoors,” Thurston said in an interview with PRsay. The closest comps are my 2019 TED Talk and my 2012 memoir, “ How to Be Black.” What’s important to us is that the stories we pick give us a fresh way to see ourselves as people, as a nation and beyond.