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Meet the Media: Vince Bond, Reporter at Automotive News

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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. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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

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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. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

Meeting 59
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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. What is the motive behind this pitch?

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Meet the Media: Josh Fisher, Executive Editor or FleetOwner

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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. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Timing is always important.

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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. Are CVBs and other tourism groups pitching you now to come and visit? The closest comps are my 2019 TED Talk and my 2012 memoir, “ How to Be Black.” What are some factors in deciding on a location to explore?

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2020 Marketing Budget Planning: Here’s How Marketers Say Spending is Shaping Up

Sword and the Script

66% said newspapers. Often B2B marketers will use these to send white papers and pitch webinars but again thought leadership content is a good option here. It’s a slow build, but when you look at a competitor and feel jealous because they have 100,000 subscribers on their list, it’s because they started in 2012 and kept at it.

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Meet the Media: Jason Cannon, Chief Editor of Commercial Carrier Journal

Bianchi Biz Blog

I was the news editor of a small daily newspaper in Alabama. My wife worked for the same newspaper at the time, and she stopped by their house to pick up some photos that we ran with the story, and she was warmly greeted. Metro weekly newspaper that no longer exists. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?