2012 Local Media Relations Pitching 
PRSay
DECEMBER 5, 2019
Starting in 2012, they’d make announcements about big investments from venture funds that valued them around $500 million, and then things would go back to normal. Now, overnight, billions will be flowing into our local economy via all those stock options and inevitable philanthropy that will result.
Bianchi Biz Blog
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
While working in local news in the Northeast, I covered a few big hurricanes and major blizzards that ravaged the area. 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 started off covering education and other local issues.
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Bianchi Biz Blog
AUGUST 7, 2023
She even went to his funeral locally (we asked their permission) – it was a full military funeral with honors – and photographed it and gave all the pics to the family. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I’ll reply to that email probably 100 times out of 100, regardless of how off-base the pitch might be.
Bianchi Biz Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2022
Also on our radar these days is anything related to electric trucks, charging infrastructure, and fleets’ efforts to reduce carbon emissions and improve fuel economy. I covered Hurricane Sandy in Connecticut in 2012. I covered everything from town politics, police, fire, education, town budgets, and local happenings in the community.
Solo PR Pro
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
To the rest of the team, I was just traditional media relations. They asked me to put together a very robust communications plan that included my media relations approach and social strategy and other communication stuff not part of my usual responsibilities. This is when things really started to change. It was great!
Bianchi Biz Blog
MARCH 7, 2022
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?
The Hoffman Agency
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
For those who toil on the front lines of media relations, it’s easy to drift into a Jim Carrey-like optimism. PR: “What are the chances that you’ll write about this pitch?”. The primary reasons that journalists ignore PR pitches today is the same reason they ignored pitches 25 years ago: The pitch is generic.
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