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

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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?

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2 Enduring Strategies for These Content-Saturated Times

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You could optimize a news release, and Google News indexed it just the same as an article from a real newspaper! Then in 2012 they took the company public and revenue actually mattered. Get more media pitching knowledge from Michael Smart here. 2011 — Facebook follower numbers seemed to grow on their own.

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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?

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

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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?

Meeting 81
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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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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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Facebook’s Current Woes Symptomatic of Raging Content Saturation

PRSay

You could optimize a news release, and Google News indexed it just the same as an article from a real newspaper! Then in 2012 they took the company public and revenue actually mattered. Get more media pitching knowledge from Michael Smart here. 2011 — Facebook follower numbers seemed to grow on their own.