2016 Interviews Newspapers Pitching 
Cision
MARCH 22, 2016
Your brand may have a good story, but if you’re not catching journalists’ attention with your pitch, it won’t get covered. Journalist Sharon Ward Keeble stresses the importance of providing value and detail when pitching your story. What is the most memorable pitch you’ve received? How did you get your start in journalism?
Bianchi Biz Blog
MARCH 7, 2022
Vesna Brajkovic has been covering the transportation industry since 2016, including trucking, railroading, the automotive aftermarket and aviation. By the end of my junior year I was running the paper, and one of my stories got picked up by a local newspaper. Once I graduated, I had to make the choice: newspapers or trade pubs.
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Cision
MARCH 31, 2016
In this interview, Neil discusses his background as a journalist, what it’s like working in the technology industry and the changing role of the media. Read Cision’s free “State of the Media 2016 Report!” Instead, they pitched me on a position they had open. My daily newspaper of choice is…newspaper?
Flatiron Communications
JULY 5, 2022
My role was to keep the startup founders’ strict two-minute elevator pitches flowing — for three hours — which worked out to roughly 17 presentations/hour, including interstitials! I split my time in the vast Enercare Center between hosting duties, interviewing select attendees for this publication, and catching a few of the sessions.
Communications Conversations
MAY 3, 2016
She’s done an extensive survey and in-dedpth interviews. In addition, she’s helped lead the AHPR campaign to highlight UO alumni and US Olympians Ashton and Brianne Eaton on the road to Rio for 2016 called What’s Your Gold? She will graduate in May 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations with a minor in leadership.
Communications Conversations
AUGUST 31, 2018
Newspapers are cutting staff. I was most recently an anchor/reporter at WHO-TV in Des Moines, from 2005-2016. But, in general, reporters don’t want a product pitch on a press release. At Life Time, I spend a good chunk of time pitching stories to media across the country and Canada. It’s like being on autopilot.
PR 20/20
FEBRUARY 6, 2020
If you want to hear personal interviews with the songwriters behind Top 40 greatest hits, dive deep on the music of movies , or re-watch The Office alongside two of the show’s stars, there’s a podcast for that. He also wrote The Win Without Pitching Manifesto and Pricing Creativity: A Guide to Profit Beyond the Billable Hour.
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