Sword and the Script

APRIL 27, 2019

1) The top challenges in journalism. A deluge of pitches. “75% 75% of journalists say fewer than a quarter of the pitches they receive are relevant or useful.”. There is simply a greater supply of story pitches pitching fewer opportunities among the traditional media outlets. How Long Should a Blog Post be in 2019?

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I’ve known Lin Pophal for years through her work as a writer for eContent , HR Executive , and others; have pitched her client stories and my own thought leadership topics (I’m in her eContent story on content curation tools ). Is this a sign of the future of PR (and journalism)? Is it interesting to get pitches?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

As the face of our brand, I am responsible for traveling to industry events and networking with our readers, advertisers and others. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? We also want them to be interesting and easy to read.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

I’m not here to bash advertising or LinkedIn. Further, I am always I’m always amazed at how business leaders will throw money – literally billions of dollars – at advertising, but when PR or content marketing asks for a dollar, everyone stands around with their arms crossed and skeptically asks, “but what’s the ROI?”. will click it.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 8, 2023

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I then worked as an investigative reporter at the Forward, a Jewish newspaper, and went back to school for business journalism and data journalism. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I respond well to pitches that have a “why.”

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2020

Many of the open-ended comments from the survey point to underlying causes such as the rise of social media and self-publishing, disruption of the advertising-heavy business model in news, subsequent cuts to editorial staff, growth among the ranks of PR, and the deluge of pitches reporters receive. Media relations isn’t sales.

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Journalistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What led you to PR or journalism? Did you know you wanted to work in PR or journalism before college, or did you discover the field later in life? While all the accounting classes have come in handy over the years, it wasn’t for me and I switched my major to Public Relations & Journalism at the end of my sophomore year.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 5, 2024

There are also asset-less digital PR strategies that include pitching quotes to journalists. How to pitch: This gave me four rankings lists that I could pitch to journalists in the local media outlets in the top-ranking cities. How to pitch: This approach gives Pinrose an asset when pitching to beauty and lifestyle journalists.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In an era where consumers are increasingly sceptical of advertising and corporate speak, PR offers a more authentic and credible way to communicate with the public. Source: Journal of Communication 1 Botan, C., & Taylor, M. Journal of Communication, 54, 645–661. Source: Journal of Accounting and Economics 5 Brown, L.,

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Every part of the industry has had to recalibrate and figure out how to design, build, sell and advertise vehicles in this new environment. I put an advertising spin on this topic and wrote a piece about how dealers and advertising agencies are depicting mask usage in their ads. Don’t pitch story ideas, pitch sources.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In this blog post, let’s look at the differences between public relations and marketing. This includes identifying customer needs, developing products that satisfy those needs, setting prices, determining distribution channels, and promoting the products through various forms of advertising and promotion.

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Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Although your executives may get excited when an acquaintance at the gym compliments them on their local business journal profile, they’re going to get a lot more excited when you can show them your PR efforts generated revenue for your organization. In PR, paid media is social media advertising, sponsored content, and email marketing.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 21, 2021

As anyone with even a slightly popular blog knows, ‘guest post pitching’ has gotten out of hand. Growth of independent journalism. “We Emerging channels like podcasts will continue to grow in influence, which means PR pros have to become more fluent in strategically pitching and forming relationships in these channels.

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Flatiron Communications

JANUARY 11, 2018

They now include the use of sophisticated consumer data sets to inform messaging and media channels, tapping social influencers to drive brand esteem and consumer behavior, and even getting into bed with the Facebook-Google advertising duopoly to deliver impressions, engagement and conversion.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A blog post published online said its platform will “generate a tailored list of recommended journalists wherever you’re adding contacts. (click image for higher resolution) 2. Muck Rack will provide five contact suggestions when you opt for the Recommended Journalists feature.” .; Virtual learning for virtual reality.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

The report didn’t break out numbers for the remaining challenges of “fake news, blurred lines between editorial and advertising, and issues around freedom of the press.”. It’s also a key reason why blogging and content marketing has become an important tool in the media relations toolkit. 4) Emphasis on professional journalism.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 27, 2018

A third added, “The changing face of journalism has left many newsrooms bereft of veterans and reporters with historical knowledge.”. While I do think the economics of journalism has also played a starring role in this sector, there are a number of other contributing factors. Pitch a story about how the world is ending.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 14, 2019

Earlier this year, Muck Rack , one of the PR technology vendors I’m tracking, published a survey of 700 reporters for a report it calls State of Journalism 2019. The best pitches are short emails in the morning. 93% of reporters prefer 1:1 email pitches, although 19% said mass emails and newswires are okay. Exclusives matter. “76%

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Earned media still the most credible source of info Most people find independent journalism and earned media to be the most credible source of information. Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible. Advertising is a distant third. Try our services. Don’t dangle “exclusive” for a mediocre idea.

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Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

One of the advantages of using social media networks for creating new business opportunities is the ability to share great information without having to rely solely on the traditional sales pitch approach. Traffic to your website or blog measurement from social media sources such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.

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Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

But what of its future asks Jessica Pardoe in this guest blog. It’s a challenge for those in the journalism industry and the public relations industry alike. Clickbait and advertising excess Media outlets such as The Daily Mail, The Sun, and The Mirror flourish in digital and print.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JUNE 27, 2023

Press releases, news releases, media advisories, media statements and the like are still important in 2023 for myriad reasons, which we’ll cover in this blog post. When a news outlet publishes or airs your story, you’ve earned that coverage ( earned media ) which lends credibility over advertising (paid media).

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 15, 2019

1) Use paid social to support media pitching. When you have a significant announcement that you think is newsworthy, you can’t just rely on old fashioned email pitching. Fewer reporters are inundated with more pitches every year. It’s a very passive pitch that relies on relevancy and targeting. The timing matters.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

The advertising strategies of the past no longer stack up to today’s audiences. I studied journalism with a few PR courses sprinkled in between at St. It was a role where I could utilize my writing and creative skills, yet challenged myself to the never-ending ebb and flow of failed pitches and successful campaigns— or vice versa.

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Lauri Pehar Borsh

APRIL 30, 2014

One of the advantages of using social media networks for creating new business opportunities is the ability to share great information without having to rely solely on the traditional sales pitch approach. Traffic to your website or blog measurement from social media sources such as Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.

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Flack's Revenge

MAY 23, 2017

We know what a byline is, and are constantly on the hunt for the people behind them, to pitch stories to. They shape news not only by filtering but also deciding what is share-worthy, what’s crap, and through their deals with news organizations, all while trying to make money and keep advertisers happy. What do you think?

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MaccaPR

MAY 3, 2019

Until recently, our getting a Maccabee PR client interviewed on a podcast was seen as a peripheral “nice to have,” built upon “must-have” interviews with traditional media such as "USA Today" or the "Wall Street Journal." How to Pitch a Podcast Producer with a Potential Guest (Without Driving Them Mad). “I It’s a time waster.”. (

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 18, 2020

1) Fatigue over Coronavirus news For the last several weeks, PR and marketing professionals wondered if pitches and content about topics other than the pandemic would come off as tone-deaf. Both groups are: “…about equally like to allocate more budget to search advertising, SEO, and vertical website campaigns.” million.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 16, 2015

Following the likes of BuzzFeed, Gawker and the WaPo , among other media outlets, CNN is going all in on native advertising with an in-store studio or so to speak. Even as a PR pro, I value credible and independent journalism and the lines of native ads threaten to bleed the edges. It’s a question of ethics.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

There shouldn’t be a barrier between the press office and the digital team - media relations people should be running blogs and engaging with journalists via social forms of media such as Twitter,” said Alex Singleton, author of The PR Masterclass. Advertising, production, and distribution have all fundamentally changed.

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Mindful Marketing

JUNE 22, 2015

Now we’ve all heard that journalism is dying and brand content is taking over and blah, blah, blah but at the end of the day the same principles apply to PR that have always applied – third party credibility and endorsement is crucial and that third party being a media outlet still matters and will continue to matter. Content is great.

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PRSay

JUNE 18, 2019

How has social media and content moving online changed the idea of hard-and-fast style (with more people tweeting, texting, messaging, blogging, etc.)? Of course, many of those texting, tweeting, messaging, blogging, etc., Writing in AP style means they’re speaking the language of the people they are pitching. Newhouse School.

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OnePitch

MAY 12, 2022

With my experience behind the scenes and in front of the camera, I can help Bospar clients navigate broadcast journalism like an insider. Should PRos only be pitching individual journalists? I would only pitch individual journalists. You need an actual human being to care about your pitch and want to run with that story.

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Onclusive

MAY 10, 2018

These shifts include everything from the implications of brand journalism on the PR function to the dwindling number of journalists filling established newsrooms. It’s a great listening tool to ensure your pitches are targeted.” ” This is a PR boon. And the journalists can be grateful for this, too.

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PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

These are three traditional job titles in the journalism world which have been around for over a century. So, do you pitch to an editor in the hope they pass the story to a freelancer? Pitch to a reporter, but then go to a freelancer later if the journalist isn’t interested? Are we bidding farewell to investigative journalism?

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

I study organizational persuasion for a living and I knew this was not bona fide journalism. Some clever guy with a political bent bought a domain and polished up a site to look like journalism. There is something wrong with perpetuating erroneous information and dressing it up to look like journalism.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This fragmentation will affect PR, marketing and advertising pros as we try to keep up with changing attitudes and trends to get our messaging through to the right people.”. Let’s not post new blog content 4x a month if that frequency isn’t working anymore. Local news and indy journalism more trusted. “I

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