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Is Media Relations Dead?

Bianchi Biz Blog

Is media relations dead? In fact, a recent article in the BusinessWire Blog called Media Outlet Availability on PR Efforts , by Christopher S. Penn, Chief Data Scientist with TrustInsights.ai, cites some revealing statistics about the shrinking number of media outlets and the challenge for PR and media relations.

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Not all fun & games: Sports tie-ins can cause uneasy moments for clients—agencies beware!

Agility PR Solutions

Many years ago before jumping the fence to the PR side, I was a sports reporter for several New York City newspapers and a wire service. In fact, the sports department was called the […] The post Not all fun & games: Sports tie-ins can cause uneasy moments for clients—agencies beware! It still is, in my opinion.)

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Media relations is thriving

Stephen Waddington

Media relations remains an important part of the execution of a public relations campaign alongside paid, shared and owned media. Much of the modern public relations business grew up out of media relations and publicity, rooted in storytelling and editorial engagement.

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Media Relations in 2020

5W PR

A couple of decades ago, media relations meant keeping in touch on a regular basis with the assignment editor of the local TV station and the city editor of the newspaper. In today’s world of social media, media relations is so much broader. What’s Different?

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Media Relations Keeps Getting Harder; Here are 6 Dynamic Techniques to Adapt

Sword and the Script

75% of PR and comms pros say media relations is getting harder – up 25% over three years; here are some practical techniques for adapting A majority of public relations and communications professionals say media relations keeps getting harder. Media relations isn’t sales. Nevertheless, here we are.

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21 things that defined PR agency life before the web (you won’t believe no #5)

Stephen Waddington

Public relations in an agency is unrecognisable from 25 years ago. I posted a list of activities that we used to undertake as part of our day job when I started out working in public relations in 1993. 25 years ago workflow in an agency was defined by media relations. What goes around comes around.

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PRSA Introduces Innovative Program to Guide Journalists Transitioning Into PR and Communications

PRSay

In addition, we will cover many of the fundamentals of media relations, so our program also would be beneficial to those starting out in public relations — including students and new professionals in PR, media and journalism. How was your transition into public relations?