Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 10, 2023

I also consult on audience and editorial strategies for a few startup publications in the tech and automotive spaces. (If I’m interested in the zero-emission, digital transformation of the automotive industry and the future of how we get around. If you know anyone looking to build something new, send them my way!)

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Meeting Report Automotive Media 84

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

Supply chain disruptions and how companies are managing them are another big topic. I was researching the story, and on a whim, I reached out to Alton Brown’s people and had a lengthy phone interview with him about chefs using induction systems on set for Iron Chef America, which was at the height of its popularity.

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Meeting Automotive Media Newspapers 78

Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

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. Whether it’s a tragic death or a bankruptcy of a multi-million-dollar company, none of it is faceless.

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Journalism Meeting Newspapers Automotive 79

Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

the number of media outlets has dropped by almost 60 percent since 2015, with the lion’s share of the decline coming from the daily newspaper ranks; The number of reporters has dropped significantly as well, with U.S. Consider that: The number of bona fide independent media outlets is declining – in the U.S.

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Media Relations Automotive Media Newspapers 101

Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Or this comment from Nora Naughton , formerly of The Detroit News and now with the Wall Street Journal : “… I also think that every aspect of the American automotive industry touches so many lives, especially in the Detroit area, so I’m always looking for that intersection between business and real people.”. What is the takeaway?” Timeliness.

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Automotive Journalism Interviews Engineering 86

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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Meeting Automotive Media Transportation 82

Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

In fluid power, our biggest event is in March every three years — IFPE — and as we were all preparing to fly out there, my state, Ohio, was shutting events down to the public … and companies started to bail. I really love delving into people’s stories or stories of how companies are born.

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Meeting Automotive Engineering Journalism 73

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

I also write the occasional story for our Automotive Engineering and ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Engineering magazines. Powertrain diversification is a major trend, as companies strive to meet stricter emissions regulations and advance their own net-zero and sustainability initiatives.

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Engineering Automotive Agriculture Media 78

Presspage

JUNE 19, 2018

At other times, the essentials have a narrower audience, as when Mayo Clinic posts a b-roll interview with a medical expert. TV reporters now must handle social media, and newspaper reporters have to shoot video. Nevin used to work at Car and Driver magazine, so he is familiar with the needs of automotive journalists.

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Automotive Mobile Interviews Video 117

Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

We continue to run a lot of stories on how constrained supply chains, record-high fuel costs, and labor shortages are impacting trucking companies. 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.

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Meeting Automotive Transportation Newspapers 60

Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

A lot of my focus last year and this year has been on the autonomous trucking race, which is heating up this year as self-driving trucking companies are getting closer to offering automated long-haul products to fleets. and how transportation companies will start seeing the benefits of repaired highways and bridges.

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Meeting Transportation Media Sports 94

Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

I might write about a local company or service I never knew existed, and the next day might be an enterprise piece about electric vehicles or the steel industry. My first non-school newspaper gig was at the China Daily in 2013. Exercising, often reading newspapers and satire, playing guitar and curating my Spotify playlists.

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Meeting Report Automotive Media 74

Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

I mostly look for big news, whether for the company involved, the government, or just in general. I began in college with an internship at a newspaper local to my school covering local government as well as random features I came across in the area. What elements or characteristics do you look for in a story, and why?

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Meeting Energy Local Media 97