Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 6, 2023

I’m Craig Cole, senior editor at EV Pulse, a site dedicated to covering electric and electrified vehicles as well as alternative fuels and future automotive technology. I’ve been in this position for almost a year now, though I have been a full-time automotive journalist for 16 years. When will this innovation reach the market?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

I’m the founder of A Girls Guide to Cars , the leading automotive site written for women. Now, in addition to writing and shooting video, I have the pleasure of working with more than 40 female writers, most of them new to automotive. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I did some freelancing after college and found my way back into the media business full-time a little over four years ago when I landed a job on Business Insider ‘s transportation desk. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Finish this sentence: If I am not reporting, I am … riding one of my many bikes.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

But I’m also a car guy, a realist, and an automotive analyst. I’ll never forget driving to Petersen Publishing Company some 50 miles from my home and pitching three articles to Lee Kelley, editorial director at the new Hot Rod Specialty Publications Group. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

I am the managing editor of Automoblog and AutoVision News , two Detroit-based automotive publications. Most of our readers, be it from an engineering or a marketing background, are working on new technologies that will lead to fully-automated vehicles, intelligent cities, and more. LiDAR is a perfect example.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

David Sickels is the editor of The Buzz and senior editor of Tire Review & Fleet Equipment at Babcox Media. I don’t think there has ever been a more exciting time to be covering the electric vehicle market. You really have to try to not have fun when writing about the automotive industry. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

So, for example, we’re less interested in stories about automotive executives and more interested in stories about the culture of cars and how it’s evolving. Our readers are very interested in what’s happening with self-driving cars, electric vehicles and automotive safety. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

That led to a brief stint in marketing before I joined GIE Media to start Today’s Motor Vehicles , a magazine dealing with automotive manufacturing and design issues. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? And, every pitch has to stand out these days because we’re so inundated.

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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?”

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Waxing UnLyrical

MAY 11, 2016

My public relations career began with media relations. Although I’d never recommend someone go through the “boot camp” experience I had, it did teach me how to secure media opportunities quickly and make them stick. As you can imagine, I’m a big proponent of media relations. Media relations can be tough.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Editors are busy and flooded with emails and PR pitches all the time. And, please, keep it relevant and know who you are pitching to. I get too many emails from PR people that have nothing to do with our market. Stick to the keep-it-simple principle.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 22, 2023

I’ve been at Automotive News for six months covering auto cybersecurity and mobility finance. My journalism stops include S&P Global Market Intelligence, where I covered single-family housing, apartment, student housing, manufactured housing, office and industrial real estate investment trusts. It’s a new ground for me.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

I am currently a news anchor and automotive reporter for NEWSnet. As an automotive reporter I cover anything from mobility and electrification, to artificial intelligence and product pieces. In my automotive career, getting to cover the UAW strike was challenging and rewarding. My name is Laura Harris.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

As the Editorial Director and Founder/CEO of Futurride, I’m responsible for all aspects of the startup, including website design, development, and sourcing backend systems for content management, search-engine optimization, outbound and inbound marketing, audience development, and enewsletters. now Lear Corp.) now Lear Corp.)

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Bad Pitch Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2006

Bad pitches are like snowflakes. And our next pitch is in the danger zone as it represents the second time this person has pitched Canuckflack. As a result, he/she might also become the second person outed on the Bad Pitch blog. We usually fillet consumer pitches here. His focus is primarily the industrial market.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 4, 2022

I am the VP of Content, Wrecked Media Group. Wrecked Media Group is an Ohio-based media company created in 2020 to acquire and build automotive-focused media businesses. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Target the pitch to me. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sometimes the best marketing messages are the simplest, I suppose. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? If you’re offering me a source, have a few different angles in mind and offer them as part of the pitch; “My client, Jane Smith, is an expert in X, and she can comment on A, B, C, D….”

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 21, 2022

What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Understand the market I write for. I get lots of pitches for stories on the automotive industry, which occasionally cross over, but it’s rare. Please keep the pitches understandable to the untrained eye. I cover the heavy-duty trucking industry.

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