Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

As an anchor I anchor two shows daily, covering national and international headlines, breaking news, business and health. In my journalism career, the story I’m most proud of is a documentary short video I did on PTSD. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? My name is Laura Harris.

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The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 6, 2023

However, I found that entering a new industry (I majored in literature and journalism) and learning how to work in the 9-5 framework caught me off guard. You must stay on top of trends, let go of doubt and pitch innovative ideas — some of my favorite advice I’ve received is to “throw stuff against the wall and see what sticks.”

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Presspage

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

That means the journalists you’re contacting are overwhelmed with pitches; many of them poorly thought out or irrelevant. Long-winded PR pitches will lose a journalist’s interest almost immediately. Long-winded PR pitches will lose a journalist’s interest almost immediately. Personalize your PR pitches.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

The survey found: 57% are crafting pitches; 48% are writing copy for social media; 48% are writing press releases; 44% are using it for research; and 25% say they are using it for strategy and planning. One AI tools surfaces relevant media contacts based on your pitch or press release – and strives to predict how it will be received.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

APRIL 29, 2019

Journalists are bombarded with email pitches, many which stink, and there seems to be less opportunity to build an actual relationship with journalists.”. The days of objectivity are gone and the days of combative, aggressive, argumentative ‘in your face’ journalism has taken its place.”. This isn’t just a tactical application.

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Deirdre Breakenridge

JUNE 8, 2016

What’s your social media elevator pitch? She is also the social media chair for the NYU International Club and volunteers with the social media team for the PRSA Tri-State events and conferences. Sabrina joined HBO as an intern for her department in 2014 and they haven’t been able to get rid of her since.

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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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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Reporters get pitched – a lot. Knowing what will land is a guessing game purely based on professional experience, labor-intensive research and instinct, with no performance-based data to support or guide a pitch.”. The product aims to help PR with “the ability to test and refine media strategies before pitching.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 3, 2020

The top news in PR tech this month includes: Artificial Intelligence updates for PR, Microsoft integrations for internal comms; podcast monitoring grows. the co-founder and chief data scientist at Signal AI, in a separate, but a clearly related, blog post. 2) SocialChorus has new integrations to Microsoft for internal comms.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 27, 2021

Where some see diminishing value in media relations others see opportunity; the best way to improve results is to use a combination of pitching, content and social media. They don’t pitch stories but beg for links and make other nonsensical requests (I get these every day too). These overshadow even relevant pitches.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

APRIL 23, 2019

But that’s not how things work— not when there are dozens of notable deals pitched daily. Key business outlets like The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and Forbes generally wont touch anything under $20 million. And they receive so many funding pitches, an embargoed story on a small round has little value to them.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

These include (but aren’t limited to): The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, TechCrunch, Recode, VentureBeat, Business Insider, Buzzfeed, CNN, and CNBC. Finally, writing your own blog post to be posted on your company site, LinkedIn, and Medium, allows you more opportunity to frame the news.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 7, 2022

Scale to compete with incumbents; Prowly adds media monitoring; Cision releases internal DE&I report; World’s First-Ever NFT Press Release. One of the assignments was a peer-reviewed journal article that made the case against merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions. Cision releases internal DE&I report.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Source: Journal of Communication 1 Botan, C., & Taylor, M. Journal of Communication, 54, 645–661. Improve internal communications. Source: Journal of Accounting and Economics 5 Brown, L., Journal of Accounting and Economics. Source: International Journal of Business Communication 9 Mishra, K.,

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 30, 2024

In another incident, an Atlas Air Boeing 747 cargo plane caught fire moments into its flight from Miami International Airport on January 18. And on January 20, a Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 plane lost a nose wheel as it was taxiing for take-off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As a journalist who writes about pretty much everything for pretty much everyone (most recently The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Smithsonian Magazine), all of the above are things I hear on a pretty regular basis. You can just craft your own media strategy and hire a few interns to execute it for you. And I’m tired of it.

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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. Send it around internally.

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Cision

JUNE 25, 2015

Here are 10 easy ways to maximize new press using your own internal resources: 1. Click here for your free “10 Media Pitching Do’s and Don’ts” tip sheet now! If your company landed major coverage in a book, peer-reviewed journal or spot on a publication’s annual list, it warrants a press release.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2016

Aside from the well-deserved round of congratulations, it occurred to me the acquisition is an indication of a maturing industry for content marketing, which of course includes blogging. The Blogging Gutenberg . The last 10 or 15 years have brought a vast array of tools for publishing blogs.

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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. It’s a primary communications channel both internally and externally.

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The Hoffman Agency

OCTOBER 11, 2022

By Shipra Shukla, Intern. As I scrolled through the blogs shared by previous interns, one common theme emerged — the privilege to ask questions! The pitch drafts, curation, personalization, updating media lists and blog drafting can take quite a bit of time, initially. Mistakes make you.”

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The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 23, 2021

From giving up on a nursing degree to stepping away from journalism, I have taken a lot of detours in my life. I was often approached and received pitches, emails, press releases from public relations professionals, so it seemed natural to make the leap to PR since my experience as a recovering journalist gives me the leverage to succeed.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 3, 2019

Senior executives who do not make themselves available for internal reviews, or who don’t participate as corporate spokespersons where needed are sending a message that the program isn’t important, which can hamstring the PR team’s efforts. There’s no buy-in at the top . It’s underfunded . Look what I did!

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The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

By Ming Gao, Intern Entering college, I always knew I wanted to major in something that could combine my interest in business and marketing with my creative side. I decided to give journalism a try and in my introductory course quickly realized that perhaps I wouldn’t be the best news reporter.

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Doctor Spin

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Source: Digital Journalism 1 Ling, R. Digital Journalism , 8, 596 – … Continue reading When media content is influenced by biases—such as confirmation bias, sensationalism, or media logic—it tends to favour certain narratives or perspectives, often at the expense of a balanced and comprehensive view. Doctor Spin | The PR Blog.

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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.” .; PR tech mentions Meltwater releases “winter” updates.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

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. Also, see these related posts: How to Generate Media Referenceable B2B Customers with a Blog. You can also edit and delete a blog post relatively easily.

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The Hoffman Agency

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

By Samantha Spitz, Intern. As an intern, I didn’t think I would have this opportunity, but during the presentation, I had a speaking role and took part in the conversation between Hoffman and the potential new client. Hoffman hosts weekly get-togethers with the whole team, frequent 1:1 check-ins and a weekly intern cohort meeting.

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The Hoffman Agency

AUGUST 10, 2021

By Reanna Griffith, Intern. It was in my second year of studying multimedia journalism and I had returned home from university campus following all my classes being moved online. There are many similarities between PR and journalism, such as the need for communication and writing skills.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

I know PR professionals with degrees in journalism, mass media, English, business communication, marketing, sports and more. The endless media pitch calling and subsequent rejections were exhausting. Client Turnover — can lead to instability and the need to perform new business pitches constantly.

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Doctor Spin

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In this blog post, let’s look at the differences between public relations and marketing. In public relations, we call this: Media Relations ( blog posts ) Still, many people know that public relations has the tools necessary to generate publicity. Some organisations have both—and sometimes, they operate as one unit.

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Cision

JULY 7, 2016

I did a few internships in Boston – both in journalism and in PR – and was much more strongly drawn to the business-focused side of public relations, especially the different styles of writing and working with journalists on behalf of clients. But within a week or two, I was pitching The New York Times. Second, don’t major in PR.

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Sword and the Script

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Fraudulent press releases go out on two major wire services; IR comms platform Q4 has $100M IPO; internal comms tech strives to overcome email deluge; Innodata CEO talks up AI in Agility PR on an earnings call. This month, as I perused through the vendor websites and blogs, I noticed a lot more of it. “In Another new PR tech player.

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Buzzstream

DECEMBER 17, 2020

From pitches to landing coverage and everything in between, Digital PR can be done without a single tool. This tool has myriad features and uses, but I predominantly use it for both ideation and to assist with pitch-writing. Finding inspiration for ideation can be incredibly tricky. This is where BuzzSumo often came into play.

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Presspage

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Finding traditional news media harder and harder to reach in the modern age, OhioHealth saw an opportunity to showcase their internal communications stories alongside their media relations efforts to truly create a one stop shop brand journalism website. Mark : This whole process goes back four years.

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Rock the Status Quo

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Perhaps they don’t have an internal brand ambassador program of any kind ( a what? ), and they are terrified at the very THOUGHT of giving employees online freedom and autonomy. Take advantage of the LinkedIn blogging platform – called long-form posts. So what’s a PR pro to do?

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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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