Cision

JUNE 10, 2015

Gannett’s flagship brand, USA Today, has reinvented itself over the past five years to stay relevant to its increasingly mobile-focused readers. Today, USA Today ranks first in combined print and digital circulation, underlying the importance of this digital transformation for newsrooms around the world.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

I assign articles to our in-house and freelance staff, work with our graphic artist for our print layout and designs, and work with our sales and management team to ensure our content meets our editorial mission and help with sales. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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Cision

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Online is where people go to have questions answered, but traditional media — radio, television, and print — is where people learn about what questions to ask. According to Reuters Institute for The Study of Journalism’s 2015 Digital News Report , the way people are accessing online information differs from traditional media.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 10, 2020

For instance, before reaching out with a story idea, PR professionals should understand the preferred platform and target audience of the journalist or influencer they are pitching, to enhance the chances of a placement or mention. Before sending a story pitch, introduce yourself and your organization or client to provide some context.

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Cision

MAY 3, 2016

Journalists can see right through your mass emails – and they’ll ignore you if they suspect you aren’t tailoring your pitches. Karen Paff, senior vice president at Ogilvy Public Relations, recommends doing your research and learning as much as you can about the journalists you target before you pitch them your story.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 16, 2022

My first article on the project also holds a special place in my memory as it was the first big article I wrote after I started in B2B journalism in which I had come up with the idea and it wound up being the cover story for a print issue. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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Cision

APRIL 12, 2016

Pushing products in your pitches won’t gain you any media coverage. If you want journalists to respond to your pitches, you need to explain why your news is important and relevant. Adriana Stan, public relations director at W Magazine, says being empathetic to the contacts you are pitching is the key to winning them over.

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Critical Mention

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

After 15 years working on air in the Philadelphia market, I decided to utilize my experience in the media industry to help obtain major media placements for spokespeople and brands. Much like journalism, you must let the viewer/reader know straight away how this affects them and what types of solutions you can share.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Previously I was senior editor at sister brand Fleet Owner, which is geared toward fleet executives and other transportation industry leaders. 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? My pathway was very typical. I used the G.I.

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Cision

MAY 4, 2016

Before you pitch a journalist, you must think about how your story adds value for your audience. Rich Oppel, senior advisor for media strategy and management at Crosswind Media & Public Relations, says brands will successfully land media coverage when they can combine their needs with the needs of journalists and their readers.

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Cision

MARCH 22, 2016

Your brand may have a good story, but if you’re not catching journalists’ attention with your pitch, it won’t get covered. Journalist Sharon Ward Keeble stresses the importance of providing value and detail when pitching your story. How did you get your start in journalism? Do you find this to be true? I think so.

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Presspage

APRIL 12, 2018

In this digital age, many, many brands are still using press releases to connect their stories to media outlets. It serves an important social need and legacy media like the Washington Post are showing that really good journalism can make a publication viable even in today’s fragmented market. It’s hard to believe.”

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Presumably your account is being serviced by the same competent, experienced team who pitched your business. We may live in a world full of texting errors and sloppy online journalism, but that’s no excuse for a professional PR team to slack off. Has the agency maintained staffing as promised?

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Solo PR Pro

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

He developed a love of sports and print media at a young age, and set off to the University of Florida to pursue a degree in journalism. Stu didn’t know much about PR, but had a vague understanding of media relations, having been on the receiving end of pitches during his time producing talk shows.

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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.

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Bad Pitch Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2012

But a pitch from a Boston-based agency**, on behalf of throat lozengeer Pine Brothers, caught my attention. The brand, founded in 1870, is attempting to regain relevance and insert itself into a broader conversation. The top tier of rewards focus on print publications. The issue with lozenges?

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 1, 2023

First is the new “PR Assistant” which will allow “PR professionals to draft press releases and personalize pitches.” PRophet generative AI p ersonalizes multiple pitches PRophet announced two new features based on its generative AI capabilities (Taylor). Those pitches are limited to 200 words or less. Fair enough.

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Beyond PR

JUNE 8, 2016

Although the trio’s conversation focused on the state of journalism in the District, the obstacles and opportunities they discussed not only apply to most news markets, they also impact their PR counterparts. Regularly assess whether they and the publication are still covering the topics you’re pitching them on.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

The digital and content revolution has empowered customers to seize control of their path to purchase, forcing brands to retire their sledgehammer marketing tactics. Today, brands must attract customers with high-quality content, impacting their target audience through an array of online channels. percent close rate.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

As PR pros, we’re all about captivating crafting content that resonates with target audiences, fuels brand loyalty, and drives results. Print media (magazine) consumption rose in 2023 , and this trend should continue in 2024, according to a study by Pew Research Center (via MediaPost).

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Rock the Status Quo

MARCH 30, 2015

Brand opportunities for its messenger app that could take public Facebook conversations to a private level – labeled Messenger Business – and an update to the comments feature could allow website-based comments to show up on a Facebook story. For PR pros wanting more brand visibility? Time will tell.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

It is rightly said that PR and journalism are interdependent. Pitching journalists via phone calls, e-mails, and SMS’ are not the only ways of securing media coverage anymore. Today, simply getting a news release online is of not much value to Indian clients as opposed to a good spread of print coverage.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

However, other traditionally print new organizations – notably the Wall Street Journal and USA Today – got into the podcast game far earlier. Research for PR Pros on B2B Messaging, Pitches and Clickbait [UML] . If you enjoyed this post, you might also like: Brands Be the Content Customers Want…Not Next to It [UML].

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Bad Pitch Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

I am writing to you from 35,000 feet where American and something badly branded as Gogo Inflight has granted me 12 buck access to the Internet. Finally: Who will we be pitching? Print outlets have been dying, okay let''s call it changing, for a while. Let''s all learn from print''s fall from grace. They''re asking: 1.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 9, 2017

As a kid, my parents took me to the show, and I still remember the branded whiz-bang flashlight they purchase for me – a rare indulgence. Working for a brand with such deep roots in PR history wasn’t lost on me then – and certainly isn’t lost me now. I seem to remember having both print and broadcast media in attendance.

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Journalistics

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

It was pure magic the first time I read an article in print that was the result of a story I pitched. Back then, if you called enough reporters, you would eventually find a couple willing to listen to your pitch – and perhaps one or two that would write a story. This is nirvana for a media relations professional.

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Stephen Waddington

MAY 5, 2019

Tailored pitches have always been the key to success in media relations. Adding SEO and social data to pitches adds huge value for time pressed journalists. The 2019 Cision Global State of the Media Report contains useful insights for media relations practitioners seeking to cut through with their pitches.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

It’s hard to believe, the company’s roots can be traced back to those old Bacon’s books printed in Chicago, or even a press clipping service out of Sweden, before that. Cision drops the Vocus brand name, but the underlying technology that all future Cision development will be based on, is Vocus technology. 2) April 7, 2014: Vocus.

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 1, 2022

Cision adds sponsored content feature to PR Newswire – pitches it as “guaranteed editorial”; Meltwater Beats Earnings; TrueScope Raises $6.2 It’s doing this through a partnership with an adtech company called Nativo, which as the brand name suggests, is a native advertising platform. Million and Eyes the U.S.

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MaccaPR

MAY 23, 2018

What could the producers and editors of The Wall Street Journal , “The Dr. Oz Show,” BuzzFeed, Parents magazine and NBC’s “Today Show” teach you about successfully pitching a story to the most sought-after media outlets in America? PERSONALIZE your pitch – to the person and publication you’re pitching. Get to the point.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 22, 2018

Early on, I worked at a printing technology company where we had a big poster on the wall that said, “Freedom of the press belongs to those who own one.” Trying to tie print ads or direct mail directly to sales, for a high-value, long-sales-cycle B2B product, was a nightmare. PR, marketing, sales and journalism.

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Katie Paine's Measurement Blog

MAY 25, 2023

Be budget conscious , it may save you a lot of wasted time on pitches for products you can’t afford. And if you need obscure trade journals most companies can add them, but you’ll have to pay for the subscription. Typically that should include blogs, podcasts, video, digital, print, and social.

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Shift Communications

DECEMBER 1, 2016

But coverage in The Wall Street Journal s, Forbes , Business Insiders and Fortunes of the world are achievable for companies of all sizes – startup or mature, public or private. It was totally unique – a perfect vehicle for CEO branding and hook for a reporter focused on culture. I mean, how many companies offer this?

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 20, 2018

More importantly, at the time, this was all brand new: putting a show guide on a mobile device that featured his client Cisco as the lead sponsor would have provided incredible visibility. And what does that do for the brand image of the event organizer or sponsor? PR, marketing, sales and journalism. How impactful is that?

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Bad Pitch Blog

JUNE 3, 2008

Celeste’s pitch is so bad, she managed to get outed using only 10 words. It’s been awhile since Slick’s visited the Bad Pitch blog – making this pitch all the more notable. It’s been awhile since Slick’s visited the Bad Pitch blog – making this pitch all the more notable. know they were being mass pitched.

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Beyond PR

MAY 17, 2018

With print becoming less important to audiences, telling stories in more visual ways is critical – and public relations professionals can help. Send More Multimedia in PR Pitches. Both Choi and Forsythe would consider using infographics or videos provided by brands, as long as they meet journalism quality standards.

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Journalistics

MARCH 2, 2013

Ideally, you majored in Journalism (or English) – or your PR or Communications program had a heavy concentration of writing-related courses. You should be able to show examples of stories you pitched and placed, or campaigns you worked on and generated results for. First, Writing Skills. Ideally, with agencies or larger organizations.

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