PRSay

APRIL 9, 2021

As arduous as 2020 was, it did provide some inspiring pitch examples you can learn from. The common thread among these examples is one thing that these savvy pitching pros did: They exercised their mere humanity and asked their media contacts a useful question, but only after they proved to be worthwhile sources. Not these winners.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2018

Every B2B tech PR person dreams of the splashy feature that will help make their company brand instantly recognizable. Maybe it’s a Fast Company article detailing a compelling success or a groundbreaking startup story. Those hours, of course, include studying trade journals, reviews, and analyst reports.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

While the PR and communications profession has continued to grow, many media companies keep cutting their workforces. Starting on March 12, PRSA is offering the “ Transitioning from Journalism to PR & Comms ” certificate program, a comprehensive offering addressing this evolving landscape.

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Cision

JUNE 28, 2017

This past February, she made the move from senior editor at Recode to the new media company Axios, where she now serves as the chief technology correspondent based out of San Francisco. Wondering what Login is, what it’s about and how you can get Ina to cover your pitches? Read our Q+A with her pitching tips below!

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Pitching Report Technology Storytelling 159

Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I’m a Senior Reporter at InsideEVs. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? A summer internship at Forbes in 2016 introduced me to actual, fact-based journalism. Finish this sentence: If I am not reporting, I am … riding one of my many bikes. Any pet peeves with PR people? Nope, not really.

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Meeting Report Transportation Automotive 87

Cision

JANUARY 17, 2018

Developing just the right pitch has never been easy, however. According to Thompson though, the biggest challenge may be overcoming extremely low expectations among editors and reporters about what they see coming through their inboxes. S/he is reading 100 PR pitches a day. That is the overwhelming rule of PR pitches.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 10, 2023

These days, I’m a freelance reporter, editor and consultant. Years ago at Jalopnik I started looking into a company that purported to sell “perfect” replica supercars on the cheap. I started my career as a crime reporter and put those skills to use in that story. I’ve kind of always been doing this!)

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 8, 2023

I am a tech and innovation reporter at Automotive News. I am also keeping an eye on how economic conditions are impacting companies in the mobility space – there was a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of capital floating around just a few years ago, and that’s not the situation anymore. I respond well to pitches that have a “why.”

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 3, 2021

I’ve sat in on calls with clients themselves, affording a glimpse into another company. A major goal of good PR is helping your client get more exposure in the media, and that means talking to reporters. It refers to a situation where the PR team offers first-crack at a story to one reporter and one reporter only.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 9, 2021

John, transportation reporter at Business Insider. My reporting focuses on electric vehicles, the future of the legacy auto industry, the shift to electrification and startups in the EV space. I’m proud of my reporting for Automotive News on the supply chain production halts and ramp up early in the pandemic in spring 2020.

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Transportation Meeting Automotive Report 96

PRSay

AUGUST 17, 2020

25 with UCLA Executive Director of Communications Judy Fortin and New York Times reporter Anahad O’Connor. How open journalists are to receiving pitches from communicators about topics unrelated to COVID-19. Pitch a story and not your spokesperson. I’m presenting our full findings during a PRSA Case in Point on Aug.

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Media Relations Journalism Media Survey 157

Landis PR

MARCH 20, 2023

Photo courtesy of Pixabay The highly anticipated Muck Rack 2023 State of Journalism Report , which the company released at SXSW on March 15, 2023, provides valuable insight into the ever-changing media landscape and how journalists perceive their work. We highly recommend reviewing the report in its entirety.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 23, 2021

I’m a senior reporter at The Verge , and I cover the emerging technologies and business side of transportation companies big and small, with a special focus on electric vehicles. That could be revealing a surprising relationship between Apple and Tesla , or reporting Apple’s interest in buying an electric vehicle startup.

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Meeting Report Transportation Media 98

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Pitching media remains a challenge; Twitter is still a journalist favorite; PR dabbled with generative AI as businesses worried about misinformation Regular readers know I publish a weekly post every Tuesday. Many of the things I choose to write about are reports and surveys that give us a sense of what’s happening in the industry.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JULY 11, 2018

Seeing a client’s interview in a key publication is still a quintessential public relations win, so PR pros spend a lot of time perfecting media pitching. But once we get a “yes” to a pitch or interview request, it’s no time to sit back and relax. What happens after the reporter says yes? How did we do?

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Sword and the Script

MARCH 30, 2021

Reporters look to Twitter for news. When asked where reporters go to get their news the top answers were online news (58%) and said Twitter (16%). It was also interesting to see that just 3% of reporters said they get their news from newsletters and just 1% from podcasts. More reporters want to spend more time on Twitter.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

I am the finance and technology reporter at Crain’s Detroit Business , covering the startup sector in Ann Arbor and Detroit, as well as the region’s banks and lenders, such as Rocket Mortgage and UWM. Covering the mortgage companies like Rocket and UWM going public has been quite the experience.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

I’ve been a business reporter at USA TODAY since 2015, based in the Washington, D.C. Before that, I was a reporter for the Detroit Free Press. I don’t cover the economy as much as I do companies and issues affecting business. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I find them fascinating.

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Report Meeting Automotive Media 85

Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2020

I’m the senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch, where I focus on all the ways — present and future — that people and packages travel from Point A to Point B. This doesn’t always mean it’s some investigative piece that exposes a company or person. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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Transportation Meeting Report Media 92

Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 6, 2024

I joined the commercial vehicle space just this February, after working for the same company on water infrastructure brands for just under three years. I regularly write articles on market reports, industry regulations, information management technology, and operations. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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Meeting Media Pitching Newspapers 89

Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

Kurt Nagl is a reporter, covering manufacturing for Crain’s Detroit Business. Working in China and northern Iraq early in my career opened my eyes to the possibilities of journalism. As a business reporter, I find great enjoyment in learning new things. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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Meeting Report Automotive Media 75

Onclusive

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

PR professionals should create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. Corporate Communications As companies grow, corporate communications become more important.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 15, 2024

I’m a Managing Editor/ Producer at Fleet Equipment , and it’s my job to create articles for our site from visiting companies, press releases, events and interviews, as well as hosting some of our video series, and sending our daily newsletters. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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Meeting Media Journalism Interviews 104

Marketwired

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Recently our Chicago team invited Jessica Wohl , Food and Restaurant Reporter at Advertising Age , into its offices for a Lunch and Learn with the media team. Her journey began in college when a professor inspired her to pursue a career in journalism. Don’t send teaser emails – they waste both your time and the reporter’s.

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PRSay

MAY 17, 2021

To look for insights that might improve the outlook for this year, I turned to Muck Rack’s “ The State of Journalism 2021 ” survey from March. According to the report, more than 60 percent of journalists surveyed agree that the way companies — and by extension, PR pros — share information is outdated.

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Pitching Survey Report Social Media 191

Sword and the Script

MAY 18, 2021

That’s according to a survey of 750 communicators tallied up in the 2021 Communications Benchmark Report by Ragan Communications. Fifty-three percent of journalists receive more than 50 pitches a week, and 28% receive more than 100 per week. 37% said, “‘feel good’” stories on how companies and communities are helping others.

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Study Communications Survey Pitching 172

PRSay

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In this preview Q&A, Welage discusses developing media campaigns, communicating results with senior leaders and improving the success rate of pitches. Earned media is exactly that — earned — and it’s built on pitching and nurtured relationships. percent of the pitches they receive. Starting on Nov.

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Media Relations Media Pitching Case Study 202

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

AUGUST 9, 2022

Naturally, the initial response may be a preference for splashy stories in top-tier outlets like The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Times, or Fortune. In B2B PR, you come across different audience segments, but the three main audience groups typically are: stakeholders, customers and reporters.

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Media Retail B2B Journalism 310

Cision

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

The wheels in my head were spinning with how I might pitch the story to my editors. Here, in no particular order, are four other bits of research that should be considered “homework” before you hit send on that next pitch. What do you consider to be mission-critical research when pitching journalists? I’m based in the Bay Area.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Public relations jobs exceeded those of reporters by more than six-to-one last year, up from less than two-to-one 20 years ago, according to data from the U.S. public relations specialists for every news reporter Source: U.S. Companies tend to hire either internal or external PR specialists to help shape and manage their image.

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Ishmael's Corner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

With the story “ The Invasion of Corporate News , The Financial Times became the latest publication to skewer brand journalism. I suppose the FT figured a headline along the lines of “You’re Too Stupid to Figure Out Journalism from Propaganda” might alienate readers. Because that seems to be one of the themes in the FT piece.

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Journalism Brand Branding Publicity 150

Sword and the Script

JUNE 20, 2023

Yet year after year and study after study show reporters and journalists are active and engaged on Twitter. So, if you want to earn their attention, or if you are investing money in PR – specifically for media relations – then your company should be active on Twitter too. Here are some of the journalism statistics worth considering.

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Twitter Survey Journalism Social Media 135

Sword and the Script

JUNE 6, 2023

Summary of PR tech news from the last 30 days: PRophet offers a white-label option for PR agencies; Meltwater joins the generative AI race; mentions and new PR statistics Despite reports everyone in PR is using generative AI – it’s simply not true. ” The company’s platform uses two different AI tools.

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PRSay

APRIL 19, 2017

PR pros shouldn’t expect success every time they pitch a story — having three out of 10 pitches result in a placement is considered a good average — but a good PR professional will want to increase his or her chances of success in every way possible. Here are five types of pitches reporters don’t want to receive: 1.

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Onclusive

AUGUST 9, 2021

PR professionals are expected to create thoughtful, data-backed pitches, engage with reporters on social media, send swag (when appropriate), maintain relevant media lists, and manage all follow-through with reporters and journalists. As companies grow, corporate communications become more important. PR Reporting.

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Training Media Training Reputation Crisis Communications 370

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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Media Relations Media Pitching Survey 173

Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 20, 2024

In 2024, I expect to focus on the technical details of EV powertrains, ADAS and automated driving technologies – including sensors and silicon – as these are the building blocks for our future cars, and companies are absolutely working on them today. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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