PRSay

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

While the PR and communications profession has continued to grow, many media companies keep cutting their workforces. Jeanne, aside from teaching, you’ve held senior-level comms roles and worked in media relations. Schwartz & Company, which was looking for an account person who knew sports and fashion.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 11, 2017

In fact, my prediction: 50% of all media relations jobs will be eliminated in 10 years. Consider the facts: FACT: Mainstream media reach continues to wane. daily newspapers (print and digital) fell 8% in 2016–the 28th consecutive year of declines. What kind of media did those people grow up with?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 10, 2021

It’s also important to determine whether a story has its best chance of being published as a local media item, or if it warrants a full national media outreach. For example, survey results or breaking news at a national company will be pitched to national media, whereas region-specific news will be offered to local reporters.

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Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Top stories in today’s summary of PR news: Cision shutters the HARO brand; Agility adds “Intelligent Insights”; PR tech company replaces employees with AI On the first Tuesday of every month, I sort through all the news I can find on PR technology or comms tech and present it in a summary post like this one. in order to access HARO queries.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I’m Seth Clevenger, managing editor for features at Transport Topics , a weekly newspaper and multimedia outlet dedicated to covering trucking and the freight transportation industry. One of my core responsibilities is producing TT’s annual Top 100 lists of the industry’s largest trucking and logistics companies.

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Transportation Meeting Newspapers Media 99

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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Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Although some PR professionals have seized the opportunity to evolve their public relations strategies, far too many have stayed complacent, keeping their heads down and focusing on media relations and other traditional tactics that have served them well throughout the years. Shared Media.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Jamie Butters, executive editor with the auto industry’s newspaper of record, Automotive News , wrote: “The reason the show is so valuable is that the 100,000-plus people who come here from across a range of industries around the world included a lot of smart people from up and down and across the industry.

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The Hoyt Organization

APRIL 23, 2024

Traditional channels, such as newspapers and television, offer broad reach, while digital channels, such as social media and email marketing, provide targeted messaging. Partnering with like-minded companies or sponsoring events can help increase brand awareness and credibility.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

26, two days before he became Twitter’s new owner and CEO, Elon Musk demonstrated the communications power of a good prop when he strode into the company’s headquarters carrying a porcelain sink and wearing a grin. The prop suggested Musk would remake the company, throwing everything at it, including the kitchen sink.

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Comparison Twitter Newspapers Communications 154

Prakkypedia

MARCH 31, 2019

Or in other words: “What can I pitch to the media?”. For PR consultants who work in media relations and promotions, it’s all about the next angle, the new product, the trend the client has noticed, or the issue that the client may be able to provide a quote on. What’s their history with the company?

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Axia PR

OCTOBER 10, 2018

3 ways your company can rise above the fray and maintain a positive image. According to the Knight Foundation, public trust in the media is at an all-time low. One surprising finding was that participants ranked newspaper and television news lowest, next to Congress, among major institutions they trust.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Have reporters stopped asking to see the full release when you contact them about news – a partnership, company milestone, new product or a big hire? Companies opt for newswire distribution because it’s quick, efficient, and guaranteed. They’re here to stay. But a press release is only as good as its distribution.

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Agility PR Solutions

JUNE 3, 2020

While conventional PR is still being used to generate coverage and create a strong brand presence, the shift to digital means companies need to invest more in digital PR. Digital PR goes beyond newspaper and TV journalists. The post 3 digital PR tips to drive visibility on all media platforms appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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Digital PR Newspapers Media Company 120

Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 24, 2023

You haven’t been in business long enough If your business is newer, your website may lack polish and detail, you may not have a ton of social media content and your product or service may have limited availability. But top media outlets may opt for more seasoned companies to feature. Yes, reporters are human.

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Pitching Newspapers Report Local 128

Doctor Spin

MARCH 1, 2024

Here’s a list of places where someone might find entry-level jobs in public relations: Public relations agencies. Various companies, organisations, and institutions have in-house PR teams that hire entry-level PR professionals. Media outlets. Digital marketing- and social media agencies. Event planning companies.

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PRSay

MAY 3, 2019

On April 27, Bloomberg published an inaccurate, one-sided piece titled “Public Relations Jobs Boom as Buffet Sees Newspapers Dying.”. As the article noted, billionaire investor Warren Buffet sees the traditional newspaper slipping away.

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Publicity Newspapers Journalism Energy 146

Newsfile

JUNE 28, 2023

Media monitoring is the process of tracking and analyzing a variety of media channels to discover mentions, coverage and any other discussions related to a certain topic or company. Media channels can include newspapers, magazines, television, radio, online news outlets, blogs, and social media platforms.

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PRSay

MAY 24, 2021

According to the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism’s Tow Center , in the last year, at least 66 media outlets have permanently closed and another 42 have suffered cutbacks as a result of mergers and consolidations during the pandemic.

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PRSay

APRIL 18, 2022

The events feature writers for the newspaper and delve deeper into the topics behind their articles. Companies are reaching out so actively for talent right now,” she said. Strong media-relations skills aren’t enough anymore. PR skills expand, evolve. You still need a great resume, she said.

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Axia PR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

With reporters doing more, newspapers also rely on PR professionals and a company’s PR and marketing department to submit stories – in an inverted pyramid style – and images for publication. Story ideas and submissions are relatively easy to provide to a media outlet.

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B2B PR Sense

JANUARY 5, 2018

When companies try to do their own PR, it often lacks a strategy and falls through the cracks. When companies try to do their own PR, it often falls through the cracks CLICK TO TWEET. Handpicked Related Content. Myth #3: PR is not the same as media relations. Media relations is a subset of PR.

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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. Conducted with over 2,200 journalists worldwide, the survey results are fascinating.

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Agility PR Solutions

AUGUST 19, 2019

2019 marks the first year that digital marketing spend will outpace spend across traditional channels like TV, radio, and newspapers—which gives digitally native brands the opportunity to effectively compete with legacy companies on their own digital turf.

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Consumer Brand Branding Radio 96

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

Supply chain disruptions and how companies are managing them are another big topic. I started my journalism career in South Texas as a newspaper reporter in 1997 and followed that with newspaper jobs in Mississippi, Kentucky and Ohio. Describe the craziest or most fun story you have written. I’ll add an oddball in there.

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Meeting Automotive Media Newspapers 78

PRSay

AUGUST 9, 2019

Here are some quick reminders of the techniques that were supposed to “change everything” just during my short career: 2006 — “Bypass the media,” was the watchcry. You could optimize a news release, and Google News indexed it just the same as an article from a real newspaper! And Facebook actually showed them your posts!

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Strategy Newspapers Facebook Google 130

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JUNE 12, 2018

Lee was a leader in media relations. Ivy Ledbetter Lee (1877-1934) is credited with refining the art of media relations, but his most celebrated engagement was a train wreck – literally. He then switched to doing PR for an engineering company and eventually started an agency with his ex-employer as his first client.

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Corporate Mobile Energy Public Affairs 178

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

In the B2B technology world, which is the lenses through which I example things, I’ve found PR usually reports to marketing – but supports the whole business – when a company is small or young. 1) “Make sure that employees, customers and the market understand our company, its services and goals.”. 8) “Consult, coach, teach.”.

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Employee Print Writing Survey 148

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Journalists Love Twitter, and if Your Job is Media Relations, You Should too. The first two places journalists go to find news is online newspapers and magazines (60%) and Twitter (22%); 85% of journalists say Twitter is the most valuable social network. 28 Plus Public Relations Resources to Brush up and Stay Sharp in Comms.

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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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PRSay

DECEMBER 2, 2020

When two of Boeing’s new 737 MAX passenger jets crashed within five months of each other in late 2018 and early 2019, killing a total of 346 people in Ethiopia and Indonesia, the company faced the worst crisis in its 100-year history. And [we tried] to figure out what we can do as a company to assist them through their grief.

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Crisis Management Crisis Crisis Communications Airlines 106

PR Fuel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

PR stands for Public Relations. It’s a broad term that refers to all the ways your company interacts with the public and with the news media. The goal of PR is to create a positive image of your company and its leaders through a combination of news coverage and social media outreach. Media Relations.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

More: 21 Media Relations Insights From 3 Surveys Polling 4,000+ Journalists 5. More: 21 Media Relations Insights From 3 Surveys Polling 4,000+ Journalists 6. Most reporters are on Twitter If you work in PR and have responsibility for media relations , then you have in a sense, a professional obligation to be on Twitter.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

We are a business-to-business weekly newspaper covering the trucking and logistics industries. Why is there a disconnect between trucking companies and drivers concerning retention?” My name is Michael Freeze, features editor at Transport Topics and co-host of the podcast, RoadSigns. Basically, the why.

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Transportation Meeting Media Newspapers 93

Axia PR

AUGUST 15, 2018

The term earned media describes news content featuring or sourcing your brand, products, or services. Earned media coverage comes from media relations when an outlet includes your company, product, service, expert, opinion, or ideas in a news story (online, print, radio, TV, podcast, etc.).

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Media Radio Newspapers Print 48

Newsfile

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

PR professionals balance these media types to maximize brand exposure and credibility: Paid Media : Content promoted through advertising (e.g., Owned Media : Channels controlled by the organization (e.g., company website, blogs). Earned Media : Coverage gained organically through media relations (e.g.,

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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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