Bad Pitch Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Nine months ago, robo-journalism was in full effect when the LA Times used its Quakebot algorithm to report on an earthquake -- three minutes after it happened. It''s ironic to note the math of an algorithm is being used to generate the words of a newspaper article -- 108 of them in the above example. Game Over or Game On?

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

As more of us get our news digitally, newspapers have taken the hardest hit; however, the estimated total US daily newspaper circulation (print and digital combined) in 2022 was 20.9 Print media is the most trusted source of news in the world at 58% (vs. first appeared on Burrelles.

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Sword and the Script

MAY 23, 2017

A golden rule of PR is to treat every reporter as if they work for the Wall Street Journal because new reporters at (seemingly) small publications tend to move onwards and upwards. See these related posts: Media Relations: Proven Ways to Get More Out of It. Repurpose Does Not Mean Regurgitate in Content Marketing.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Pay to pay, content grows; influencer marketing cools. “I a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. b) More pay-to-play opportunities to participate in national media relations opportunities. Clay Morgan , Writer and Consultant, Morgan Media, Inc.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 31, 2018

Since the beginning of the year, I’ve noticed a distinct trend: more former media folks making the transition to the PR/social side. Newspapers are cutting staff. In many ways, the media isn’t the best place to work right now. Paul Business Journal). The journalism world is much more fast-paced.

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Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 8, 2016

We’ve been taught to write in a straightforward, factual manner, “telling the news” and leaving the actual story up to the media. We forget to set that tendency aside and it creeps into the content we create. It seems making the leap is very difficult for many – even in journalism. Click To Tweet.

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Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 8, 2016

We’ve been taught to write in a straightforward, factual manner, “telling the news” and leaving the actual story up to the media. We forget to set that tendency aside and it creeps into the content we create. It seems making the leap is very difficult for many – even in journalism. Click To Tweet.

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Storytelling Resources Journalism Examples 100

Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2016

Earlier this month, the Content Marketing Institute (CMI) was acquired by events company UBM for a reported $17.6 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. million dollars.

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Stuart Bruce

OCTOBER 30, 2014

And thank you Aaron for that fascinating insight into how social media has changed journalism. When Tom Foremski quit the Financial Times he was the first big mainstream media journalist to start making a living from a blog. Today he’s one of the world’s foremost thinkers on the future of media, journalism and communications.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

You remember those predictions just two years ago heralding the Death of Public Relations? We’ll never forget the panic in the PR world as tens of thousands of journalists (aka our PR pitch targets) at newspapers, TV stations and magazines were laid off. Exhibit A: The Death Knell of “Advertising’? billion - but the 5.7

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