Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Since I graduated in December 2021, I’ve been an associate editor within the engineering field, first for Microwave Journal and since January at EE World Online and all the sites it handles. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? What advice do you have for PR people who want to pitch you? Use people.

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Rock the Status Quo

DECEMBER 11, 2014

Busting our humps day after day to pitch creative stories that go nowhere, then madly celebrating ( even if it’s in the privacy of our own office ) when we finally land one. ” Even “My lawyer won’t let me talk about it [ said after they approved your pitch and the reporter was hooked on the idea ].”

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Or this comment from Nora Naughton , formerly of The Detroit News and now with the Wall Street Journal : “… I also think that every aspect of the American automotive industry touches so many lives, especially in the Detroit area, so I’m always looking for that intersection between business and real people.”. What is the takeaway?” Timeliness.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 30, 2018

One of the best ways is to stay on top of key PR industry blogs as well as more general sites that offer a fresh take on business, creativity, and content. For a better understanding of the mechanics of PR, from creating media pitches that work to delivering a well-crafted results report, no one does it better than the Cision Blog.

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Cision

JUNE 25, 2015

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. Image: Got Credit , Claudia Zimmer ( Creative Commons ). Share with clients.

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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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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Our Commercial Vehicle Group also won editorial excellence awards for investigative journalism, a technology article on hydrogen trucks, and editorial use of data. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I love getting creative in the kitchen and entertaining for family and friends.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 16, 2022

It’s also nice to see programs like this where engineers have the opportunity to be a little more creative with their designs because they know the end result is for demonstration purposes, but could help lead to future solutions. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 14, 2018

4) Emphasis on professional journalism. 10 Fundamentals for Successful B2B Media Interviews. Second, PR needs to think about the video elements – and I don’t mean pitching video – but rather the capacity to be interviewed on video. Looking for an agency partner that can both bring creative ideas. Comment: Amen.

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OnePitch

APRIL 14, 2022

Within this interview, we break down real examples of how she landed top-tier coverage, what worked, and her tips for replicating it for your own pitches. Read below for the entire interview with Cortney Williams: 1.) What’s the best pitch of yours that resulted in coverage and what elements made it successful?

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OnePitch

MAY 12, 2022

Within this interview, we break down how to optimize your entire broadcast strategy, what works, and his tips for being a valuable source/spokesperson. Read below for the entire interview with Eric Chemi: 1.) Should PRos only be pitching individual journalists? I would only pitch individual journalists.

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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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OnePitch

APRIL 5, 2022

During the episode, Adrienne starts off by telling us about her role as executive editor, her thoughts on cold pitches, her advice for sources approaching journalists, and more. Click below to listen to the full conversation and read below for highlights from the interview: View Transcription. . Her Work Inbox & Pitches. [00:03:19]

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Cision

MAY 11, 2015

The Zimbabwe native received her bachelor’s in print journalism from Claflin University, and later received her master’s in communication from Johns Hopkins University. ​​ How do you innovate PR? What would’ve been a cold call or cold email becomes much warmer because I can refine my pitch through my social media research.

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Landis PR

MAY 31, 2022

We at Landis would like to welcome our new peers in communications, journalism and public relations. Third, being genuinely interested and excited about your client translates to the copy you write, from pitches and blog posts to social copy. By Landis Staff. Spring is here, which means it is graduation time for many college students.

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily. I still subscribe to one print newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and read it every morning. I write a lot of case studies and blog posts for clients, so I usually have a handful of interviews with customers or subject matter experts.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

I tried making up for the poor camera quality by getting creative with my shots. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I have been in journalism since I graduated from Southern Illinois University in 2018. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Cision

JULY 7, 2016

In this interview, Daniel discusses the process of building your brand, why it’s important to continue asking questions and how PR skills translate to other areas of communication. Spend your tuition money learning something which sparks your curiosity and creativity. But within a week or two, I was pitching The New York Times.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 24, 2022

That includes our creative director, writers, industry and content partners, numerous marketing and PR professionals, and readers. Our creative director Alex Hartman joined me for the press days at Motor Bella. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I hope the NAIAS organizers do it again!

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Landis PR

APRIL 25, 2022

As the one-year anniversary of the crash approached, we interviewed Luke, created a pitch package with b-roll, put together a media list that covered local media, Texas media and media that covered the crash and helped CNS develop a case study for their website.

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Cision

JULY 20, 2016

In this interview, Rachel discusses why you need to build trust with the media, how to create a global communications campaign and how to drive conversations on social media. I was living in Cleveland, working as a production assistant at one of the news stations and quickly realized I needed a job in a more creative and exciting atmosphere.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 31, 2018

Paul Business Journal). You know you have skills but you don’t know how they will translate outside of journalism. The journalism world is much more fast-paced. Teaching people on the PR side about the journalism side. Journalism taught me a lot – including that life isn’t guaranteed to anyone.

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Cision

JUNE 21, 2016

In this interview, Morgan discusses the importance of having a social presence, how to keep your digital community engaged and why the fundamentals of public relations will never change. I really fell in love with how strategy can be supplemented with creativity to share your client’s story. What drew you to the field of PR?

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Cision

MAY 8, 2015

Our interviews with planners at several firms bore this out. Lindsey Wehking, assistant account planner at FleishmanHillard and the most recent college grad of the bunch, was a journalism major with a minor in anthropology. Fueling creativity is hard. They have unique backgrounds and all kinds of outside interests.”.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

I studied journalism with a few PR courses sprinkled in between at St. After graduating, I lived abroad in Paris and Seoul and landed gigs to write for expat magazines, manage social media platforms, photograph events and interview professionals. If an editor didn’t want to talk about one product, I could easily pitch another.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

But the creative ways AI is being used to speed development, increase safety and advance toward possible autonomy is also something we’re looking out for. 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? It has been a minute.

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Bad Pitch Blog

AUGUST 20, 2011

There’s a breed of PR people out there that can get the meeting, do the interview and chat the darn thing all day long on the phone with journalists, email every producer and blogger on earth and yet.they have an anemic list of coverage, though, and the buzz-o-meter isn’t reporting the faintest blip. No pitch needed to prep.

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Cision

MARCH 31, 2016

In this interview, Neil discusses his background as a journalist, what it’s like working in the technology industry and the changing role of the media. What was behind your decision to switch from journalism to PR? Instead, they pitched me on a position they had open. Want to improve your media relations? Rapid Fire Round.

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Newspapers Reddit Journalism Technology 120

Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Note: see my interview with Tom here – Marketing has Gotten Better as a Profession; Off Script No. Note: see my interview with Sophie here – The Interim CMO as Change Agent; Off Script #19: Sophie Shiatis. Note: see my interview with Ted here – Over-reliance on Marketing Automation Depreciates Leads; Off Script No.

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PRSay

MAY 23, 2018

An added bonus for you: Trade outlets aren’t inundated with pitches like their high-visibility counterparts, so it’s easier to get your pitch in front of the right eyes. Similar to trade journals, podcasts cover an array of niche subjects. Explain this to your client and show examples of past work to support your point.

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Cision

AUGUST 9, 2016

In this interview, Brandon shares why brands shouldn’t focus too much on competitors, how to streamline your pitches to journalists and how social media can help your brand in a crisis. I joined the journalism classes writing news articles for the college news website and began studying public relations for my degree.

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ISEBOX

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Most of them are impressive, hardworking and creative. They interview their clients and staff and will educate, entertain and inform with their content. 5) You don’t network or pitch. Communication experts are creative, detail oriented and extremely hardworking. I’m not quite sure how they manage so many tasks.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 23, 2018

Even so, he was inspired to pursue writing and creative work in his efforts to persuade. While he later promoted to creative director, among other marketing leadership roles, he says an appearance in AdAge was his first big break. See these related interviews: Startup Marketing? PR, marketing, sales and journalism.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

In this interview, he shares the difficulties of military communication, the need for successful communication in all industries and how to use movies as a guide for PR. I only thought to make the leap to PR when a friend showed me how the strategies and skills of public speaking translated into media interviews. Rapid Fire Round.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

In this article I explore how smart public relations practitioners are putting search at the heart of their campaigns and seeking followed links from the media sites they pitch. Public relations practitioners have more places to pitch stories but they’re likely to be working with journalists that are overstretched.

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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. An interview took place, and the client was quoted in a story on a very strategic topic to Benefitfocus’ business. Sarah Babbit. Account Director.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2017

Freelance journalism is harder today than it was years ago. Yet, Erik’s perspective isn’t only limited to journalism. One part of an answer is bound to sound like a “get off my lawn” response, but I think there’s been a decline in the effort younger marketers put into learning the craft aspects of creative.

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