Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

However, I learned a lot about reporters and pitching in that capacity. The feature “enables organizations to gather on-the-fly insights from global print, broadcast and social media platforms, contextually analyze specific brand mentions or trends, and perform language translations.” It was a very humbling experience. Reddit data.

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Presspage

JULY 25, 2018

Surely everyone knows by now that stuffy, old-style press releases don’t cut it when reporters are busier than ever and newspapers want multimedia assets for their online editions. Yet ill-considered pitches keep flooding the inboxes of the dwindling number of journalists. How to stand out? Here are a few tips: 1. Plan ahead.

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PR Fuel

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Try printing out your press releases and slashing through fluff (unnecessary words and info) with a red pen. Think of the last time you pitched to somebody in person. After you’ve perfected the rest of your document, go over the title and opening paragraph a few more times. Simple, Simple, Simple . How long did you go on?

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PRSay

JULY 31, 2019

It’s not just a matter of getting a version and printing it. After covering nine presidents and breaking the Watergate story with Carl Bernstein in the early 1970s, he has ample advice for working with the media, including his thoughts on “no comment,” pitching reporters and building trust. Do it personally. Call the reporter and ask.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

If you read an article about an individual or organisation in your favourite magazine or newspaper you’re likely to view it far more favourably than if you heard the information direct. At the same time, the ability to print fast and cheaply bought about a concurrent revolution. As a result print circulation has fallen dramatically.

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Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The New York Times printed the article in full. Thousands of these documents are published every day on newswires and websites. The industry has a wholly unrealistic expectation that graduates should be oven ready, and able to immediately undertake a stakeholder audit, write a blog, or pitch media. It works to be fair.

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