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Meet the Media: Alex Keenan, Associate Editor of Fleet Maintenance

Bianchi Biz Blog

In my role, I help populate our websites with original content as well as pertinent press releases, and write feature stories for print and the web. My original education was in English Literature, and my education in journalism has been purely on-the-job training from my present role. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Meet the Media: Jeremy Wolfe, Editor for FleetOwner

Bianchi Biz Blog

As editor, I write articles and manage multimedia content for the brand. I regularly write articles on market reports, industry regulations, information management technology, and operations. I look for stories that have a solid educational edge to them. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Stop Complaining about Your PR Firm. Here’s How the Media Works

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As a journalist who writes about pretty much everything for pretty much everyone (most recently The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Smithsonian Magazine), all of the above are things I hear on a pretty regular basis. Unfortunately, that logic keeps publicists from educating their clients, which only makes their job—and mine—harder.

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What journalists need from PR pitches

Presspage

That means the journalists you’re contacting are overwhelmed with pitches; many of them poorly thought out or irrelevant. Long-winded PR pitches will lose a journalist’s interest almost immediately. Long-winded PR pitches will lose a journalist’s interest almost immediately. Personalize your PR pitches.

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What The Last Year Taught Us About COVID And Media Outreach

PR Insiders

Under those conditions, how could we pitch clients whose expertise and messages had absolutely nothing to do with medicine or health? Finance, sports, personal relationships, corporate culture, the workplace, education, travel and numerous other aspects of life were upended by the pandemic.

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Meet the Media – Dan Rosenheim

Landis PR

Spoken words and video must match, so reporters either have to write/talk to the video or find a video that matches what they’re saying. Performance isn’t typically an issue in print — using prose to tell a compelling story is. Along with my duties for BCN, I do a little freelance writing.

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6 Benefits Of Long-Form PR Content

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

And being a best-selling author can’t hurt when pitching bylines or features to the media. Whereas it was once important for a book to be printed and distributed by a traditional publisher, today self-publishing is a perfectly acceptable route. It takes time for writing and filming — and a strong, informed point of view.