PR Insiders

JULY 12, 2021

Did you read that newspaper article in print or on your phone? Did you hear that interview on the radio or on a podcast? It’s no secret, of course, that the media landscape has changed drastically over the years – and the changes keep coming at a pace that sometimes makes us all dizzy!

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Jennifer Ramsay is the editor-at-large at Endeavor Business Media, where she curates the Market Moves newsletters, a series of cross-industry publications pulled together from various Endeavor Business Media outlets covering electric vehicles, manufacturing, energy, infrastructure and cybersecurity.

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Stephen Waddington

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Public relations in an agency is unrecognisable from 25 years ago. I posted a list of activities that we used to undertake as part of our day job when I started out working in public relations in 1993. 25 years ago workflow in an agency was defined by media relations. What goes around comes around.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

I was researching the story, and on a whim, I reached out to Alton Brown’s people and had a lengthy phone interview with him about chefs using induction systems on set for Iron Chef America, which was at the height of its popularity. I’ve interviewed a lot of famous people, but he was a real pleasure to talk to.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 24, 2021

Media relations has been getting harder for ages and PR need to think differently about the tools available to get the message across, including sponsored content. For example, over the 20-plus years, I’ve been in PR, multiple editors at various trade publications have responded to pitches for ad money with a nod and wink.

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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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PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

Maybe they’re under pressure from the chief executive or board members, who want to demonstrate their positions as thought leaders on important subjects or publicize what the organization is doing to make the world a better place. However, the root motivation for seeking that media coverage is usually to increase business outcomes.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Over the summer I had the opportunity to interview Eugina Jordan, currently the CMO of Telecom Infra Project, for our sister brand Design World’s diversity profiles — a collection of profiles highlighting the stories of women and minorities in engineering.

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Cision

JUNE 22, 2016

In this interview, Tom discusses being the first public relations partner for Florida’s Natural, why brand advocates are so valuable and the importance of listening to your audience’s conversations. We’re incredibly honored to be the first public relations partner for Florida’s Natural.

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The Hoffman Agency

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

It’s not to say that PR agencies can’t get clients into top-tier publications — far from it — it’s just that it’s bloody hard and requires planning, digging for the right stories, and bringing all the elements together that will make the story fly. Crafting a story that resonates with top-tier publications. It takes them knowing you.

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PRSay

APRIL 18, 2022

The events feature writers for the newspaper and delve deeper into the topics behind their articles. John Elsasser, PRSA’s publications director and host of Strategies & Tactics Live , asked what PR job seekers can expect in today’s market. Strong media-relations skills aren’t enough anymore.

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Cision

JUNE 21, 2016

But without any barriers to publication, how can you filter through the noise and find what matters most? 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.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

As special publications editor for The Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire (the fifth oldest continuously published newspaper in the U.S.), Back when I was a newspaper reporter, I wrote a series of articles about an embattled high school principal accused of misconduct, including secretly altering the grades of several students.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

I have been in journalism all my life starting with interviewing soon-to-be President Jimmy Carter for my high school newspaper. I like stories with tension and opposing viewpoints. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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MaccaPR

JULY 8, 2015

With the exit of former editor Steve Mollman, the MaccaPR blog was pleased to interview the new editor-in-chief of. Working with Ventura also taught me about the news business – the information that we in the public receive is only a fraction of the reality that’s actually happening. Paul Pioneer Press , the weekly. Star Tribune ’s.

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Cision

MAY 3, 2016

Karen Paff, senior vice president at Ogilvy Public Relations, recommends doing your research and learning as much as you can about the journalists you target before you pitch them your story. What are some key components of a successful media relations strategy? Strategy is the key word in that question.

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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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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 22, 2022

It won an award from the National Newspaper Association for community service. I started writing professionally at 17 years old as a sports correspondent for my local newspaper, the Milford (NH) Cabinet. That was followed by four years as a TV sports reporter and anchor before a return to the newspaper business.

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Newsfile

JUNE 28, 2023

In addition, conducting media monitoring will help position you as a leading public relations or marketing professional. What Is Media Monitoring? Media channels can include newspapers, magazines, television, radio, online news outlets, blogs, and social media platforms.

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Cision

DECEMBER 4, 2015

At my first agency job in New York, I worked alongside a media relations specialist who wanted each of his annual coverage reports to be as thick as a phone book. Want more tips to help executives prepare for the next big interview? Nova Halliwell is a communications professional living in New York City. . million circulation.”.

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Polaris

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Public relations, or more precisely media relations, can be a tricky business. The art of getting earned media coverage for a product, service or business is not as easy as it sounds. And while the degree of difficulty varies from brand to brand, the secret to securing editorial is NOT a media release.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Gordon Johndroe , vice president of global media relations and public affairs for the Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer, spoke to members of PRSA’s Corporate Communications Section in the Nov. I’ll try to get you an interview with somebody if I can.”. Greg Beaubien is a frequent contributor to PRSA publications.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

We are a business-to-business weekly newspaper covering the trucking and logistics industries. From there, I joined any school newspaper or group that allowed me to write, eventually found my passion for reading, pursued a career, and now, I’m a happy man. After about 5 pages, I created a story just from my imagination.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

If it’s a company anniversary story, perhaps there’s an employee who’s been with the company since the beginning that you can incorporate through quotes or interviews. Consider this response from Madeleine Winer of Tire Review : “I have a background in newspaper journalism, so timeliness is always an element that hooks me into a story.

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Cision

MAY 4, 2016

Rich Oppel, senior advisor for media strategy and management at Crosswind Media & Public Relations, says brands will successfully land media coverage when they can combine their needs with the needs of journalists and their readers. My daily newspaper of choice is…The New York Times. Rapid Fire Round.

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

That healthy habit came in handy in the first phase of my career as an investor relations professional for newly public technology companies in Silicon Valley during the 80s and early 90s. I still subscribe to one print newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and read it every morning.

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Cision

MARCH 31, 2016

If you want to connect with your audience and stand out from competitors, you need to focus on your brand’s story, says Neil McAllister, media and content director at Blanc & Otus. 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.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

A combination of paid, earned, shared and owned media (PESO) – an integrated strategy – is necessary to be effective. In this interview, Jim discusses his agency’s approach to integrated PR, shares the key lessons he’s learned throughout his career and explains what “Joined-Up Thinking,” Threepipe’s tagline, truly means.

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Prakkypedia

JULY 10, 2016

Every day is different and projects can include issues management, event management, web writing, publicity stunts, drafting columns, researching niche publications, organising stakeholder meetings. So when I receive a positive response from a media outlet, I celebrate. Do you work in PR or carry out a lot of media pitching?

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Mora Communications

JANUARY 3, 2018

An effective PR public relations campaign is a gradual building process. But, for a PR campaign to be successful, you and your public relations team need to be on the same page. Media begets media. Local print publications have different needs than national print.

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PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

They’re the main players that make up the journalist line-up that you’ll find in every national newspaper in the UK today. While the below isn’t a completely exhaustive list, you’ll find what I believe to be the most interesting changes that every professional working on – or responsible for – public relations needs to be aware of.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

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. Knowing a bit about our publication and target audience is helpful, and I’m happy to answer any questions. I started in high school and never stopped.

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Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

How is reporting different at newspapers, TV and wire services? They are often the go-to pool resource for other media, because they provide quick and accurate fundamentals, especially when time is of the essence. SF Mayor Frank Jordan inviting two radio reporters on his doorstep in to interview him while he took a shower.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

I started writing in eighth grade for my middle school newspaper in 1999 and was hooked from there. One day, I might pop up with an interview request when I feel they’re a good fit. What elements or characteristics do you look for in a story? The biggest thing for me is timeliness. Don’t pitch story ideas, pitch sources.

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Cision

MARCH 30, 2016

If you’re not providing the media with anything of value, they won’t give your story a second glance. In this interview, he shares the pitch that got him the most coverage, his strategies for building relationships with the media and why social media is so important. Social media is incredibly important.

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The Resolution Blog

APRIL 9, 2019

I’m working with a food company at the moment and we’re finding that, through the process, the typical publications and blogs are coming up, but we’re also finding that local newspapers are a good target for them. Media relations is great, but the question is how can you translate that to sales. It’s still siloed.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

By the end of my junior year I was running the paper, and one of my stories got picked up by a local newspaper. From there I went on to freelance for community newspapers around Milwaukee, and got a part-time job at a business-to-business publisher covering aviation for three sister magazines. I haven’t looked back since.

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