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What is the State of Journalism?

HMA Public Relations

The newly released State of Journalism 2024 report from Muck Rack provides a comprehensive look at today's media landscape. Justin Liggin shares key trends and statistics on media pitching, AI, the value of PR, and more in a new blog post.

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4 trends in journalism and what they mean for the PR industry

Communications Conversations

But, that doesn’t mean journalism is thriving again. Today I thought I’d take a look at some of the macro-level trends happening in the media industry and their impact on us, as PR professionals, in the coming years. Trend #1: Newsrooms are more barren than ever. Trend #3: The problem of the paywall.

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5 Ways to Ride the Social Journalism Trend

Cision

Journalism and PR have changed over the past several years. The old way of pitching journalists via email or even snail mail is slowly being replaced by social media. This is a good practice in general, but it could cozy you up closer to the reporters you want to pitch. If you tweet “are you open to pitches via social media?”

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Pitching the Local Media – Tips from the Pros

PR for Anyone

The easiest way to do this is pitching the local media. I interviewed journalists from The Washington Post, The Washington Business Journal , and Inside Nova (a Northern Virginia local publication) about what types of local real estate pitches they like to receive. Don’t pitch me the gourmet kitchen with cathedral ceilings.

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Ron Cogan, Editor, Publisher & Writer at Green Car Journal

Bianchi Biz Blog

I am the editor, publisher, and writer at Green Car Journal and GreenCarJournal.com. Can you tell us what types of stories, trends or issues are on your radar now? 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? Talk about a dream job!

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Journalism statistics: 7 media relations takeaways from the 2023 State of the Media Report by Cision

Sword and the Script

A survey of 3,000+ finds 75% of journalists say the top action any PR person can take is to understand a reporter’s target audience and what they find relevant; journalism statistics show reporters worry about accuracy, credibility and keeping pace amid more work and fewer resources Most PR professionals say media relations is getting harder.

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Pitching Multiple Media Outlets

PR for Anyone

Here are 5 stories you could pitch to various media publications, all highlighting your expertise but tailored to the unique media outlet. Wall Street Journal – Reduce Stress at Work. You can see how I used stress as a topic for every pitch, but it works specifically for that media outlet. facets) together and pitch away!

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