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5 point memo to PR about Twitter from a survey of 2,000 journalists (to get the best results from PR, you must put effort into Twitter)

Sword and the Script

A survey by Muck Rack found 78% of journalists say Twitter is the most valuable network; 7 in 10 journalists still use Twitter to find sources Too many organizations treat PR and social media as separate things. Yet year after year and study after study show reporters and journalists are active and engaged on Twitter.

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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. If you haven’t been connecting with journalists on Facebook, Twitter and the rest, the time is now. If you tweet “are you open to pitches via social media?”

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What Editors and Writers Want From PR Pitches in 2018

Cision

Developing just the right pitch has never been easy, however. S/he is reading 100 PR pitches a day. That is the overwhelming rule of PR pitches. Even the top 20 percent of PR pitches are a cavalcade of awkward transitions.”. Instead, Thomspon said more PR pitches should be framed like this: “Hi Derek.

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The State of Journalism in 2023, according to Muck Rack

Landis PR

Photo courtesy of Pixabay The highly anticipated Muck Rack 2023 State of Journalism Report , which the company released at SXSW on March 15, 2023, provides valuable insight into the ever-changing media landscape and how journalists perceive their work. It’s clear Twitter remains a vital platform for engaging with media.

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How Has the Pandemic Changed Journalism? I Asked a New York Times Reporter

PRSay

Continue crafting pitches around links to the virus, or if you’re working with an unrelated topic altogether, then be sure to give it the best possible angle to break through to the outlets you’re targeting. “So The remote nature of O’Connor’s job means that he and others are approaching journalism in different ways.

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Finding the Right Time to Send a Pitch

PRSay

The second-best time of day to pitch media is between 10 a.m. That’s because the actual best time to pitch a given journalist or blogger is unique to each one. like a Wall Street Journal reporter I used to pitch). And of course, the best time of day to pitch varies widely depending on the type of media you’re pitching.

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A quick look back at 18 PR statistics summarizing the profession in 2023

Sword and the Script

Pitching media remains a challenge; Twitter is still a journalist favorite; PR dabbled with generative AI as businesses worried about misinformation Regular readers know I publish a weekly post every Tuesday. Read more: Pithy PR Pitches Get a Better Response Rate Study Says 7. PR Tech Sum No.

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