Communications Conversations

AUGUST 27, 2019

We grew up having AP Style beat into our heads by bosses and reporters. It began as a way to standardize rules around editing based on mass media–specifically, mainstream print media. Heck, even the Wall Street Journal is saying “Yes, You Should Be Using Emojis at Work” (that was the actual headline!).

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 2, 2022

I am the senior editor at Charged – I write daily blog posts, as well as articles for the print magazines, and do copy editing. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I’m also a contributing writer for EVannex – I write a weekly blog post. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Demonstrating value and the talent paradox Talent remains a critical challenge for the PR industry according to The ICCO World PR Report 2020. The report provides an international perspective on the challenges facing the PR business. 43% of respondents reported that there is a lack of talent in PR. It’s a theme that Topi?

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Cision

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

How have traditionally print newspapers made sense of the changing media landscape? I’m looking for ways we can build, fix or better get the great stuff our reporters do to the people,” says national digital editor Terri Rupar. What we do from a digital media perspective is engage audiences from around the Web.

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David PR Group

OCTOBER 17, 2014

More than 15 years ago, I began telling people that the Internet might kill newspapers but that it won’t end journalism. Remember, journalism was created to educate, inform, and persuade people, and our nation’s first journalists were not writing to please advertisers. Do we charge for it? Part of it?

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Critical Mention

AUGUST 5, 2018

Follow her for a fantastic collection of industry articles from around the web. He’s most famous for founding HARO (Help a Reporter Out), an online forum for journalists to gather feedback from the public. Sarah Evans. prsarahevans. Named one of the top 25 PR influencers in 2017 by Izea , Sarah Evans runs her PR firm, Sevans Strategy.

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Ishmael's Corner

JANUARY 25, 2015

As reported in the Omaha World Herald , Buffett thought for a few seconds and then reached for the stack of reports, trade publications and other papers he had brought with him. You’ll find some of the best storytelling in journalism every Wednesday in the paper’s Dining section. You can subscribe to the newsletter here.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 13, 2015

In a CMO round up, Wall Street Journal advertising reporter Steven Perlberg summed it up like this : …Twitter has made the case that there is a large audience of people who see its content around the Web, but who aren’t actually registered to use the social media service. Photo credit: Flickr; marek.sotak ; CC BY 2.0.

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Flatiron Communications

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Each had their proverbial 15 minutes of fame, though at the Web Summit this week in Dublin I did hear about an app that allowed one to mobile-scan any branded image (from any medium) for transport to the brand’s digital content. Lost in Oculus at Web Summit. No reader required. So who were the big winners in Dublin?

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Cision

OCTOBER 14, 2015

The revenue model for journalism is at best in flux, and at worst, in chaos. Serious journalism from unexpected sources. Vice magazine, originally a local magazine in Montreal and best-known for local coverage and shock journalism, grew into Vice Media. More data journalism.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 11, 2017

However, other traditionally print new organizations – notably the Wall Street Journal and USA Today – got into the podcast game far earlier. If audio search isn’t enough of a new twist on an old web habit, welcome to visual search. Research for PR Pros on B2B Messaging, Pitches and Clickbait [UML] .

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Sword and the Script

MAY 9, 2017

I’ve gotten a couple clients and a former employer into the Wall Street Journal over my career, and that photo in Roll Call is right up there with them in my book. I seem to remember having both print and broadcast media in attendance. If he chooses to report on it, great – and if he doesn’t then that was a good gamble.

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Bad Pitch Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Does this mean talented reporters will take the good jobs in PR? Print outlets have been dying, okay let''s call it changing, for a while. While most recognized that Web properties are two-way streets, venerable newspapers and ages-old magazines kept thinking they ruled our worlds. Finally: Who will we be pitching?

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Bad Pitch Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

2) How a Simple, Powerful and Persistent Message to the Media Gained Client, Alsbridge, Coverage in "The Wall Street Journal", "BusinessWeek, "CIO Magazine" and Many Others Alan Weinkrantz PR Web Log Alan’s follow-up notes on achieving national business coverage. He''s also competing for longest post title in the world.

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Doctor Spin

DECEMBER 21, 2023

PR Resource: Journalism vs PR What is a media kit? PDF documents are reasonable formats for texts, but most journalists would prefer to copy texts from a web page instead of downloading a PDF, opening it, and then copying and pasting. What type of information would interest a reporter covering the news about your organisation?

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 25, 2020

The Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2020 is a challenging read. Print is down but digital is booming. The report is based on data collected from a series of surveys of more than 80,000 people in 40 markets. Consumption of printed newspapers has fallen as lockdowns undermine physical distribution.

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Norton's Notes

JULY 17, 2014

Today the BBC announced that it is cutting almost 500 jobs but reinvesting in a further 195 posts to back what it calls ‘digital journalism’. So I think we can safely say that digital journalism is where the BBC believes the future of that industry is headed. Several years have now passed since the birth of Web 2.0

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Those that poo-poo print newspapers claim they can get their news elsewhere on the web. People who are trained in journalism. Now, I know the print newspaper has its downsides. But, political affiliations aside, they also report on the news. But, where exactly are they getting that news? People with ethics.

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Waxing UnLyrical

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

I think of printed content (published, web, social, etc.) ” Reports of the death of storytelling are not new. This article from 1963 by Sylvia Porter , in the Meriden Journal , carries the subheading “Policing Public Relations.” No kidding!

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 17, 2021

Today, the majority of articles I write are for Transport Topics , but I have also worked on four different Confidence Reports for NACFE , the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? Finish this sentence: If I am not reporting, I am ….

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Beyond PR

MAY 17, 2018

With print becoming less important to audiences, telling stories in more visual ways is critical – and public relations professionals can help. In 2004, Jon Forsythe was one of just a handful of Washington Post journalists who were given a video camera and told to go report on the news. Use Multimedia to Tell a Better Story.

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Journalistics

APRIL 5, 2016

Cision recently published its annual State of the Media Report , which I find to be one of the most valuable resources for understanding changes in news media environment. If media relations is part of your job, I highly recommend you review Cision’s report in detail. What is a multimedia journalist? And guess what?

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Cision

JULY 2, 2015

According to Oxford’s Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2015 , 41 percent of people interviewed access news via Facebook each week. Want to see how journalism is changing? Click here for our free State of the Media Report now! Today, everyone can become a publisher adding their two cents into the bucket that is the web.

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Journalistics

APRIL 5, 2016

Cision recently published its annual State of the Media Report , which I find to be one of the most valuable resources for understanding changes in news media environment. If media relations is part of your job, I highly recommend you review Cision’s report in detail. What is a multimedia journalist? And guess what?

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Cision

MAY 21, 2015

Each episode uncovers actionable strategies for landing page optimization, web design, conversion rate optimization, email marketing, passive income, lead gen, marketing and sales funnels, social media, and advanced digital marketing conversion. For Immediate Release – Hobson & Holtz Report. Smart Time Online. 40) Danny Ivy.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

The rise of mass media, namely print newspapers, magazines, radio and television, provided a shortcut to large audiences and it enabled the business to operate at scale. In 1962 the Pilkington Report recommended a second BBC channel, a separate service for Wales, and the restructuring of ITV. "In It was a communication revolution.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Carbon as a metric - PR practitioners must measure carbon in the rush to address ESG concerns as a report suggests that the UK is woefully unprepared for climate risk. Misinformation: The internet is a sewer The Edelman Trust Barometer 2021 reports an epidemic of misinformation and widespread mistrust. This agency market is our home.

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Masters in Communications

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Typically, it is synonymous with broadcast and print media: radio, TV, and film (small and large screen), print media, and advertising. The printing press emerged around 600 years ago, but printed media technically existed for thousands of years.

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NewsWhip

MARCH 22, 2021

In this article we’re going to look back at 2021 for three different publishers, and see how they fared on the web, Instagram, and Facebook. . The media outlets we’re going to look at are all traditionally famous print ones, as opposed to cable news which produces native videos on social media with a very different strategy in mind.

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

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. In his “I Fired My Startup’s PR Firm” post, Web Smith got a fair amount right, but he got a few big things wrong, too.

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