PR for Anyone

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This is what you use to attract and pitch the media. Getting local media coverage makes you a star in your community. Here are some tips to create newsworthy story ideas: 1) Take a national trend or study and show how it relates to the local market (Trulia, Inman, Realtor.com and other regularly do studies and research).

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

I got to write a story on a local stray cat that had been “adopted” by a bed and breakfast. His name was Pip and he won the hearts of visitors and locals. I began in college with an internship at a newspaper local to my school covering local government as well as random features I came across in the area.

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Landis PR

MARCH 4, 2024

Example: pitch a story on a newly opened hiking trail to an outdoors editor at a local newspaper who also has a following on social media. Targeting audiences PR pros have access to audience statistics on almost any media outlet – digital/print/broadcast/social media/influencers. His/her audience is your target.

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Cision

JANUARY 22, 2016

Here’s a few themes we’ve complied when pitching one of the toughest, yet most desirable outlets: The New York Times. There is no other newspaper like The New York Times. It’s The Newspaper of Record, The Grey Lady, and a journalism institution. Email pitches with discretion. Don’t call. Know the paper.

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Presspage

AUGUST 5, 2020

Combining the powers of email marketing with an attention-grabbing PR pitch is a winning approach when it comes to major campaigns. A targeted email pitch allows you to reach a wide audience of journalists in an instant, whilst making sure it’s relevant to their ‘beat’ List segmentation done right. Final thoughts.

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Presspage

AUGUST 5, 2020

Combining the powers of email marketing with an attention-grabbing PR pitch is a winning approach when it comes to major campaigns. A targeted email pitch allows you to reach a wide audience of journalists in an instant, whilst making sure it’s relevant to their ‘beat’ List segmentation done right. Final thoughts.

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Sword and the Script

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Consider starting with trade and local or regional media while you ramp things up with your business. If you pitch something to a reporter and they bite? You are sending the right pitches Too sale-sy, too long, irrelevant, poor subject line, bad timing, not differentiated enough….there Yes, reporters are human.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I’m Seth Clevenger, managing editor for features at Transport Topics , a weekly newspaper and multimedia outlet dedicated to covering trucking and the freight transportation industry. Later that year I moved to Smyrna, Delaware, for my first full-time journalism job at a local newspaper that was part of a small family-owned chain at the time.

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Sherry, before your agency career, you worked as a reporter for trade publications as well as in local NYC TV news. I was a good writer, researcher and storyteller, and had been on the other side of both print and broadcast pitches, but I did not fully understand all the nuances of public relations prior to joining the agency.

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HMA Public Relations

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Ellen grew up reading local newspapers and magazines and recently graduated from the Walter Cronkite School at ASU. Learn more about her and the types of pitches she is accepting by clicking the link. Today's feature comes from Ellen O'brien, a reporter and photographer with Jewish News.

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Cision

JUNE 10, 2015

Moderated by social media strategist Nichole Kelly , the panelists discussed ongoing transformations in the journalism world, the innovation process that sets USA Today apart from other digital newsrooms and pitching tips for PR pros to better work with outlets like USA Today. The worst pitches are those that are pushy or ignorant.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

While working in local news in the Northeast, I covered a few big hurricanes and major blizzards that ravaged the area. I had my first staff byline at a small Connecticut newspaper in 2001. I started off covering education and other local issues. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Our newspaper ended up winning an award for our reporting. I got my start in journalism in 2008, working for a weekly newspaper in Connecticut called The Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer. I covered everything from town politics, police, fire, education, town budgets, and local happenings in the community.

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Landis PR

OCTOBER 11, 2021

You may have noticed that the “calendar” section in your neighborhood newspaper, online newsletter or event site is starting to populate with things to do. For additional pre-event news, we created and pitched two pre-Safety Summit announcements: . Photo courtesy of Pixabay. By Robin Carr, LCI.

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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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Cision

MARCH 22, 2016

Your brand may have a good story, but if you’re not catching journalists’ attention with your pitch, it won’t get covered. Journalist Sharon Ward Keeble stresses the importance of providing value and detail when pitching your story. What is the most memorable pitch you’ve received? How did you get your start in journalism?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

I might write about a local company or service I never knew existed, and the next day might be an enterprise piece about electric vehicles or the steel industry. 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.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 24, 2021

They had covered my client before and I was pitching hard news – good stuff that’s useful for the industry. A few weeks later that reporter responded to a new pitch I had sent. To be sure, it was a good pitch, but so were the others. In this case, I couldn’t get a reply from this reporter. But then something else happened.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

I have been in journalism or PR for 25 years — I went to Boston University for journalism and upon graduation, I worked as a business reporter for a local daily newspaper on the outside of Cleveland. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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PR Insiders

MAY 7, 2021

A store advertises its Memorial Day sale with a mammoth two-page newspaper spread and the store’s foot traffic either goes up or it doesn’t. When we talk about the media, we think of newspapers, magazines, TV, and radio. It could be that a trade publication or your local newspaper proves just as valuable to you as the New York Times.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 9, 2021

I then reported for my college newspaper, The Michigan Daily , at the University of Michigan. I’ve spent summers at ClickOnDetroit/WDIV Local 4, Automotive News and the Wall Street Journal , and prior to my current role, I was a full-time reporter covering mobility and suppliers at Automotive News. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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PR Insiders

MAY 5, 2021

But regardless of that ultimate audience, your first audience is always the editors, reporters, TV producers or others who receive your press release or pitch. You waste your time and the journalist’s time when you pitch a story idea that doesn’t fall within their beat. So, a pitch that arrives on Monday right around 10 a.m.

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HMA Public Relations

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Since I also loved reading the newspapers and magazines that my parents kept around our house (the Arizona Republic, The Atlantic, The Economist), I decided to pursue journalism – and here I am! Tell us about the outlet and types of story pitches you want? Favorite local restaurants or other haunts? Where did you grow up?

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5W PR

OCTOBER 14, 2019

A couple of decades ago, media relations meant keeping in touch on a regular basis with the assignment editor of the local TV station and the city editor of the newspaper. In addition to maintaining healthy relationships with the local newspapers and TV stations, it also means opening up and nurturing rapport on so many other fronts.

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Cision

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Although your executives may get excited when an acquaintance at the gym compliments them on their local business journal profile, they’re going to get a lot more excited when you can show them your PR efforts generated revenue for your organization. Shared Media. Shared media is also known as social media.

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PR for Anyone

AUGUST 6, 2020

Why this pitch appealed to the media : Nurse Curry serves a local community, Hampton Roads, Virginia. She took a national story/trend and brought it local. She provided local resources and her expertise as to how people in her community can care for their elderly loved ones. You can hug your elderly loved ones!

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

They were reunited for a “Thelma and Louise” weekend in Las Vegas, and I tagged along to document it as they raced Corvettes at a local track, rode a mechanical bull at a bar on the Strip and went sand boarding at Dumont Dunes outside Vegas. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Fun assignment!

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Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

How is reporting different at newspapers, TV and wire services? Wires are essential for news organizations wanting to get a jump on a story, and they complement the news organizations’ staff by covering stories the local papers can’t or won’t get to themselves. I really don’t have one.

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PR for Anyone

MARCH 31, 2020

So, instead of us trying to pitch reporters on our time, which is normally what happens, what's happening now is we are getting in front of them on their time. Maybe they are a newspaper reporter in the city or the town you live in, and they just wrote a story about COVID-19, and they talked about its effect on the local economy.

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PR Fuel

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Forming relationships with the people at your local radio, newspaper, and TV station can really help promote your business! Making connections with local bloggers in your community can also help potential customers learn more about your business through social media postings and word of mouth.

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PR Fuel

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Did you know most newspapers publish upwards of 200 articles a day ? They may also be interested in local business success stories. If you’re pitching to local media, then think about the local angle. The problem may be that you’re pitching to the wrong people. Did you team up with a local charity?

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PR Fuel

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

You could pitch individual newspapers and magazines. But you’ll have to spend time writing individual pitches based on those publications. But publications like local or national newspapers have some authority. But a distribution service can take care of the pitching for you. Easy to Start.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

A local newspaper for which I interned, The North Baltimore News (Ohio), assigned me to cover the Dayton Air Show. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Provide enough details to give a good idea of what you’re pitching and how it’s relevant.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

On the one hand, they can and should be pushing niche interest and audiences in their brand-sphere, as the likelihood of pickup will be stronger with a local connection. The amount of information you need to contact an influencer — direct phone, email, social handles, pitching preference, outlet information, history and bio, etc.

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Doctor Spin

MARCH 1, 2024

Local, state, and federal government entities often hire entry-level PR professionals to handle public relations and communications tasks. Newspapers, magazines, television stations, and online media companies may have entry-level positions in their PR or communications departments. Government agencies. Corporate communications teams.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I’ve known Lin Pophal for years through her work as a writer for eContent , HR Executive , and others; have pitched her client stories and my own thought leadership topics (I’m in her eContent story on content curation tools ). ” Run an ad in a newspaper and it needs to be labeled as an ad.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I enjoyed a 17-year career at several Detroit area newspapers, including 12 years at The Oakland Press in Pontiac, MI, before shifting gears and taking a job in public relations at Buick. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started?

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