Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Trend #2: Big-time news is increasingly reported from one of three cities. From recent reports, reporters still like to communicate via email with PRs, but maybe you sprinkle in a phone call once in a while, or a Zoom call. After all, reporters are human, too. Trend #4: Local news has a capital shortage.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

Kurt Nagl is a reporter, covering manufacturing for Crain’s Detroit Business. Those experiences helped shape my world view and taught me how to report in difficult situations with patience and empathy, which is a practice I try to take to every story. As a business reporter, I find great enjoyment in learning new things.

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Stuart Bruce

JUNE 5, 2014

Today the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled in favour of the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) and Meltwater in their five-year battle with the UK’s Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA). This is a victory for common sense and the CJEU ruling is another great example of why the UK is better off in Europe than out.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 9, 2021

John, transportation reporter at Business Insider. My reporting focuses on electric vehicles, the future of the legacy auto industry, the shift to electrification and startups in the EV space. I’m proud of my reporting for Automotive News on the supply chain production halts and ramp up early in the pandemic in spring 2020.

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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. Building relationships If reporters know they can come to you for trusted information…they’ll come to you time and time again. His/her audience is your target.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MARCH 18, 2022

It’s easy for reporters to quickly scan the alert and know exactly what the announcement is about, why it is important and determine if they are interested. . Or, it may well be a local announcement, or a highly visual one, so plan accordingly. Media alerts are clean and precise and quickly call attention to the facts. .

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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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The Stalwart Blog

JULY 25, 2017

In short, the Sun-Times intends to focus on reporting “working class” issues. Regardless of your political leanings, this strategy of "don't be everything to everyone" could stand as a model for other newspapers to follow. . While understandable, this strategy will only accelerate the demise of newspapers.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Local economy is not as bad as it may look based on just the indicators. We also support clients who are entering the Japanese market to help them navigate the local protocols and habits they should know. Engage local experts to navigate nuances, ensuring messages resonate positively and sidestep unintended cultural misunderstandings.

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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. Before joining PRSA in 1994, he worked as a newspaper reporter and magazine writer in Columbus, Ohio. Many of the most successful PR professionals were either former journalists or journalism students.

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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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PR for Anyone

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

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). This is what you use to attract and pitch the media. It’s Google.

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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. Things like adding a media section to your website, liking and commenting on reporters’ posts and posting on social media or your blog will boost your visibility, provide social proof and help the media find you. show them.

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Agility PR Solutions

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Dozens of local journalists at Gannett newspapers across the country. It’s a blow to journalism and a shame for the reporters who lost […]. More than 1,000 journalists lost their jobs recently as Verizon Media, BuzzFeed and Gannett announced deep cuts to their newsrooms. HuffPost’s entire Opinion section.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

It was for the local newspaper (I miss those) and about a kid getting his Eagle Badge. Before that, I was the editor of an Arts & Entertainment magazine and covered lots of local politics in Michigan and Hawaii as well as writing personal essays from my time spent living in Japan. Cooking, hiking or playing board games.

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HMA Public Relations

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

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

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 13, 2019

There’s not much good news for UK media in the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2019. Media coverage of Brexit is impacting the mood of the nation according to Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2019. You can download a copy of the report by following this link. The UK is suffering from news fatigue.

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Stephen Waddington

APRIL 14, 2020

Newspaper circulation during the COVID-19 crisis has been hit by as much as a third by newsagents closing and a reduction in footfall on the high street, across travel hubs and in supermarkets. In the first month of the crisis Facebook reported an increase of 50% in usage of its services. A fifth of the staff will be furloughed.

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Barokas

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

My professors assumed every journalism student knew what PR was, so I never sought clarity on the job description, because I didn’t want to discredit my reporter title. I quickly fell in love with the field, and started to build my PR resume, but I’m thankful I worked as a reporter first. You learn to tell stories about everything.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 23, 2022

The 5th Annual JOTW Strategic Communications Survey for 2022 asked respondents – 483 mostly senior comms pros – whether their organization trusts the integrity of reporting in traditional media outlets, the answer stacked up this way: 49% agreed (39%) or strongly agreed (10%); 28% neither agreed or disagree; and. The rest are questionable.”.

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Stern + Associates

JANUARY 29, 2024

Local media has been eviscerated, and now many iconic national and global outlets are hurting badly. The result is that each year there are fewer reporters covering more ground, meaning they are harder to reach than ever before. But what does all this mean for the media relations component of public relations strategy?

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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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PR for Anyone

MARCH 31, 2020

When you understand that news cycle and you have particular expertise, reporters and editors are going to look for your expertise, and that's your moment to jump in there. What's interesting is that people in the public relations industry usually have to get the attention of the reports or editors for them to their story to be recognized.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

PR professionals pride themselves on relationships with reporters and specialized knowledge about the publications that cover their clients’ sectors. When they recently took out full-page ads in national newspapers promoting religious foundations within government, coverage ensued from outlets left, right and center.

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Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

How is reporting different at newspapers, TV and wire services? Live reporting is unscripted — it doesn’t go through a copy editor. Spoken words and video must match, so reporters either have to write/talk to the video or find a video that matches what they’re saying. Oh, where to start?

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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. Finish this sentence: If I am not reporting, I am ….

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The Hoyt Organization

APRIL 23, 2024

To do this, create content such as blog posts, whitepapers, or industry reports that provide valuable insights and solutions. Traditional channels, such as newspapers and television, offer broad reach, while digital channels, such as social media and email marketing, provide targeted messaging.

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PR Fuel

MAY 12, 2022

A media alert does exactly what it says on the label: makes the media aware of something big or exciting coming up for your business, so that they want to come and report on it. Send an invite to local news agencies, and you could get a significant boost in publicity if they come along and write news about your business.

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PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

As communicators, we work hard to engage with reporters and editors to make them aware of the great work our clients are doing — but we still understand why bosses make these urgent requests. Reporters choose to cover the story because it’s important, thus enhancing the organization’s reputation. If so, how? Make them care.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

The excitement was contagious (I’m still in awe of the technology), and it was refreshing to feel like anything I learned was “new” and worth reporting. Like every reporter, I’m a sincerely curious person. By the end of my junior year I was running the paper, and one of my stories got picked up by a local newspaper.

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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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Cision

JANUARY 28, 2016

A former reporter for The Los Angeles Times, Stuart recently joined public relations company Sitrick & Co. I wanted to be a reporter for as long as I can remember. I was fortunate enough to live my dream for more than 25 years and report on some amazing stories. But the newspaper climate has changed.

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Cision

APRIL 25, 2017

What started as a fact-checking mission to validate information presented by newsmakers, particularly elected officials’ campaign ads, speeches, and debates, has migrated into an organization-wide effort to verify reported or shared news stories that appear to have bad information, according to Eric Carvin, AP’s social media editor.

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Cision

JANUARY 22, 2016

Barring bouncebacks, the email system is likely still working, the reporter or editor just isn’t interested. There is no other newspaper like The New York Times. It’s The Newspaper of Record, The Grey Lady, and a journalism institution. Some reporters work a national beat, and need evidence of relevance on that scale.

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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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Cision

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Dreaming of a major website or newspaper writing about your brand? Instead, cozy up to reporters who write for your local newspaper. Learn how to leverage social to catch reporters’ attention. You won’t get there unless you learn how to pitch journalists with your story. Start Small. Don’t Overlook Bloggers.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

It was the first time I was doing on-my-toes, breaking news reporting in a while and it was a wild time as no one really knew what to expect. 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.

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