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What makes a media story relevant?

PR for Anyone

That could be related to seasonality, holidays, and trending stories. This means there is room for you to pitch your product, service, brand, or expertise to those publications whether you are related to coronavirus or not. And a relevant story is something that's trending right now. Right now what is relevant is COVID-19.

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Meet the Media: Mary Gannon, Editor-in-Chief of Fluid Power World & Senior Editor at Design World

Bianchi Biz Blog

Can you tell us what types of stories, trends or issues are on your radar now? 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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Meet the Media: Doug Newcomb, Freelance Automotive Journalist  

Bianchi Biz Blog

Can you tell us what types of stories, trends or issues are on your radar now? Anything to do with car technology and at the moment I’m focusing on subjects such as software-defined vehicles, autonomy, electronic architectures, EVs and issues surrounding them, such as charging, ownership, policy and infrastructure.

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A Journalist’s POV: 3 Questions From A PR Agency

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

We at Crenshaw pride ourselves on nurturing real relationships with journalists, beyond mere constant pitching. Personalize a pitch. From time to time, we will be pitched a story about the lack of affordable housing in the nation or a region, and we have to pass on those articles. Mass e-mails beg to be deleted.

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Meet the Media: Kirsten Korosec, Senior Transportation Reporter at TechCrunch

Bianchi Biz Blog

Can you tell us what types of stories, trends or issues are on your radar now? Specifically, I’m interested in how the combination of technology, economics, policy and design within cities can work for or against its citizens. Since then, I have worked in weekly and then daily newspapers, online media outlets and magazines.

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How to Write a Media Pitch (That Will Get Coverage)

Buzzstream

Writing media pitches for data-led stories or studies is very different from writing a media pitch to promote the launch of a new product, service, or event. Maybe you’re wondering what your pitch should include. Or are you struggling to figure out how best to structure your pitch? What is a Media Pitch?

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Get to Know Minnesota Business Magazine: Interview with Editor Steve LeBeau

MaccaPR

Mae Schunk to nearly 200 school districts across Minnesota taught me about the growing strength in the Twin Cities metro and the struggles of rural areas – trends which are helpful to understand when you edit a statewide business publication. That kind of PR pitching reveals a shot-gun approach. That was a major faux pas.