Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

I’m the founder and president of my own company , Newcomm LLC, which provides automotive technology content, consulting and conference-programming services. I currently write for Automobile magazine, Autoblog , Popular Mechanics , TrueCar , PCMag.com , WardsAuto , SAE Engineering and others. Blind pitches on a subject I don’t cover.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 10, 2023

I’ve been in this business almost 20 years now, and worked for my college, high school and junior high newspapers before that. (I’ve I was a Metro Desk reporter at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas for several years before I made the jump to automotive writing. I get a lot of “Write about this startup!”

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

My main coverage and writing focuses are the transportation technology world, and government and regulations related to the trucking and freight industries, along with other website and magazine duties. New technology is always exciting—but what makes it a good story is finding out how it makes people and companies more productive.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 8, 2023

Our team covers transportation and mobility, including electric vehicles, driver-assist technology and connectivity. I have been writing about vehicle infotainment centers and connectivity. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I respond well to pitches that have a “why.”

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Our newspaper ended up winning an award for our reporting. In my role today, the most fun stories I get to write come from test-driving trucks. It’s great to see how safety technologies and creature comforts have evolved in the vehicles that we ultimately rely on to bring us our goods. Just this year, FleetOwner won a Jesse H.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

As managing editor of Heavy Duty Trucking magazine and TruckingInfo.com, she writes trucking news and features, manages e-newsletters and social media, coordinates magazine production, and helps to develop content for events and multimedia projects. Once I graduated, I had to make the choice: newspapers or trade pubs. Have a reason.

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

That healthy habit came in handy in the first phase of my career as an investor relations professional for newly public technology companies in Silicon Valley during the 80s and early 90s. I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily. Financial markets open trading at 6:30 a.m.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

I also write about mobility and transportation topics, including pedestrian safety. The evolving technology landscape, which includes electric vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems, is always on the radar. If a story topic interests me, I expect I will report and write a better story. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Automakers and their partners in the aftermarket are improving on battery technology seemingly every day and range anxiety for most EV drivers isn’t nearly what it used to be. You really have to try to not have fun when writing about the automotive industry. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 11, 2021

Freelancing means you never know what you’ll be writing about on any given day, so my portfolio has broadened in surprising ways since starting this freelance version of a career back in 2017. That’s a broad request, but it ended up being a lot of fun to track down and write. I wrote my first story when I was 16.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

I also write the occasional story for our Automotive Engineering and ADAS & Autonomous Vehicle Engineering magazines. I most enjoy the stories that stem from firsthand experiences with new vehicles and their latest technologies – and the in-depth conversations with the engineers who developed them.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 23, 2023

EPA against a company (and the company’s response), new technology, sustainability, game-changers, mergers and acquisitions, company features, industry trends, localization of global trends, among many other driving forces in determining a story. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Have a good angle.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I want to write stories that thoroughly explain what’s going on and how it impacts them.”. Pro Tip : When putting together a story to pitch, consider what human element you can offer to the reporter. I like to write about new campaigns before they break so that the info is still fresh.”. I also look for timeliness.

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Stephen Waddington

DECEMBER 5, 2018

If you read an article about an individual or organisation in your favourite magazine or newspaper you’re likely to view it far more favourably than if you heard the information direct. The Daily Telegraph was the first UK national newspaper to go online in November the same year.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2021

I hadn’t been part of the high-school newspaper, and I thought that good writing was just something you needed to have in whatever field you chose. It didn’t occur to me that some form of journalism was the basis for the piles of magazines I consumed about science and technology and cars. I’ve noted each of these.

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Sword and the Script

JANUARY 3, 2023

ChatGPT seems to miss emerging themes if there isn’t a wide body of writing already on a topic. Adaptability: PR is a rapidly evolving field, and PR practitioners must be able to adapt to new trends and technologies in order to be successful. How is technology being used in public relations? And in B2B marketing it already does.

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Cision

APRIL 27, 2016

In this interview, Holly shares her thoughts on the effect of technology changes on the entertainment industry, the need for new and innovative content and the importance of connecting with your industry’s influencers. Technology has changed the business model. What are the biggest challenges facing entertainment brands today?

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Buzzstream

MARCH 21, 2024

If you aren’t reaching the correct person, a media pitch , no matter how good, will not matter. According to Muck Rack’s 2024 State of Journalism Report , the top reason for rejecting a pitch (73%) is the lack of relevance to their coverage area. Not personalization, timing, or pitch length; relevancy is the main driver of success.

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PR in High Definition

JULY 22, 2019

For the uninitiated, the term deepfake refers to artificial intelligence (AI)-powered technology that synthesises imagery and voices to present something that didn’t occur, usually in video form – imagine a convincing video of yourself that has been edited so someone adds a voiceover for something you didn’t say. Not this time.

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PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

In today’s media environment, pitching reporters and editors has become a lost art. Sure, go after The New York Times as your boss asked, but don’t forget your local newspapers, TV and radio stations. He speaks, trains and writes frequently on using the power of storytelling to advance. Keep it ethical. Regional Foundation.

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MaccaPR

APRIL 18, 2017

Now that I’ve morphed from journalist to public relations guy, I’m aware of how vital it is to target precisely the right reporter – so you avoid becoming the PR pro who pitches the launch of a new Caramel Coconut Cherry ice cream flavor to a reporter who is dedicated to covering Islamic fundamentalism in Qatar.

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PR Fuel

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Did you know most newspapers publish upwards of 200 articles a day ? Another journalist might want a story about how a grant helped you upgrade technology. Now you need to know how to write a press release that will catch journalists’ attention. You can write a great press release, but people will look right past it.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 5, 2021

We are consumed by electric vehicle development, autonomous vehicle technology and the supply chain crisis caused by a shortage of microchips and other key parts and raw materials. For many years, I worked with a writing coach named Jim Stasiowski. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? E-mail is best.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 20, 2022

And, given the vast amount of time I pour into writing about PR technology , I’m really pleased with the long list of contributions from the PR technology vendor community. a) Many community newspapers going away and hopefully still being available in some kind of online format. I see a few things.

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Cision

AUGUST 9, 2016

In this interview, Brandon shares why brands shouldn’t focus too much on competitors, how to streamline your pitches to journalists and how social media can help your brand in a crisis. I joined the journalism classes writing news articles for the college news website and began studying public relations for my degree.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The deluge of PR pitches. According to a survey of journalists by Muck Rack, 48% of journalists responding to this survey said they get between 1-5 pitches a day; 18% get between 5-10; 12% get upwards of 10-20; and 13% get 20 plus pitches a day. Pitch proof points with claims. Source: Code of PR Ethics? ).

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Cision

AUGUST 11, 2016

I oversaw corporate communications for Anchor Gaming – a publicly traded slot machine developer – before the company was sold to International Game Technology in 2001. It’s rare nowadays that the morning newspaper or the evening news telecast breaks a story. How did you get your start in corporate communications? Rapid Fire Round.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The newspaper industry learned this the hard way. In the newspaper business, it’s common to print your issues on something called “broadsheets,” which are 22-inch sheets of paper. In 1712, the British government imposed a tax on newspapers based on the number of pages that they published. Hurray, me.

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Sword and the Script

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

It had a name that sounded like a daily newspaper – the “Herald” or “Courier” or something like that – but the “about us” section was telling. Technical expertise is particularly relevant to the B2B technology space. Even those with long tenures in technology – CIOs and CTOs for example – need expertise in the niches.

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Beyond PR

MAY 17, 2018

Technology is so advanced that reporters can shoot and edit a short 90-second video in 15 or 30 minutes,” he says. I can write three articles in the amount of time I can shoot a video.”. Send More Multimedia in PR Pitches. Many of those images show up in magazines, newspapers and blogs, she says.

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Mindful Marketing

JANUARY 10, 2017

At my first agency job, the majority of my day was spent faxing press releases to media outlets, and taping newspaper and magazine articles into giant “clip books” while calculating the number of estimated reader impressions achieved. Agencies can be hesitant to make time and technology investments if client budgets are tight.

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Maxim Behar

MAY 31, 2021

When I was a teenager, something like 13-14 years old, I was publishing a neighborhood newspaper on a typewriting machine. Meanwhile, I was also learning the news I was writing. One day, a big American petroleum company came, and they invited me for a pitch in public relations. So, what made you write this book?

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Beyond PR

MARCH 6, 2018

Considering the culmination of traditional advertisements (newspaper, TV, radio and billboards) and digital advertisements (banner ads, pop-ups and sponsored posts), how many advertisements a day do you think you’re exposed to? 100, 500, maybe 1,000? Annoyed and overwhelmed, consumers are fed up with intrusive advertising and sales tactics.

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Bad Pitch Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2006

Here is a decent pitch (DP) from RLM pr. We scanned those pages for weeks before writing this. The founders of Empire Media include Bill Britt, former executive officer and publisher of Alley Cat News and CEO of independent media company Atlantic Metro Publishing; Peter Bordes, founder of media and technology accelerator E-Works, Inc.

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MaccaPR

OCTOBER 26, 2015

We’ll never forget the panic in the PR world as tens of thousands of journalists (aka our PR pitch targets) at newspapers, TV stations and magazines were laid off. Think of what you’re asking for,” Petersen writes in her post. You remember those predictions just two years ago heralding the Death of Public Relations?

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Bad Pitch Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

I am writing to you from 35,000 feet where American and something badly branded as Gogo Inflight has granted me 12 buck access to the Internet. Finally: Who will we be pitching? While most recognized that Web properties are two-way streets, venerable newspapers and ages-old magazines kept thinking they ruled our worlds.

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Bad Pitch Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2006

In long-ago 2000, beloved and ornery Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten wrote about a tongue-in-cheek bet with a colleague at the newspaper, whereby they gauged the “desperation” of PR supplicants by trading coverage for humiliating personal stories. The fact is, I write humor. I’ll keep it G-rated.)One

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