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.

Communications 190

Communications Sports Journalism Fashion 190

MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Has digital media – from Huffington Post , Google News and BuzzFeed to Kindle e-books, Twitter and (God help us) more than 8 million blogs – finally vanquished Print? Recent headlines provide brutal evidence: Condé Nast announced last December it was shutting down the print version of Self magazine to go online-only. Long Live Print”!

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Print Newspapers Interviews Journalism 48

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

Cision moves to eliminate the HARO brand Cision is pressing forward with the elimination of the Help a Reporter Out (HARO) brand. Reporters were getting more emails than ever – and traced many of them back to Vocus. When I arrived, all the angry reporter calls that used to our support line were re-routed to me. Click To Tweet 2.

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Reddit Software B2B Technology 176

Stephen Waddington

APRIL 14, 2020

A perfect storm of distribution and falling advertising revenue is a blow to the newsprint business after two decades of battling the shift from print to digital. In the first month of the crisis Facebook reported an increase of 50% in usage of its services. Print accounts for 80% of UK newspaper revenues and digital 20%.

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Print Newspapers Crisis Local 102

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.

Print 115

Print Media Newspapers Local 115

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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Meeting Media Print Enterprise 98

Stern + Associates

JANUARY 29, 2024

But social platforms are totally different from newspapers or websites: they require small, bite-sized presentations of news, increasingly in video rather than text form (though they will usually link text-based articles on the media outlet’s website).

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Strategy Publicity Media Video 96

PRSay

MAY 24, 2021

Already decimated by staff reductions, many print and broadcast newsrooms have been acquired by large corporations that are often more interested in online clicks and monetizing news than in factual reporting, Todd said. Most affected were local news outlets that are independently operated or owned by small media chains.

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Nonprofit Local Journalism Newspapers 172

Sword and the Script

MAY 19, 2020

Those numbers were tallied up by Muck Rack for the company’s The State of Journalism 2020 report. Because so many journalists are on the platform. The 2019 edition of their survey revealed similar data points, so it’s not new, but it’s definitely real.

Media Relations 200

Media Relations Twitter Media Survey 200

Axia PR

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As newsrooms continue to shrink, they rely more and more on their reporters to write for print and online as well as take their own photos and videos. Many companies struggle with submitting photos that newspapers and magazines will and can use. Be a better resource for the media.

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Newspapers Media Print How To 62

PRSay

DECEMBER 6, 2018

While in 2016 only 12 percent of news-watchers favored online content, now 20 percent report this preference. The survey also revealed that: Fewer Americans are relying on newspapers. Overall, 34 percent of Americans now obtain their news from the web, marking a 6 percent increase from 2016. Young adults prefer online platforms.

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Study Radio Newspapers Survey 117

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

These days, we publish our print edition quarterly and focus most of our attention on our website. I started my journalism career in South Texas as a newspaper reporter in 1997 and followed that with newspaper jobs in Mississippi, Kentucky and Ohio. Finish this sentence: If I am not reporting, I am ….

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Meeting Automotive Media Newspapers 78

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.

Communications 187

Communications Journalism Advertising Advertising 187

PR in High Definition

MARCH 26, 2020

There’s no question that the media landscape has changed significantly since the start of the coronavirus outbreak – outlets are providing daily online live feeds, newspapers have stopped physically printing and reporters from all over the world are covering the stories and situations from every angle possible.

Media Relations 83

Media Relations Media Newspapers Print 83

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. If your interview with USA Today just appeared in print and online, you shouldn’t expect your phone to ring incessantly the next morning with people wanting to employ your services. Case closed.

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Data Newspapers Analytics Measurement 78

Sword and the Script

JUNE 18, 2019

More respondents (38%) say the comms function reports to the CEO, versus 35% that say they report to the CMO. In the B2B technology world, which is the lenses through which I example things, I’ve found PR usually reports to marketing – but supports the whole business – when a company is small or young.

Employee 148

Employee Print Writing Survey 148

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 20, 2017

Recognize that publications often have a “digital first” mindset in addition to thinking about print products. Those stories are often great for a newspaper or another magazine, but our audience of affordable housing developers already knows there’s an affordable housing problem. For example, AHF reports on affordable rental housing.

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Agency Real Estate Print Pitching 120

Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

I assign articles to our in-house and freelance staff, work with our graphic artist for our print layout and designs, and work with our sales and management team to ensure our content meets our editorial mission and help with sales. As EIC on FPW, I guide the content and direction of websites, webinars/events, and magazine.

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Meeting Automotive Engineering Journalism 72

Cision

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

How have traditionally print newspapers made sense of the changing media landscape? region’s most widely circulated newspaper and the winner of 47 Pulitzer Prizes, for answers. 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.

Newspapers 120

Newspapers Print Mobile Pitching 120

Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As chief editor, I lead all FleetOwner’s content planning efforts for both print and digital. 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.

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Meeting Automotive Transportation Newspapers 59

Presspage

JANUARY 23, 2018

In May 2004, Tom Foremski became the first journalist to leave a major newspaper, the Financial Times, to become a full-time journalist blogger. He writes the blog Silicon Valley Watcher — reporting on the collision of media and technology. Press release!

Newspapers 92

Newspapers Financial Print Technology 92

Landis PR

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Several years ago, I attended a conference that was geared to both reporters and public relations professionals. During a session featuring a panel of newspaper editors, one award-winning editor matter-of-factly stated, “PR people and reporters should have an adversarial relationship.” .

Media Relations 52

Media Relations Publicity Sports Media 52

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. People now spend only 11 minutes a day consuming newspaper media, and 9 minutes a day consuming magazine media. And, for good reason.

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Handbook Guidelines Print LinkedIn 131

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

I’m the editor-in-chief of SAE Media Group’s Truck & Off-Highway Engineering magazine and related digital products (e-newsletters, webinars, special reports, web content, etc.). A local newspaper for which I interned, The North Baltimore News (Ohio), assigned me to cover the Dayton Air Show. Any pet peeves with PR people?

Engineering 77

Engineering Automotive Agriculture Media 77

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. Make them care.

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Storytelling Media Nonprofit Government 163

Deirdre Breakenridge

MARCH 25, 2015

When I started out in PR, my focus was building relationships with the media who were mostly print journalists at newspapers and trade publications. Yes, there is still print and broadcast media. After all, back in the day, working with a newspaper reporter was completely different than coordinating with a radio show producer.

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Pitching Radio Newspapers Print 150

Beyond PR

JUNE 30, 2016

The college newspaper. Campus Newspapers: The Digital Revolution Is (Also) Here. Let’s consider the campus newspaper in more depth. While some publications have reduced print frequency in the face of the changing media landscape, the amount of content being produced by their newsrooms has not changed. It has gone digital.

Radio 69

Radio Newspapers Print Media 69

Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Moving beyond the traditional who, what, where, when, how and why, we focus on this question when we’re working to really engage a key reporter to generate that special story for a client. Pro Tip : When putting together a story to pitch, consider what human element you can offer to the reporter. Timeliness.

Automotive 86

Automotive Journalism Interviews Engineering 86

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

” ( Bulldog Reporter / Agility PR ). Print circulation drops again. Beyond Bylines ).

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Software Print Tools SEO 89

Cision

MAY 4, 2016

We define media very broadly, from traditional print media to the gossipmonger with a following on social media. A reporter is in pursuit of a given story; we coach a client to help tell that story. I spoke the other day with a friend who is a Fox News reporter. I always thought I’d be…a teacher, then an AP statehouse reporter.

Newspapers 120

Newspapers Journalism Pitching Report 120

Flatiron Communications

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

If you hadn’t heard, the former “Gray Lady,” a name derived from the color (or lack thereof) of its newsprint, just distributed one million Google Cardboard VR viewers to subscribers of its Sunday print edition. The post Newspapers Getting Their Game On appeared first on Flatiron Communications LLC.

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Newspapers Film Journalism Web 28

Cision

MARCH 22, 2016

I wanted to be a writer from an early age and after I completed a National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) course when I was 18, I started working for my local newspaper in Cheshire, England, where I lived. Cision’s State of the Media 2016 Report found that 93 percent of journalists prefer to receive pitches via email.

Newspapers 120

Newspapers Pitching Interviews Writing 120

Cision

DECEMBER 4, 2015

At my first agency job in New York, I worked alongside a media relations specialist who wanted each of his annual coverage reports to be as thick as a phone book. Now that’s a coverage report,” he would say. I emailed the reporter.”. Most reporters prefer e-mail. Will it run in print?”. million circulation.”.

Print 120

Print Interviews Pitching Conference 120

Stephen Waddington

JUNE 16, 2019

Reuters Digital News Report, Metia content resonance event, industry awards, #AIinPR, digital exclusion and a book recommendation. They signpost to a larger in issue of alienation and exclusion in society, The Reuters Institute reports that 35% of UK citizens avoid or switch off from the news. This isn’t news.

Print 60

Print Storytelling Newspapers Advertising 60

Presspage

JULY 25, 2018

The last thing you want is for reporters to delete your press release the moment the email notification pops up on their screens. Surely everyone knows by now that stuffy, old-style press releases don’t cut it when reporters are busier than ever and newspapers want multimedia assets for their online editions.

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Wikipedia Writing Video Report 103

PRSay

MAY 8, 2018

In one class, we were asked to write a release based on a police report. I started out working for a small-town newspaper, and then for many years I was director of PR for Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. Judy: To create brochures, we used to have to go to a printing press. Judy: I also went to UF, but studied journalism.

Leadership 159

Leadership Conference Local Internal 159

PR Fuel

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

A press release refers to written communication that reports news related to an organization. Even when you’re only using print adverts, it does cost a hefty amount to pay for space slots in newspapers and magazines. This guide highlights the key differences between a business press release and advertising. Target Audience.

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Advertising Advertising Writing Product Launch 105