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Pitching the Local Media – Tips from the Pros

PR for Anyone

The easiest way to do this is pitching the local media. I interviewed journalists from The Washington Post, The Washington Business Journal , and Inside Nova (a Northern Virginia local publication) about what types of local real estate pitches they like to receive. I’m also interested in the local real estate market.

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Getting on Local TV

PR for Anyone

The best place to start with PR is to get on local media. Many people aspire for national television but starting local is the best place to get your feet wet. You wouldn’t want to get your first big break on a national outlet and then bomb the interview. It's so much easier to get local media coverage.

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Future of local news report is a grim read

Stephen Waddington

Social media has replaced local news in communities across the UK. It is weakening community engagement and participation in local democracy. The collapse of local news is a crisis that has played out in plain sight over the past two decades. Local news has faced an assault on two fronts. Rumours are commonplace.

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Local TV news in the new normal: Which COVID-spurred changes will remain after the pandemic?

Agility PR Solutions

That changed—it’s become commonplace to see interviews […]. The post Local TV news in the new normal: Which COVID-spurred changes will remain after the pandemic? Prior to the outbreak of the pandemic, you might see a journalist in a war zone or remote area on the air via Skype. appeared first on Agility PR Solutions.

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Media Training Lessons From Oprah Winfrey’s Interview With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

PRSay

Oprah Winfrey’s prime-time television interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on March 7 provided a reminder of the principles PR professionals should follow to prepare clients for media interviews that create positive coverage and help manage crises. Decide in advance what your goal for the interview will be.

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Local Reporters Give Advice on How PR Pros Can Build Media Relationships

PRSay

In an interview for this article, Keyris Manzanares, a multimedia reporter at Virginia Public Media, said she often receives email pitches from PR people. As a reporter, when you need to interview a county official for a story, a media relations pro can help point you to that person, Manzanares said. “I

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Ricky Gervais is right (and wrong) about the local paper

Prakkypedia

After several grumpy episodes interviewing local people about their so-called “stories”, Ricky’s character has an epiphany. He says ‘ everybody deserves to be in their local paper’ at least once in their lives. In Ricky Gervais’s latest TV series, After Life , he’s a writer at a free community newspaper.

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