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Faces & Markets of PRGN: Toronto, Canada: Diversity is Our Strength

Bianchi Biz Blog

To secure interest from French language media in Quebec, it is best to have Francophones in Quebec to pitch your story ideas. Online: 6,877,000 Print, Weekday: 2,592,000, Print, Weekend: 1,713,000) National Post : Another national newspaper, it is considered to be more political (conservative) than the Globe & Mail.

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Today, we say goodbye to HARO [PR Tech Sum 52]

Sword and the Script

The founding HARO was founded by Peter Shankman in 2008 as a Facebook group for journalists in need of sources. However, I learned a lot about reporters and pitching in that capacity. This includes some improvements to relationship tracking and pitch analytics to evaluate successful pitches. Reddit data.

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Behind the Headlines With Rich Oppel

Cision

Before you pitch a journalist, you must think about how your story adds value for your audience. I ended 45 years in journalism when I retired as editor of the Austin American-Statesman in 2008, so it didn’t feel like a “switch” so much as completing one phase of my life. How many pitches is he likely to read? Everyone wins.

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Met the Media: Ryan Gehm, Editor-in-chief at Truck & Off-Highway Engineering

Bianchi Biz Blog

What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Provide enough details to give a good idea of what you’re pitching and how it’s relevant. And if you’re pitching based off our editorial calendar, know that we’re working two to three months in advance on feature stories for the print magazine.

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Meet the Media: Cristina Commendatore, Editor in Chief of FleetOwner

Bianchi Biz Blog

As chief editor, I lead all FleetOwner’s content planning efforts for both print and digital. I got my start in journalism in 2008, working for a weekly newspaper in Connecticut called The Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Stick to the keep-it-simple principle.

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From Marcus Rashford to Maro Itoje, Jay Z’s Roc Nation is re-inventing celebrity

Mark My Words

Susannah Butter peeks inside a personal branding powerhouse that’s changing the off-the-pitch role of sporting heroes as we know it. We want to do the best for our clients, looking at what they can achieve on and off the pitch, to build their brand but also give back.’. He came to us asking for representation,’ says Yormark.

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What Digital PRs Can Learn From Former Journalist, Robbie Mann

Buzzstream

Quick Tips Here are some of the tips I pulled from our chat: Personalize Before You Pitch Connect with journalists on LinkedIn or Twitter/X before sending a pitch. Wait a couple of weeks before sending a pitch to avoid seeming transactional. This was 2008. Do they, were they pitched to you?