Solo PR Pro

APRIL 8, 2021

She began her career as an aspiring newspaper reporter, securing an internship at the Atlanta Journal Constitution before becoming a daily reporter in Greenville, South Carolina, not far from her hometown. Pivoting from journalism to PR. I knew that journalism was changing,” she said. “I I hadn’t even opened a bank account yet!

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Remote PR Jobs

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The public values journalism, and people are moving to media channels they trust. A glowing review (or unfortunate video interview) can blow up on social platforms in the time it takes to say, “Call the PR firm.” Technology helps it scale.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

She has interviewed Ray Bradbury, Junot Diaz and Donna Tartt and her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The Baltimore Sun and The Independent in London. She was previously a business reporter at Detroit News, The Plain Dealer, the Palm Beach Post and the Orlando Business Journal. Before the Trib, she was at the Toledo Blade.

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Communications Conversations

MARCH 29, 2019

I think about people like LeeAnn Rasachak and Sarah Reckard whom I met more than 10 years ago now (they were one of my first PR Rock Star interviews!). Bank (nominated by Monica Wiant). Bank social media team in 2018 after graduating from the University of Minnesota with a degree in journalism.

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Reputation Us

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Whether or not Musk succeeds remains to be seen, but behind those headlines is a mission-oriented strategy, a performance initiative, and a customer plan that bank and credit union leaders should learn from. Bank and credit union leaders are looking on — perhaps in horror, perhaps in amusement — but they do look on.

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Communications Conversations

JUNE 14, 2018

Relationships still matter, even with the changing face of journalism, and at the same time, companies are their own publishers, providing content directly to the audiences they want to reach. We continue to get calls today for interviews based on that one release. Susan Beatty, vice president-public affairs and communications, U.S.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 26, 2023

AI leads reporters to conduct real interviews again “The growing use of generative AI will force media outlets to be much more careful about how they source and gather input for stories. PR people and the clients they represent may see a return to the good old phone (or Zoom) interview. Wishing you a safe and happy holiday season.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Many forms of content marketing from banks take on an advisory role , educating readers on touchy topics like debt and investments. As long as you can link it back to money, you can explore lifestyle content, celebrity interviews, personal essays, and explainers. Keep topics personal and relatable.

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Buzzstream

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Building on that, Muck Rack’s 2024 State of Journalism report found that journalists mainly reject pitches because they are irrelevant. When we interviewed Will Hobson , he mentioned how journalists reuse their subject line as the headline of their pitch. But there’s a fine line between value and coming off as too advertorial.

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OnePitch

MAY 3, 2022

Click below to listen to the full conversation and read below for highlights from the interview: View Transcription. We look at things like a neo-bank opening a crypto exchange that’ll be of interest of us. Or vice versa, say a crypto exchange tries to get a banking license. What He Writes About. [00:02:10] This is good.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 13, 2019

(Sources: GlobeNewsWire , interviews with people familiar with the decision and a sales product demo). Terms were not disclosed but the Wall Street Journal reported a price tag of about $240 million. Sources: Crunchbase , Wall Street Journal , PRWeek , GlobeNewsWire ). 4) October 22, 2014: Gorkana. 5) March 23, 2015: Viralheat.

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Contently - Strategy

APRIL 24, 2019

Think of it this way: RBC’s personal and commercial banking division will care about different topics than the insurance division. I interviewed all the people who would be stakeholders in our work,” she told us. “I I said, ‘What do you want to get out of what we do?’

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

For the interview, I would typically meet the distributor early in the morning and ride along on the truck for an entire day as s/he made customer stops. It was such an immersive experience, and allowed me to not only interview the subject, but get perspective and insight from his/her customers.

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Sword and the Script

JULY 23, 2016

In a contributed piece for Marketing Land , which often offers a daily dose of martech news, Travis Wright notes: “Influencer marketing is a ‘ hot mess ,’ according The Wall Street Journal. Also see: 11 Shrewd PR and Marketing Predictions You Can Bank On. * * *. This will be an increasing responsibility of the PR pro.”.

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Ethical Voices

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

It’s building that trust bank. I’ve had a number of amazing ethical mentors starting with my journalism days, and I’ve been eternally grateful for them. Check out the full interview, with bonus content, here The post Why it’s important to know many codes of ethics – Erin Kennedy first appeared on EthicalVoices.

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Beyond PR

OCTOBER 26, 2016

PR Newswire’s audience team regularly interviews journalists who use ProfNet for their insights on how PR professionals and experts can improve communications and earn more media pickup. . I just started work as the managing editor at BAI (Bank Administration Institute). I also continue to freelance for U.S.

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Buzzstream

MARCH 5, 2025

If you are a banking client, you could talk about inflation) and pre-write some quotes for those topics. Use emotion to lead your content ideation process In virtually every interview or chat Ive had with content marketers and digital PRs, they talk about how important emotion is to the success of your content.

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Maxim Behar

APRIL 11, 2024

Host: I recently interviewed the entrepreneur Hristo Popov, and we discussed this exact topic – the environment. In journalism, there is a golden rule. Here, you can arrive with around 50,000 euros in your pocket or bank account and kickstart a business. You can watch the full interview here. It's the people." That's it.

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Communications Conversations

JUNE 8, 2017

Bank and that I get to do all the “fun stuff.” Bank Stadium). 2–In 2016, you helped spearhead the PR efforts around the new US Bank Stadium. Bank Stadium was a really fun time for us at the bank. Bank Places to Play, a three-year $1 million grant funding program in partnership with the MN Vikings.

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Mindful Marketing

JUNE 15, 2015

Drew is s often interviewed and has been quoted in Entrepreneur Magazine, New York Times, CNN, BusinessWeek , and many others. The Wall Street Journal calls him “one of 10 bloggers every entrepreneur should read.” To date, the AOC series has raised over $50,000 for charity. Tell us a bit about your agency. Favorite book?

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Cision

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

In this interview, Ted Meyer, senior vice president of global public relations and communications of Natixis Global Asset Management, shares his thoughts on the importance of communication during a crisis, how the financial crisis of 2008 is still affecting brands and what PR used to look like before the Internet and social took over.

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Communications Conversations

JANUARY 2, 2018

Interviews with the American Academy of Neurology’s Leah Johnson, Boston Scientific’s Amanda Gebhard and U.S. Bank’s Susan Beatty all came in the top 10. 5–Brand journalism case study: How the University of St. Bank’s Susan Beatty . Here’s the rest of the list.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Note: see my interview with Tom here – Marketing has Gotten Better as a Profession; Off Script No. Note: see my interview with Sophie here – The Interim CMO as Change Agent; Off Script #19: Sophie Shiatis. Note: see my interview with Ted here – Over-reliance on Marketing Automation Depreciates Leads; Off Script No.

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Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Then at a certain point, I parted ways with journalism. I still think of this quote from Winston Churchill: "One can achieve many things with journalism, but one must know when to leave it". Maxim: Some of them are a consequence of the ten years of journalism I did. You can watch the whole interview here.

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Flatiron Communications

JULY 25, 2014

The presenters included journalists from The AP, NBC News, the Wall Street Journal and Time Magazine. About 30 of them got back to me…20 of which had good interviews about what they did…12 or 13 were used in the story. Carrie Melago, Wall Street Journal/NY. Here are select highlights: Scott Mayerowitz, The AP.

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Waxing UnLyrical

AUGUST 5, 2016

By no means am I advocating for the “death” of journalism. Founder and publisher of Waxing UnLyrical, Shonali Burke helps smart businesses make bank by taking their communications from corporate codswallop to community cool™. But with 1.4 million digital-only subscribers. Image: Agberto Guimaraes via Unsplash, CC Zero.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 22, 2021

I am the finance and technology reporter at Crain’s Detroit Business , covering the startup sector in Ann Arbor and Detroit, as well as the region’s banks and lenders, such as Rocket Mortgage and UWM. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I began in journalism in around 2010, mostly by accident.

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Stephen Waddington

MARCH 15, 2021

As a candidate, think about how you can apply curiosity at different points throughout the recruitment process; whilst job hunting, in your covering letter / email and during the interview itself. Doing this will ensure you’re researching the companies you’re looking at and this process in itself will lead you to be more curious about them.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 2, 2016

And so it is with great pleasure, I bring you another edition of the Off Script interviews series. My degree and early work was in broadcast journalism. Thank you, Kevin, for this interview, for adding value to the PR profession, and of course, thank you for your service. 1) How did you get started in PR? “I’m

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Buzzstream

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

So yeah I did a journalism degree at Winchester and loved every minute of it some of my classmates would probably disagree. Not many lectures very much full on journalism yeah, it was a good time and I went straight from there to being a video journalist at Mail Online. Can you talk a little about your journey as a journalist to PR?

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