Communications Conversations

MAY 21, 2020

Last Saturday, there was a wonderful article in the Variety section of the Minneapolis Star Tribune about groups of kids who had started neighborhood newspapers during the pandemic. First, we need more local journalism–whether it’s professional or not. And second, school newspapers are in my blood. We did the layout.

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Waxing UnLyrical

JANUARY 24, 2012

Did you know that newspaper jobs are disappearing at an alarming rate? For as long as journalism and public relations have existed, there’s been rivalry between them. He also blogs. PR vs. Journalism: Why Rivalry Hurts Both. It makes them angry, and far less likely to actually HELP you do your job.

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The Stalwart Blog

JUNE 26, 2014

As a recent college journalism student, I spent a lot of time thinking about finding a job and became petrified of the lack of opportunities available for new graduates to break into the newspaper business. Now, in public relations, I find this skill may just be as important as it is in journalism. Persistency.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Is it enough to post it on your own website or blog ? For a fee, any organization can upload their press release to a newswire service that distributes it directly to news organizations, much like the original news agencies like Associated Press fed reports to newspapers in the early days of electronic journalism. Probably not.

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The Resolution Blog

JULY 8, 2022

Having started journalism at just 10 years old; helping at a local newspaper network that her family managed, Donna progressed & became a global journalist for Reuters and the BBC. In this episode I interview Donna Loughlin, she is the founder & owner of PR firm LMGPR and host of podcast ‘Before It Happened.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 28, 2018

After the election, most mainstream news organizations got busy reminding us why they’re needed with a renewed commitment to quality journalism. Ditto the national newspapers; both The Washington Post and The New York Times broke subscription records. Here’s hoping for smoother road in 2018. United Airlines.

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Flack's Revenge

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Is this a sign of the future of PR (and journalism)? ” Run an ad in a newspaper and it needs to be labeled as an ad. Include a link in an online news piece, though, or pay an influencer to promote your brand in their blog post and it gets a bit murkier. I definitely think that it is.

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Journalistics

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

What led you to PR or journalism? Did you know you wanted to work in PR or journalism before college, or did you discover the field later in life? I wrote for my high school newspaper and loved it. I even spent my free time at home working on an underground newspaper (much harder in the days of typewriters) – which I also loved.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Then it’s up to the IRO to send market-moving news through a distribution that includes most or all of the influential publications in their industry, whether nationally focused newspapers and wires or small, regional broadcast stations or industry-specific journals, blogs and magazines.

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PRSay

JANUARY 3, 2018

We’ve watched traditional media such as newspapers, magazines, radio and television decrease in importance thanks to Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat and other social platforms. Artificial intelligence also has the potential to revolutionize journalism. Whether the effect is positive or negative, AI will likely impact PR and communications.

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The Proactive Report

MAY 2, 2015

Podcast listening is on the rise , which could breathe new life into audio journalism. Newspaper ad revenue declined another 4% year over year, to $19.9 Even a large blog like GigaOm was not able to sustain their operation. Podcasts: Digital and mobile developments have also broadened the world of audio.

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Flack's Revenge

AUGUST 31, 2016

There are tons of blogs and sites for IT tech and many good ones – some like TechCrunch cover startup and Silicon Valley news – others cover specific segments like big data, ad tech, fin tech, IT strategy (like CIO), etc. Back in the day we used to joke that every startup just wanted to be in the Wall Street Journal.

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PR in High Definition

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

This week, the News Media Association (NMA) wrote to ministers to say that it is becoming “increasingly difficult” to fund quality journalism, and the diversion of advertising revenues is to blame. Marketing spend going to the likes of Facebook and Google doesn’t cease to increase whilst newspaper advertising revenue plummets.

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Cision

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Scooptastic: Check out some of Cision Blog ‘s top scoops for this week, including Andres Jauregui at Forbes; Meredith Enge l at the New York Daily News; Lauren Camera at U.S. News & World Report; Erin Dresch at Bloomberg TV; Scott Doll at Philadelphia’s FOX 29; and Mark Glendenning at RACER.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 8, 2024

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I began in college with an internship at a newspaper local to my school covering local government as well as random features I came across in the area. I got a communications degree from the University of North Georgia, with a concentration in multimedia journalism.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 11, 2016

Aside from the well-deserved round of congratulations, it occurred to me the acquisition is an indication of a maturing industry for content marketing, which of course includes blogging. The Blogging Gutenberg . The last 10 or 15 years have brought a vast array of tools for publishing blogs.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

If you’re a corporate communications or public relations executive in Minnesota, the status of our state’s largest newspaper – the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune , with more than 250 editors and reporters – is always of intense interest. Paul Business Journal, Twin Cities Business, Minnesota Business, MinnPost and more? "We

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Bianchi Biz Blog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Away from Transmission Digest, I spent several years writing a satirical column for a local, every-other-week newspaper. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I started with high school and college newspapers. It’s been more than 50 years.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I’m Seth Clevenger, managing editor for features at Transport Topics , a weekly newspaper and multimedia outlet dedicated to covering trucking and the freight transportation industry. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I also produce audio and video content for our online and multimedia channels.

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PRSay

JUNE 18, 2019

How has social media and content moving online changed the idea of hard-and-fast style (with more people tweeting, texting, messaging, blogging, etc.)? Of course, many of those texting, tweeting, messaging, blogging, etc., she holds a master’s degree in arts journalism from Syracuse University’s S.I. A native of Greenville, S.C.,

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Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 8, 2016

It seems making the leap is very difficult for many – even in journalism. Look at newspaper “stories” today? Storytelling with Data and the StoryHow blog. WordPress, Mention or Wix – free blogging platforms. LinkedIn long-form posts – blogging ideal for personal branding.

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Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 8, 2016

It seems making the leap is very difficult for many – even in journalism. Look at newspaper “stories” today? Storytelling with Data and the StoryHow blog. WordPress, Mention or Wix – free blogging platforms. LinkedIn long-form posts – blogging ideal for personal branding.

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Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Earned media still the most credible source of info Most people find independent journalism and earned media to be the most credible source of information. Blogs, including independent and corporate blogs, can be credible. . >>> More than a proactive partner: an extension of your team. Try our services.

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David PR Group

OCTOBER 17, 2014

More than 15 years ago, I began telling people that the Internet might kill newspapers but that it won’t end journalism. Remember, journalism was created to educate, inform, and persuade people, and our nation’s first journalists were not writing to please advertisers.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 9, 2021

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? About a decade – my interest in journalism started in high school. I then reported for my college newspaper, The Michigan Daily , at the University of Michigan.

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Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Apart from the usual layoffs, cost reduction, and restructuring, we have seen newspapers and magazines getting thinner, TV stations cutting back on programming, and several publications and channels are on the block. It is rightly said that PR and journalism are interdependent. The Monday and Saturday papers will remain unaffected.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

This is part of the reason we created our Meet the Media blog series. Pro Tip : Be like Anna Zeck of 10 Missions Media (which produces FenderBender , Rachet+Wrench and other automotive journals) and ask yourself, “What can the reader learn from this? What is the takeaway?” Focus on creative, unique stories from which others can learn.

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Sword and the Script

JUNE 9, 2020

Polarized audiences, ‘fake news’, decline of great newspapers and skilled reporting.” If media relations is hard, so too is journalism and reporting. Content marketing means, running your blog, or whatever you choose as your platform like a publication. Measured on clicks, quick hits.” Once you get marked as spam, that’s it.

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Communications Conversations

DECEMBER 17, 2014

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know I’m a big devotee of reading the hard copy print edition of my local newspaper, the Minneapolis Star Tribune. And, it also includes some syndicated content from the Wall Street Journal, which I really enjoy. And, like many, I particularly enjoy the Sunday edition.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 21, 2022

As special publications editor for The Keene Sentinel in New Hampshire (the fifth oldest continuously published newspaper in the U.S.), Back when I was a newspaper reporter, I wrote a series of articles about an embattled high school principal accused of misconduct, including secretly altering the grades of several students.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 15, 2024

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I dabbled at my college newspaper, but my career began in earnest at an international business newsletter called EDM Publications, which was based in Paris at the time but has since moved to Munich. First, whether it’s important to our readers. Almost 20 years.

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Cision

DECEMBER 7, 2015

Similarly, I read an article in the Wall Street Journal about Lindsay Graham’s use of the app Sidewire , a politics-only social media platform described as “ Twitter for politics.” Ask yourself how newspapers were aware of Obama’s or Clinton’s Quora comments.

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PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

(Not long after contacting the journalist, his network, the agency and some of its clients, Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper reported that the network had suspended the TV anchor. One could hypothesize questions 1 and 2 were debated at both the TV network and the newspaper.). When trust in journalism is broken, everyone loses.

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PR Conversations

JANUARY 20, 2015

(Not long after contacting the journalist, his network, the agency and some of its clients, Canada’s largest-circulation newspaper reported that the network had suspended the TV anchor. One could hypothesize questions 1 and 2 were debated at both the TV network and the newspaper.). When trust in journalism is broken, everyone loses.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

We are a business-to-business weekly newspaper covering the trucking and logistics industries. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I’ve been in journalism for 22 years. My name is Michael Freeze, features editor at Transport Topics and co-host of the podcast, RoadSigns.

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Bad Pitch Blog

MARCH 6, 2009

Regards, SIG FILE It did fit the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s op-ed calendar and the story ran in December of last year. Or, the newspaper. uploaded by BullWinkle1213 tags | public relations | PR | media relations | media | good pitch | bad pitch | bad pitch blog' Might this fit into your op-ed calendar?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JANUARY 10, 2022

Working in China and northern Iraq early in my career opened my eyes to the possibilities of journalism. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? My first non-school newspaper gig was at the China Daily in 2013. Describe the craziest or most fun story you have written.

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