Deirdre Breakenridge

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

He’s written two bestselling books, Six Pixels of Separation and Ctrl Alt Delete. And Mitch blogs seven days a week, podcasts weekly, and writes for a number of newspapers and magazines. Six Pixels of Separation Content Platform: The blog, podcast, speaking, books, Facebook page, and all the other content touchpoints.

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Cision

JANUARY 28, 2016

But the newspaper climate has changed. where I could learn from Mike Sitrick, the guy who wrote the book on strategic and crisis PR, I jumped at it. I’m confident that the skills I developed in more than two decades as a newspaper reporter will serve our clients well. And there is a lot of writing in PR.

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PRSay

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

She also used her skills as a reporter to travel to the frontiers of neuroscience as the co-author of four New York Times bestselling books about the importance of confidence for women and girls. You’ve co-written four books on self-assurance for women and girls. Ahead of her Nov. When did you become passionate about this subject?

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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. When you start to become blasé and complacent about your writing, that’s when you stop doing such a good job.

Newspapers 120

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PRSay

JUNE 18, 2019

How do you decide on updates to the book, and how frequently do you amend the online version? What is the thought process at the AP behind making changes to longstanding style rules (like the change to writing out state names in datelines, for example)? Do you receive a lot of requests for additions and updates?

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Cision

JANUARY 22, 2016

It may interrupt them in the middle of writing a story, or worse, prevent them from taking a call with a hot news tip. There is no other newspaper like The New York Times. It’s The Newspaper of Record, The Grey Lady, and a journalism institution. Don’t call. Know the paper.

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PR for Anyone

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

This is a free media query service where media outlets are looking for sources and quotes for national magazine articles, television shows, newspapers, and blogs. This step is vital because you don’t want to send your real estate related story to the book editor (unless you’ve written a real estate book). It’s Google.

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Ishmael's Corner

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

That’s why I was intrigued when I heard that Muck Rack (in cooperation MDC Partners) surveyed a cross section of journalists — newspapers, magazines, trade publications, etc. — Kudos to Muck Rack for asking the questions (and no, Dr. Reuben didn’t write a book on the topic). to learn how they like to be pitched. is beyond me.

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Cision

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Baruch Lev, a pre-eminent IR scholar at New York University, writes in his book, Winning Investors Over , “Investors have limited attention, so content that gets good earned media will attract more investor attention.” So what do journalists have to do with that? A lot, actually. That’s right.

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Cision

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I’ve always been a news junkie and loved to write since I was a little kid. I had a few stories published in high school journals, and starting around junior high I used to write letters to the editor of the local paper. Learn to write well. Read the newspaper – the whole newspaper. Karma is real.

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Cision

AUGUST 24, 2015

If someone is writing a review of your business or products, odds are that they like you a lot… but if they don’t like you they REALLY don’t like you. Encourage your advocates to write a review first. Encourage your advocates to write a review first. The newspapers! You have more control than you think.

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Critical Mention

JANUARY 22, 2019

I went into Marketing by way of writing. But I thought writing a diary was boring. I worked at newspapers, magazines, and became the world’s first Chief Content Officer at one company (ClickZ) and now hold the title at another ( MarketingProfs ). What inspired you to write the book? Ann: Oh boy. Full report.

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Stephen Waddington

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

The main goal when I first started MK was to sharpen my writing skills. He told me that I was doing everything right, but I should start writing. Interviews, tips, events, book reviews, and generally anything that I have in mind and feel like sharing. I read newspapers, magazines, blogs, listen to podcasts. I’m not artsy.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 19, 2023

We are a business-to-business weekly newspaper covering the trucking and logistics industries. I fell in love with writing when I was in sixth grade. During that school year, our class was regularly assigned a book report. We would walk to the school library, select a book, then write a report.

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Maxim Behar

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Writing, communication, and public speaking have fascinated and inspired me for as long as I can remember—probably since kindergarten. I firmly believe in the concept of "horizontal leadership," which I discuss in my book Five Minutes to Tomorrow, written during the pandemic. I graduated first grade with a grade around a C+ (4.5

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Solo PR Pro

OCTOBER 5, 2021

I was that first grader who wanted to start up a class newspaper,” he jokes when describing himself. He was a frequent contributor to All Things Considered and Morning Edition and ended up as an intern in NPR’s Washington Bureau a year later, gaining extensive industry experience and honing his writing skills.

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Cision

MARCH 29, 2016

Do a digital marketing program, get involved in a CSR campaign for the community, write a blog, read books and keep writing – these will eventually define you as a PR practitioner. We should all be thinking of ways to update our skills in a variety of ways. My biggest pet peeve is…listening to complaints and not solutions. .

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Buzzstream

JANUARY 29, 2025

Write the subject line as if it’s already a published headline. You also, you know, in the area, but you know, so I started off as a training reporter here in Brighton for my local newspaper and that’s how I started out. Cause my first ever job was a paper rounds, like delivering newspapers. And I was loving it.

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ZudePR

APRIL 8, 2018

*This is the second in a series of chronological posts about how a first-time self-publishing author is taking his book from idea to Amazon. Answer: stunning, comprehensive, and invaluable feedback on a first-time author’s 87,000-word book. Get a FREE Pre-Launch Copy of the Book. Did the book flow?

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Communications Conversations

JUNE 6, 2019

Of course, that’s probably the equivalent of one John Grisham book, so I probably shouldn’t get too haughty! Over the last 10 years, I’ve also learned a ton–about blogging, about social media, about writing, and about human behavior. Sure, I write about issues and ideas that link back to services I provide.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Being that I’m fresh in the industry I haven’t gotten the chance to write many stories, so for now my most fun story is also the one I’m most proud of. She had an incredibly inspiring story that reminded me how much I love writing profiles on individuals. How do I write it so they follow along without getting bored?

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

reviewing all the news alerts I have set up for my clients and their industry competitors and fielding urgent emails before devoting the rest of the morning to writing and other client work. I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily. I try not to schedule any calls or meetings after 3 p.m.

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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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Public Relations Sydney

JULY 20, 2014

She used this System to grow her own personal brand from a relative unknown to an industry expert, speaking all over the globe, being featured in hundreds of magazines, newspapers and even TV and attracting big name clients, all within just two years. Catriona shows us HOW to write good copy and media releases, step by step.

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Flack's Revenge

JULY 25, 2014

I had the great pleasure of writing for PR Conversations again last week, after Judy Gombita graciously agreed to r un with my post (the third one I have written for them). For the uninitiated, the group blog is a great forum that covers a range of PR subjects that should be of interest to client-side and agency folks around the world.

Education 120

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PR Fuel

JUNE 11, 2020

In this age of social media, you may wonder why your company should even bother to write and issue press releases. Newspapers have less influence, and we can be our own publishers, right? For example, if your restaurant gets a great review in the New York Times , you can bet your tables will get booked up fast!

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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. Later that year I moved to Smyrna, Delaware, for my first full-time journalism job at a local newspaper that was part of a small family-owned chain at the time.

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Transportation Meeting Newspapers Media 100

Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The industry has a wholly unrealistic expectation that graduates should be oven ready, and able to immediately undertake a stakeholder audit, write a blog, or pitch media. We’d compile clipping books for clients at the end of each month. Why are public relations degrees so poorly regarded by practice? The industry has been good to me.

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Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 8, 2016

We’ve been taught to write in a straightforward, factual manner, “telling the news” and leaving the actual story up to the media. Look at newspaper “stories” today? Look at newspaper “stories” today? Not free: Story Proof (book). PRisUs @RonPloof #prprochat.

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Rock the Status Quo

APRIL 8, 2016

We’ve been taught to write in a straightforward, factual manner, “telling the news” and leaving the actual story up to the media. Look at newspaper “stories” today? Look at newspaper “stories” today? Not free: Story Proof (book). PRisUs @RonPloof #prprochat.

Storytelling 100

Storytelling Resources Journalism Examples 100

PR Insiders

APRIL 13, 2021

I shared some practical tips for doing just that in my book, Gaining the Publicity Edge: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Growing Your Brand Through National Media Coverage. If you’re also an author, find a firm that works as well with book reviewers and book bloggers. Hire a firm that specializes in the right media for you.

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Radio How To Public Affairs Print 78

Cision

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

His words drove home the tremendous responsibility I had as someone who never served in uniform, speaking and writing on behalf of those who did. For every book you read about public relations, read three more about completely unrelated topics. My guiltiest pleasure is…listening to movie scores while writing.

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Contently - Strategy

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The newspaper industry learned this the hard way. In the newspaper business, it’s common to print your issues on something called “broadsheets,” which are 22-inch sheets of paper. In 1712, the British government imposed a tax on newspapers based on the number of pages that they published. Hurray, me.

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Beyond PR

MARCH 22, 2018

“Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you. Back in the old days of PR (screen fades to grainy black and white…), comms teams had to suffer through the tedious process of flipping through stacks of newspapers and magazines, searching for any mention of their brand. Just measure it in inches.”

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Masters in Communications

DECEMBER 10, 2018

In the past, you received the majority of your news and information from your local newspaper published every morning. Add in a few national newspapers, and that was it. Newspapers are still around today, but we have so much more to go along with them. Books, newspapers, and documentaries.

Journalism 65

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Maxim Behar

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

The PR expert Maxim Behar shared his opinion for 24 Chasa newspaper about the rapidly changing communications and the application of modern media tools in business. A month ago I published my new book The Morning After in Bulgaria and in it I focused not so much on the communication business, but on leadership. 24.11.2020.

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The Resolution Blog

OCTOBER 7, 2015

Page three of the FT, an hour on Sky News, wall-to-wall ITN coverage, Today, the World Service and the front or inside front pages of many of the world’s leading newspapers. Ditto the number of PR companies that have SEO specialists on their books. How many PRs write blogs and truly understand how to optimise them for Search?

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