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Writing For Journalism And Writing For PR: How They Differ

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

I was a journalism major, so most of my writing experience in college had a reporting angle. Whether it was through classes, writing for the school newspaper , or my personal blogs, my writing involved reporting facts, interviewing subjects, and taking down their quotes. What are you writing about?

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Need a Hyper-Short Message? How You Write a 4-Sentence Feature

PRSay

Want to write messages that grab attention? Learn to write compelling messages that draw readers in and move them to act. In my workshops, communicators virtually always make their messages shorter when they apply the feature structure. But what if you need to write a hyper-short message? Start strong with a grabber.

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10 Knock-Their-Socks-Off Press Release Headline Writing Tips

Cision

Write as if it Were a Front Page Article. Envision your press release on the front page of a newspaper to determine if it’s newsworthy or not. She says writing your headlines as they’d look in a newspaper article can “show the reporter the article through his/her readers’ eyes.” Write the Headline Last.

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4 Writing Mistakes You’re (Probably!) Making Now

PRSay

Refresh your writing skills with this focused session designed to sharpen your craft. I’ve been a writing trainer for more than 30 years. You write about “us and our stuff”… … instead of about the reader and the reader’s needs. Unfortunately, that gets in the way of your communications: Journalists’ No.

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3 Ways to Write Better Leads: Make Them Concrete, Creative and Provocative

PRSay

If so, your Writing 101 class called and wants its lead back! Feature leads have been proven in the lab again and again to outperform traditional news leads in research by the Poynter Institute, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Newspaper Association of America and Reuters Institute. Find the examples.

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This Is Why You Need to Write Creative Content

PRSay

Join PRSA and Ann Wylie at Master the Art of Storytelling , our persuasive-writing workshop, starting May 17. You’ll learn to grab attention, communicate more clearly, make your message more memorable and move readers to act. The biggest risk communicators run is that we never get heard at all. Why creative content writing?

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How to Effectively Communicate Your Rebrand

Cision

The naming process itself requires a lot of heavy lifting, but so does the communication that must follow. The Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) recommends communicating the following in writing to all stakeholders: Timeline. The post How to Effectively Communicate Your Rebrand appeared first on Cision.