Sword and the Script

MAY 19, 2020

Most PR professionals seem to agree that media relations just gets harder every year. In 2018, 51% of respondents said media relations is getting harder, according to the annual JOTW Communications Survey, that I’ve partnered with Ned Lundquist and Ned’s Job of the Week newsletter to field. In 2019, that number jumped 17 points to 68%.

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PRSay

OCTOBER 4, 2021

With PRSA’s Media Relations Certificate Program , senior-level PR and communication professionals will learn to develop media relations campaigns that evoke emotion, inspire change and position organizations as market leaders. When developing media campaigns, what common mistakes do organizations make? Starting on Nov.

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Onclusive

JUNE 2, 2021

An impactful PR campaign can attract positive media attention and influence brand awareness, reputation and sales for your brand for years to come. However, to generate that level of clout, PR campaigns require more than just a press release, media outreach or fundraising event. They must be carefully planned. What do they care about?

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

They’ve been a staple of the business for decades because they serve a distinct purpose: to inform the media of news. Businesses use different media to tell their story in this evolving PR environment, but press releases REMAIN an effective and trustworthy source of information for companies big and small. But are they really?

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PRSay

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

While the PR and communications profession has continued to grow, many media companies keep cutting their workforces. Through the years, the PR and comms fields have been attractive landing spots for journalists with their writing and storytelling skills and media prowess. The media marketplace is also changing.

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Cision

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Online is where people go to have questions answered, but traditional media — radio, television, and print — is where people learn about what questions to ask. While online marketing and content production may be the trend, other forms of media still lead the charge when informing the public about what’s new and important.

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Stephen Waddington

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Print news media under threat is not an exclusive. We consume news through TV, mobile apps, PC and social media. Print new media challenge Ad-funded newspapers such as The Evening Standard and The Metro are the exception, not the rule. The print is dying debacle is an issue for people working in media relations.

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Cision

MAY 24, 2016

Media professionals cannot sit around waiting for pitches if they expect to have an impact on their audiences. On Wednesday, May 18, editors John Corrigan , Marc Bernardin , Sarah Rodman and Richard Nordwind gathered at the Times’ headquarters to give an in-depth look at the evolving entertainment journalism landscape.

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PRSay

MAY 24, 2021

24, Chuck Todd of NBC’s “Meet the Press” shared his insights on the state of journalism and its future. Over the next decade, Todd predicted, his profession will slowly move beyond the public scorn and skepticism toward the news media that has grown amid the country’s current political divide. Opportunities for independent journalism.

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Landis PR

JULY 12, 2021

Steve convinced hardened sports media personalities and sports stars to open up about how one man affected their outlook on life, not just the business they all participated in. The sportswriter’s job: Is it harder in today’s digital age than it was when print was our key news source? – Sports Broadcast Journal.

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Stephen Waddington

JUNE 13, 2019

There’s not much good news for UK media in the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2019. Media coverage of Brexit is impacting the mood of the nation according to Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2019. The UK is suffering a collective breakdown triggered by the new media. The UK is suffering from news fatigue.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 13, 2021

Assistant Account Executives are client and media-facing, learning to interact with key stakeholders with guidance from senior staff. Here’s what you’ll be doing: -Assist the group and all supervising account members in development and maintenance of media lists. Create and distribute press releases to targeted media outlets.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

That’s where traditional media comes in. We dug into some of the latest research to uncover seven compelling reasons traditional media continues to profoundly influence your target audience. 7 Reasons Traditional Media is Still Relevant in PR 1. Print media is the most trusted source of news in the world at 58% (vs.

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ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

MAY 22, 2018

Just as some celebrities are famous for being famous, big-media notoriety can build the ego without building the brand. If the big-name media feature is the show horse, then trade publication coverage is the less glamorous workhorse of PR. Those hours, of course, include studying trade journals, reviews, and analyst reports.

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PRSay

APRIL 9, 2021

The common thread among these examples is one thing that these savvy pitching pros did: They exercised their mere humanity and asked their media contacts a useful question, but only after they proved to be worthwhile sources. Mackenzie Nestor, an agency pro in Indiana, was reaching out to a Wall Street Journal writer. A real appeal.

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Landis PR

MARCH 4, 2024

By the Landis Team Photo courtesy of Pixabay Practical implementation of a media relations program is an art, not a science. After all, earned media isn’t transactional. Here are the top 5 benefits of a great media relations program: Credibility Third party endorsement is much more valuable than an organization’s own boasts.

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

But outside the part of the media landscape, you are personally familiar with, the sheer volume of news and “news-like” publishers can be overwhelming. These types of media content present both problems and opportunities for your clients. Understanding earned but unwanted media. Funding fake or extreme “news”.

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Cision

APRIL 17, 2015

Some industry stories we’re following this week: The Big News: Hillary Clinton announces her 2016 presidential campaign via social media , followed by Marco Rubio a day later ( The Huffington Post ) and ESPN reporter Britt McHenry is suspended for a week after video of her bad-mouth outburst with a towing attendant goes viral ( NBC News ).

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PRSay

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Despite the demand for local news, news deserts “are counties with no newspaper, no digital-only news site, no ethic media, and no public radio,” Franklin said. Franklin, director of the Local News Initiative at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing Communications, was PRSA’s guest on Nov.

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Communications Conversations

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Let’s go back to the beginning–how did you get your start in the media world? Paul Business Journal reporting on retail and restaurants before I started my career at Life Time in May 2018. I really appreciated my time in radio and print journalism. see below for the full story). Cloud out of college.

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Agility PR Solutions

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A new study measuring “trust” among readers of their newspapers-of-choice from Brand Keys found The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal #1 among fifteen papers examined in this wave of research. The post Media trends—which newspapers do readers trust most?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

In my role, I help populate our websites with original content as well as pertinent press releases, and write feature stories for print and the web. How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? I’ve been in journalism for almost two years. It’s been a very educational experience, to say the least!

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Shift Communications

MARCH 15, 2022

What does this have to do with your earned media strategy? Earlier this year, Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism issued its annual Journalism, Media and Technology Trends and Predictions report. Many already had challenges growing revenue with traditional media business models.

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Cision

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Because I twitch at the utterance of business cliches, it feels like an electric shock jolting through my body to write that the media industry was going through “unprecedented change” at the time. Although editorial rooms were being gutted and print revenue was dropping, it was an opportune time to be young and cheap labor.

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Communications Conversations

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Other news sites are siphoning traffic from traditional media sites. Those that poo-poo print newspapers claim they can get their news elsewhere on the web. People who are trained in journalism. Now, I know the print newspaper has its downsides. Trust the media less and less. It’s not surprising.

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Stephen Waddington

APRIL 14, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis has hastened the structural changes already underway in newsprint media. A perfect storm of distribution and falling advertising revenue is a blow to the newsprint business after two decades of battling the shift from print to digital. Long form, reflective and specialist journalism also appear to be robust.

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Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

The differences are less significant than what, at least in a good newsroom, they all share: a commitment to enduring journalism values that include accuracy, timeliness, balance, relevance, importance, emotional impact, counter-intuition, enterprise. The post Meet the Media – Dan Rosenheim appeared first on Landis PR.

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HMA Public Relations

JUNE 3, 2024

With her return to print journalism after eight years in audio, Kerry Fehr-Snyder, the editor of the Arizona Capitol Times and Yellow Sheet Report, is featured in this #MediaMonday update. Discover some of her favorite stories she has covered, what to expect from her publications, and much more in this blog post.

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Prakkypedia

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

I recently wrote about the importance of having a good media distribution list and the importance of keeping up with changes in the media industry. I thought it would be useful to share some sources of news on Australia’s journalism industry (in no particular order): The Australian – Media. Media Week. Mumbrella.

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Presspage

APRIL 12, 2018

How has the media landscape changed? In this digital age, many, many brands are still using press releases to connect their stories to media outlets. Fewer reporters are employed by fewer media outlets with far more fragmentation in the audience space than ever. What are some trends you’re seeing evolve over time?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

I am the editor of AftermarketNews at Babcox Media in Akron, Ohio. I am in charge of gathering news for our daily newsletter, hosting and producing podcasts, covering events and writing original content for our monthly print magazine and daily newsletter, among other projects. I transitioned to a reporter there after a year.

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Stern + Associates

JANUARY 29, 2024

It seems like the story of “traditional media is dying” has been a meme ever since the beginning of the internet. Every time one would think media outlets can’t cut more staff they find a new bottom: 2023 saw massive layoffs which have continued into 2024. adults get their daily news : social media.

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Critical Mention

JUNE 10, 2020

In recent years, the way PR and communications pros communicate with the media has undergone rapid evolution. This was always important but it has become even more crucial in an era of fractured, niche media. Building relationships is the same…it’s the media itself that’s different. Eric Lebowitz.

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Communications Conversations

AUGUST 27, 2019

It began as a way to standardize rules around editing based on mass media–specifically, mainstream print media. In the golden age of print, AP Style reigned supreme because editors and reporters used it–therefore, PR types like us were forced to learn it and use it. Think about the genesis of AP Style.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 6, 2024

How long have you been in journalism and how did you get started? A year later, I became co-editor-in-chief of the paper, where I hired, trained, and managed a 12-person staff for a biweekly print publication. I joined my university’s newspaper as a reporter in 2018.

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PRSay

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The survey reflected the country’s declining dependence on print media; only 7 percent of respondents, compared with 2016’s 11 percent, say they rely on newspapers to stay connected to current events. he holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and English from the University of Maryland.

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Sword and the Script

AUGUST 15, 2017

Recently, I received notice from the publisher of a local business journal that the “People on the Move” section is up for sale. This fee will cover an expanded profile in print which will run even sooner – within 30 days of purchase, in addition to an online listing,” according to the publisher’s message [emphasis added].

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