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How To Score A Great Local News Story: 5 PR Tips

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

It’s also important to determine whether a story has its best chance of being published as a local media item, or if it warrants a full national media outreach. For example, survey results or breaking news at a national company will be pitched to national media, whereas region-specific news will be offered to local reporters.

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How social media and ‘word of mouth’ sources are reshaping local news

Axia PR

While television and newspapers have long been Americans' go-to sources for local news, new data shows that interpersonal channels like word-of-mouth and social media are growing in importance. Young Americans are embracing neighborhood updates from friends, family, and online forums.

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Nonprofit Local News Gains Steam

PRSay

It was refreshing to hear Todd’s optimistic vision for a future in which a more independent news media will regain the public’s trust and return to covering local communities with a sense of shared values. At the same time, however, the advertising revenue that local news organizations have long counted on has continued to drop.

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Social Media Overtakes Print Newspapers as News Source

PRSay

For the first time, social media has surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans, Pew Research Center finds. adults said they often get news from social media, compared to 16 percent from print newspapers. Television remains the most popular way Americans receive news, though its use has fallen since 2016.

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Public Relations Review

PR for Anyone

Be Newsworthy My biggest piece of advice when it comes to publicity is to start locally. Local media loves to cover stories about local businesses. Those are all topics that interest local media. An accountant can talk about new tax laws and what that means for local businesses. Make your business newsworthy.

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These are the local publishers getting engagement in the U.S. and U.K.

NewsWhip

We looked back at the local publishers that are seeing significant engagement in two different countries, looking at both the United States and the United Kingdom. . So we decided to analyze the local stories and publishers that are getting the most public interest. Local-national publishers. The top local U.S.

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PR Has Evolved Since First ‘Public Relations Handbook’ in 1967, but Some Values Are Timeless

PRSay

There were newspapers, magazines, wire services, trade publications, TV and radio. In our initial edition of the “Public Relations Handbook,” we discussed how one company had incredibly transmitted information via satellite from the United States to Japan, with a two-way, closed-circuit television between Tokyo and Chicago.

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