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3 Ways to Think Like a Reporter

PRSay

So why aren’t you writing about the audience? Here are three ways to write audience-focused messages — whether it’s for media relations, marketing materials, internal comms, or other audiences or channels: Put the audience first. Don’t write about us and our stuff. Write about the impact, not the event.

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How to Write a Pitch That Will Actually Get Read

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

As most PR people know, reporters don’t read every pitch that lands in their inbox. This means that a public relations team’s challenge is to create a winning pitch that stands out. Earn reporters’ interest with an inviting subject line that’s concise, informative, and relevant. A subject line is your first impression.

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How to Write News Release Headlines Reporters Love

Business Wire

By Raschanda Hall, Director of Global Media Relations, and Serena Ehrlich, Director of Social and Evolving Media, Business Wire Every year, the teams at Business Wire look at changes in the industry that impact news release distribution and usage. Do not just say what the project is, explain the importance to your end audience.

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Trends and Best Practices for Media Relations

PRSay

In the PR strategies toolbox, the practice of media relations gives PR practitioners an opportunity to distinguish themselves while also giving their organizations an edge over the competition. As earned media, stories placed through media relations efforts are cost-effective. Op-Eds remain the gold standard.

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Silence Speaks Volumes: Surge in Nonresponses Signals Shift in Media Relations

PRSay

The phrase “did not respond to a request for comment” is appearing more often in news articles, Columbia Journalism Review reports. “I I find it strange, to be honest,” says Oliver Darcy, who writes CNN.com’s daily newsletter about the news and entertainment industries. Working together is really important.”

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Blogger Outreach Versus Media Relations: What Marketers Need To Know

Polaris

The media outlet pays the journalists. Legacy media professionals (editors, reporters, columnists, etc.) Similarly, freelance journalists are compensated by the media outlets that use their material, but they’re usually paid upon publication or broadcast. Media Relations' Bloggers don’t have an editor.

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

Cision

Write as if it Were a Front Page Article. She says writing your headlines as they’d look in a newspaper article can “show the reporter the article through his/her readers’ eyes.” She says writing your headlines as they’d look in a newspaper article can “show the reporter the article through his/her readers’ eyes.”

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