PRSay

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I was a good writer, researcher and storyteller, and had been on the other side of both print and broadcast pitches, but I did not fully understand all the nuances of public relations prior to joining the agency. I didn’t understand how to craft a good pitch and how to pitch a story.

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Communications Sports Journalism Fashion 193

ImPRessions - Crenshaw Communications

JANUARY 20, 2017

We at Crenshaw pride ourselves on nurturing real relationships with journalists, beyond mere constant pitching. Personalize a pitch. Recognize that publications often have a “digital first” mindset in addition to thinking about print products. AHF has a print magazine, a website, and a digital newsletter.

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Agency Real Estate Print Pitching 120

Cision

MARCH 22, 2016

Your brand may have a good story, but if you’re not catching journalists’ attention with your pitch, it won’t get covered. Journalist Sharon Ward Keeble stresses the importance of providing value and detail when pitching your story. What is the most memorable pitch you’ve received? How did you get your start in journalism?

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Newspapers Pitching Interviews Writing 120

Cision

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

How have traditionally print newspapers made sense of the changing media landscape? region’s most widely circulated newspaper and the winner of 47 Pulitzer Prizes, for answers. She’s not looking for pitches laying out everything there is to know about a subject. Find a way to work that into your pitch.”.

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Newspapers Print Mobile Pitching 120

Burrelles Fresh Ideas

APRIL 2, 2024

Print media (magazine) consumption rose in 2023 , and this trend should continue in 2024, according to a study by Pew Research Center (via MediaPost). As more of us get our news digitally, newspapers have taken the hardest hit; however, the estimated total US daily newspaper circulation (print and digital combined) in 2022 was 20.9

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Media Print Radio Newspapers 103

PR for Anyone

APRIL 9, 2020

That being said, many lifestyle magazines and print publications will not be covering this topic from cover to cover. This means there is room for you to pitch your product, service, brand, or expertise to those publications whether you are related to coronavirus or not. Right now what is relevant is COVID-19. That's relevant.

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Media Television Exercises Newspapers 130

Cision

MARCH 24, 2017

If you find the compelling human story in what you’re pitching, you’ll be successful. When you have newspapers that have existed for a century mailing their subscribers cardboard virtual reality goggles to use with their mobile devices, you know how important tapping into a user experience can be.

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Landis PR

MARCH 4, 2024

Targeting audiences PR pros have access to audience statistics on almost any media outlet – digital/print/broadcast/social media/influencers. Example: pitch a story on a newly opened hiking trail to an outdoors editor at a local newspaper who also has a following on social media. His/her audience is your target.

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Media Relations Media SEO Newspapers 107

Cision

MAY 3, 2016

Journalists can see right through your mass emails – and they’ll ignore you if they suspect you aren’t tailoring your pitches. Karen Paff, senior vice president at Ogilvy Public Relations, recommends doing your research and learning as much as you can about the journalists you target before you pitch them your story. Rapid Fire Round.

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MaccaPR

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Has digital media – from Huffington Post , Google News and BuzzFeed to Kindle e-books, Twitter and (God help us) more than 8 million blogs – finally vanquished Print? Recent headlines provide brutal evidence: Condé Nast announced last December it was shutting down the print version of Self magazine to go online-only. Long Live Print”!

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Print Newspapers Interviews Journalism 48

Cision

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Instead, I prefer to place one outstanding story in the right outlet – be that a national newspaper or a top-tier trade – as opposed to a publication that’s widely circulated but rarely read. Since she wasn’t part of the pitch team, she never understood what an uphill battle it was to get interest. Will it run in print?”.

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Print Interviews Pitching Conference 120

Sword and the Script

APRIL 2, 2024

However, I learned a lot about reporters and pitching in that capacity. The feature “enables organizations to gather on-the-fly insights from global print, broadcast and social media platforms, contextually analyze specific brand mentions or trends, and perform language translations.” It was a very humbling experience. Reddit data.

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Reddit Software B2B Technology 173

Cision

MAY 4, 2016

Before you pitch a journalist, you must think about how your story adds value for your audience. We define media very broadly, from traditional print media to the gossipmonger with a following on social media. What are some of the biggest pitching mistakes communication professionals make? How many pitches is he likely to read?

Newspapers 120

Newspapers Journalism Pitching Report 120

PRSay

JANUARY 8, 2019

As communicators, we have long relied on earned media or public relations — usually in the form of media relations — to place our clients’ names on the internet, on TV, in print and on the radio. In today’s media environment, pitching reporters and editors has become a lost art. Now it’s time to make your strategy a reality.

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Storytelling Media Nonprofit Government 163

PR in High Definition

MARCH 26, 2020

There’s no question that the media landscape has changed significantly since the start of the coronavirus outbreak – outlets are providing daily online live feeds, newspapers have stopped physically printing and reporters from all over the world are covering the stories and situations from every angle possible. but they are people too.

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Media Relations Media Newspapers Print 83

Landis PR

APRIL 12, 2021

How is reporting different at newspapers, TV and wire services? Performance isn’t typically an issue in print — using prose to tell a compelling story is. There’s more time to report and (despite the shrinking news hole) more room in print/digital to provide detail and nuance. I really don’t have one.

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Meeting Media Print Enterprise 98

Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 6, 2024

I joined my university’s newspaper as a reporter in 2018. 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. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Automated pitch emails for stories that don’t concern my brand.

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Meeting Media Pitching Newspapers 89

PR Insiders

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Each day, newspaper journalists, as well as hosts and producers of TV and radio talk shows, scroll through a never-ending barrage of email messages, many of which they no doubt delete without reading. […]. Anyone who’s tried their hand at promoting a brand through PR can tell you that grabbing the media’s attention isn’t always easy.

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Radio Pitching Newspapers Media 74

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

These days, we publish our print edition quarterly and focus most of our attention on our website. I started my journalism career in South Texas as a newspaper reporter in 1997 and followed that with newspaper jobs in Mississippi, Kentucky and Ohio. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Meeting Automotive Media Newspapers 79

Waxing UnLyrical

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Apart from the usual layoffs, cost reduction, and restructuring, we have seen newspapers and magazines getting thinner, TV stations cutting back on programming, and several publications and channels are on the block. Pitching journalists via phone calls, e-mails, and SMS’ are not the only ways of securing media coverage anymore.

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Digital PR Newspapers Advertising Advertising 86

Cision

OCTOBER 14, 2015

What does it mean for PR: Consider a publisher’s revenue and publishing models, as well as your need for exposure, when pitching a story. The immersive aspect of VR could dramatically change how we respond to news coverage, as it can activate empathy in ways that print and video may not.

Journalism 120

Journalism Trends Print Local 120

Buzzstream

OCTOBER 17, 2018

For PR pros, these times of the year represent not only a festive season, but more importantly a competitive, short, and oversaturated pitching landscape. Even though the writer over at SimpleMost loved our pitch, she knew her editor wasn’t going to have time to read through the pitch and assign it out.

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Sword and the Script

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The deluge of PR pitches. According to a survey of journalists by Muck Rack, 48% of journalists responding to this survey said they get between 1-5 pitches a day; 18% get between 5-10; 12% get upwards of 10-20; and 13% get 20 plus pitches a day. Pitch proof points with claims. Source: Code of PR Ethics? ).

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Survey Marketing B2B Study 173

PR Insiders

MAY 7, 2021

A store advertises its Memorial Day sale with a mammoth two-page newspaper spread and the store’s foot traffic either goes up or it doesn’t. If your interview with USA Today just appeared in print and online, you shouldn’t expect your phone to ring incessantly the next morning with people wanting to employ your services. Case closed.

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Data Newspapers Analytics Measurement 78

Beyond PR

MARCH 22, 2018

You craft the perfect pitch and reach out to the influencers who have served you well in the past — as well as some new ones who cover your space and seem like a good fit for your audience. As a PR pro, after every communications campaign, you may often ask yourself — what was the impact of my efforts? What is Media Monitoring?

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Media Radio Newspapers Print 75

Presspage

JULY 25, 2018

Surely everyone knows by now that stuffy, old-style press releases don’t cut it when reporters are busier than ever and newspapers want multimedia assets for their online editions. Yet ill-considered pitches keep flooding the inboxes of the dwindling number of journalists. How to stand out? Here are a few tips: 1.

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Wikipedia Writing Video Report 103

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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Marketing Google Newspapers Print 102

PR Fuel

JANUARY 17, 2022

Where your target audience is local, find a PR distribution service that targets distribution by location to local TV, radio, and print media houses. Where you wish to use a newspaper, pitch your story at least three weeks in advance, while for magazines, you need to do so up to six months beforehand.

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Radio Writing Local Newspapers 105

Bianchi Biz Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Pro Tip : When putting together a story to pitch, consider what human element you can offer to the reporter. Or this response from Brad Kuvin at MetalForming & 3D Metal Printing : “I’ve spent my career focused on the idea that our stories should help our readers perform their jobs better. Timeliness.

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Solo PR Pro

JULY 5, 2022

I write or pitch media in the mornings, so I am only available beginning at noon daily. I still subscribe to one print newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and read it every morning. Here’s how I could control those slots. Anne Isenhower, Anne Isenhower Communications.

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Meeting Writing Pitching Case Study 98

Bianchi Biz Blog

AUGUST 21, 2023

I assign articles to our in-house and freelance staff, work with our graphic artist for our print layout and designs, and work with our sales and management team to ensure our content meets our editorial mission and help with sales. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Meeting Automotive Engineering Journalism 73

Mora Communications

MAY 7, 2015

Whereas you don’t approach a blogger in the same way you would the editor of a newspaper, your presentation still needs to include the same basic compelling elements. He was looking for the validation and credibility that comes from being featured on TV, radio as well as in magazines and newspapers, which we focus on.

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Social Media Newspapers Media Pitching 49

Bianchi Biz Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

A local newspaper for which I interned, The North Baltimore News (Ohio), assigned me to cover the Dayton Air Show. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Provide enough details to give a good idea of what you’re pitching and how it’s relevant. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Engineering Automotive Agriculture Media 78

Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

As chief editor, I lead all FleetOwner’s content planning efforts for both print and digital. Our newspaper ended up winning an award for our reporting. I got my start in journalism in 2008, working for a weekly newspaper in Connecticut called The Middlebury Bee-Intelligencer. Stick to the keep-it-simple principle.

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Meeting Automotive Transportation Media 60

Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 16, 2022

My first article on the project also holds a special place in my memory as it was the first big article I wrote after I started in B2B journalism in which I had come up with the idea and it wound up being the cover story for a print issue. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Meeting Media Engineering Journalism 75

Prakkypedia

MAY 31, 2015

save a copy of any newspaper clippings; consider displaying them in your office. save your media coverage to mention during public presentations and pitches for work. I’ll end with one more useful tip: Occasionally, you may be disappointed if your newspaper print story doesn’t subsequently appear in the newspaper’s online version.

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Media Television Radio Newspapers 60

Sword and the Script

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

It could be a way to cut through the clutter since reporters are deluged with pitches. Keep in mind, the story you are pitching has to actually be worthy of an exclusive. All the basic advice still applies (timeliness, relevancy and newsworthiness). Don’t dangle “exclusive” for a mediocre idea.

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Survey Industry Leadership Study 94