Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

My beat encompasses electric vehicles, autonomous driving, charging infrastructure and anything else that’s fascinating at the intersection of sustainability, technology and transportation. It’s one thing to write about how cars are changing from behind a desk. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Cision

JULY 13, 2016

With a condensed downtown and huge public transportation infrastructure, bus wraps and boards became roving billboards with an incredible number of eyes on them each day. While I would still pitch them on stories for my clients, my goal was also to become a resource for them.

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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. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I would advise that they offer pitches that they truly think will interest our audience or will teach them something.

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Burrelles Fresh Ideas

JANUARY 30, 2024

However, within a few days, more information (and concerns) came to light when the National Transportation Safety Board told the New York Times that “the plane was not being used in long flights over water because a pressurization warning light had gone off during three recent flights.” Fortunately, no passengers were seriously injured.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JULY 10, 2023

I was a Metro Desk reporter at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas for several years before I made the jump to automotive writing. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I get a lot of “Write about this startup! I get a lot of “Write about this startup!” Do those even work?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

JUNE 5, 2023

I write a weekly newsletter for about 11,000 email subscribers and FreightWaves.com called Truck Tech. Finish this sentence: If I am not reporting, I am… preparing for hosting my weekly TV show or writing my weekly Truck Tech newsletter. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 8, 2023

Our team covers transportation and mobility, including electric vehicles, driver-assist technology and connectivity. I have been writing about vehicle infotainment centers and connectivity. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I respond well to pitches that have a “why.”

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Bianchi Biz Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2020

I also write about mobility and transportation topics, including pedestrian safety. I’m watching the ongoing impact of the pandemic on the auto industry and other types of transportation. If a story topic interests me, I expect I will report and write a better story. Any pet peeves with PR people?

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Vesna Brajkovic has been covering the transportation industry since 2016, including trucking, railroading, the automotive aftermarket and aviation. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? I really appreciate when pitches include a line about why it’s important that your client presents that story.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Admittedly, I’m not great at elevator pitches around my work, which is further complicated by the fact I still have no idea what I want to be when I grow up, but here is the official description: AutoVision News Radio centers on future vehicle technology, including next-generation ADAS innovations, electrification, and software-defined cars.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

The Endeavor Commercial Vehicle Group is comprised of six CV brands: FleetOwner, Fleet Maintenance, Trailer/Body Builders, Bulk Transporter, Refrigerated Transporter, and American Trucker. Additionally, I still write, and will take on event coverage or feature assignments. Finish this sentence: If I am not reporting, I am ….

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Bianchi Biz Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In my role today, the most fun stories I get to write come from test-driving trucks. Personally, I am most proud of our Women in Transportation series at FleetOwner. What advice do you have for PR people that want to pitch you? Editors are busy and flooded with emails and PR pitches all the time.

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Shift Communications

MAY 17, 2023

By Leslie Clavin, VP, Editorial Services For two decades, SHIFT has guided clients through communications challenges as automation and artificial intelligence entered, disrupted and transformed their markets, from healthcare to manufacturing to transportation and beyond. For a fun exercise, ask ChatGPT to write your bio.

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Shift Communications

MAY 17, 2023

By Leslie Clavin, VP, Editorial Services For two decades, SHIFT has guided clients through communications challenges as automation and artificial intelligence entered, disrupted and transformed their markets, from healthcare to manufacturing to transportation and beyond. For a fun exercise, ask ChatGPT to write your bio.

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OnePitch

JANUARY 3, 2023

As the consumer travel reporter, Zach covers travel, primarily writing about and focusing on airlines and aviation. During the podcast episode, Zach shares more about his process for responding to pitches, the best ways to approach him with an embargoed pitch, how he’s managed to build close relationships with sources, and more.

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Landis PR

AUGUST 23, 2021

Drilling down even further, we cover everything from warehousing and distribution to transportation, sustainability, procurement, risk mitigation, software, technologies and workforce development. When I was little, I always wanted to write for People magazine. What advice do you have for PR people who want to pitch you? .

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Bianchi Biz Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2020

We will continue to cover that, but we are starting to write about how Detroit automakers are moving forward. Check out the comments below before pitching your next green technology. Ford Motor Co. just unveiled the new Ford F-150 and the Bronco, which the automaker brought back from the dead to much fanfare.

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Bianchi Biz Blog

MAY 17, 2021

I work out of my home and call my freelance writing business Baxter TechWrite. Today, the majority of articles I write are for Transport Topics , but I have also worked on four different Confidence Reports for NACFE , the North American Council for Freight Efficiency. Hence my desire to write such a piece.

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The Hoffman Agency

MARCH 11, 2020

In Shanghai, I got the opportunity to pitch Chinese reporters, coordinate a CEO media roundtable and support a product launch event. If pitching in the U.S. goes “email first, phone second,” pitching in China goes “call first, WeChat second, WeChat moving forward, email may be never.” counterparts.

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Buzzstream

JUNE 5, 2024

There are also asset-less digital PR strategies that include pitching quotes to journalists. To create the index (as some call it), I weighted a handful of criteria, such as homeowners insurance and transportation costs, and then assigned scores for over 800 cities. If it’s interesting, you can pitch it for coverage.

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Karen Freberg

MAY 19, 2017

So, I wanted to write about the lessons I have learned from my time in South Africa and how this one experience has helped shape who I am today as a professor. I was pitching the media for our fashion and consumer clients. I went grocery shopping and had to figure out the transportation system for the city. Did I get this?

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Bad Pitch Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

You get one of our coveted Glinda the Good Pitch awards…Kevin, give it to them! First, our way busy Secretary of Transportation uses Britney and her car seat loss to appeal to mothers (“Tsk, tsk,” he actually said at a press conference); now it’s Tom Cruise as the bad example for an organization of note. for fabulous press.

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Landis PR

DECEMBER 17, 2024

From Waymo’s driverless taxis revolutionizing urban transport to the Broadway sensation Oh, Mary! Escola appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, and The View, where Whoopi Goldberg publicly pitched herself to Escola as someone they should consider for the next play theyre writing.

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