Fresh from Chicago’s NPR affiliate, the newest member of the Ragan Communications team seeks to deliver the hot, emerging topics in public relations with a fresh, distinctive voice.
As a craft, PR pitching continues to evolve. For those in the industry, this should be a lesson in changing with the times. Here are ways to keep up with strong story pitching in the new year.
Don’t rely on cold calling for your news pitches. Here’s how you can get to know journalists and help endear yourself to them.
To get ahead in your career, there are certain behaviors and tendencies you really ought to ditch. Spoiler alert: Getting away from your duties and having fun are not among them.
Monitoring of visuals, the emergence of data throttling and the demise of the bundling board are just some hallmarks of the past year.
Organizational leaders can be resistant to change, even if the proposed strategy is better than the status quo. Here’s what you can do to gain better reception about your big idea.
A news-oriented website brings in patients and draws journalists’ attention to Cook Children’s in Fort Worth, Texas.
Reporters often complain about PR pros’ poor media relations habits. Here’s to how to give them what they really want this year.
Here are three ways PR pros can piggyback—or leapfrog—breaking news stories.
If your media relations efforts are met with radio silence, you might be committing one of these mistakes. Here’s how to fix it.
If you want to guarantee that a reporter will never call you back and put you on his or her email “block” list, do these things.
These small favors will cost journalists little or nothing, and will earn gratitude and thanks from stressed, harassed PR reps everywhere this Thanksgiving.
PR pros can access reams of tips about writing and pitching successfully, but they can also learn quite a bit from considering what not to do.
Hollywood knows how to tell a story. Embed yourself. Know your audience. Be succinct. Tips for communicators from ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Revenant,’ ‘The Hunger Games’ and other new releases.
Some PR practitioners don’t like to use their personal handles for work, but reporters may not want to engage with a corporate one. A public relations pro weighs in.
