Media Relations
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Influencer Marketing
The 2024 Election and the Changing Definition of ‘The Media’
Former President Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the 2024 Presidential Election has ushered in new questions for candidates and campaigns about messaging strategies and how to reach people. It’s proved that “the media” is no longer solely legacy outlets. Social media influencers and podcast hosts are now just as much a part of the media landscape as correspondents, columnists and editors.
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Digital & Technology
PR Roundup: Connectively Done, X Exodus, AI Pros and Cons
This week’s PR Roundup follows Cision’s upcoming shutdown of Connectively, formerly known as HARO, the mass exodus of users and brands from X (formerly Twitter), and a new study featuring the pros and cons of AI for digital PR.
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Media Relations
Six PR Lessons From the Presidential Election That Apply to All Practitioners
There are several important lessons from the 2024 Presidential Election that PR people can apply to non-political accounts, from dealing with media to performing research to preparing client talking points.
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Media Relations
Ask a Journalist: Tanya Christian of Consumer Reports on Why Journalists and Publicists Need to Rekindle the Relationship
[Editor’s Note: Ariane Lovell, Senior Vice President, Media Relations, NY Health and Multicultural Earned Media Lead at Weber Shandwick, is taking the lead for our reinvigorated “Ask a Journalist” series. First up? A conversation with Tanya Christian, multimedia content manager at Consumer Reports and former news & politics editor at ESSENCE.] Ever wonder what really […]
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Branding/Marketing
Five Ways to Build a Better Rapid Response Program
Reporters need color commentary and deeper analysis on breaking news, your clients need coverage in outlets that won’t cover product news directly, and you need to improve your media relationships. Rapid response works in all of these cases.
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Media Relations
Spinning Our Own Spin: The Ethics of PR
PR “spin”—in its proper and ethical context—is simply helping people tell their story better to reach target audiences more effectively. Here are the three steps to show anyone (and clients in particular) that spin is just fine—as long as it’s ethical.
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Crisis Management
Media Training and Intuit’s Communications Disaster
The Intuit fiasco brings to light four key lessons/pillars for communications professionals when media training company stakeholders: interview preparation, post-interview communications, media relations and crisis management.
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Media Relations
Looking in the Mirror: When Client Issues Are the PR Pro’s Fault
Misunderstandings about client expectations for media placement are often the result of PR professionals’ failure to help decision-makers understand what would be necessary to achieve success long before the contract is signed. Here’s how to turn such challenges into trust-building opportunities and prospects into long-term clients.
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Media Relations
How to Pitch Media in an Election Season
As the U.S. election approaches, PR professionals face a dilemma: surrender to a sea of politically-dominated coverage or navigate onward and continue pitching media?
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Branding/Marketing
New York PR Wizard, Now 100, Looks Back—And Ahead—At How Media and PR Have Evolved
Morty Matz, a PR pro who just turned 100, offered his insights into how the news media and public relations business landscapes—as well as the symbiotic dynamics between the professions—have changed.
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