Media Relations

Pitchingnotes.com encourages PR pros to share their notes on media they’ve worked with; and media to tell its members how they would like to be pitched.

While communicators must be sensitive in what they pitch to the media  during a disaster, opportunities abound.

The best way to serve journalists and media is to put yourself in their shoes and think whether a story fits their audience, and what other content elements will make it pop.

Award-winning journalist Carl Cannon coached PR pros with five strategies for making nailing their story pitches.

At PR News’ Nov. 30 Media Relations Conference, PR pros from Hilton Worldwide and the Smithsonian National Zoo provided a slew of Twitter best practices.

The year’s best communicators were honored at a luncheon ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

34 young, established and budding communication professionals were honored on Nov. 29 at  PR News’ PR People Awards Luncheon.

Winner: Colleen Cleary Vice President, Havas PR Colleen Cleary is a leading expert when it comes to media relations and celebrity partnerships—as vice president of Havas PR, Cleary is a senior client manager who specializes… Continued

Make your news releases and media alerts stand out in a journalist’s inbox with these eight methods.

Verizon’s director of media relations takes a break from post-Sandy communications tasks to discuss his team’s content strategy.