Media Relations

For smaller businesses and nonprofits, community access television can be an attractive alternative outreach platform.

In advance of PR News’ June 17 Media Relations Forum in Washington, D.C., we asked the PR community one question: “How would you define a good relationship with the media?” See the winning response.

Most organizations have some sort of area on their Web sites dedicated to news. Unfortunately, many organizations are not leveraging this online news area as a way to increase awareness of their products and services within their industry.

As the media landscape continues to fracture, with traditional outlets shrinking and new digital-based platforms emerging, PR executives are challenged to adjust media strategies and resources to gain maximum media coverage.

Packing your press releases with anchor text, links, metadata and more can significantly increase their shelf life while reaching a wider audience.

As the public’s anger builds over the Gulf oil spill disaster, just who gets the blame and what should the government and BP be focusing on from a PR standpoint?

PR agency Cercone Brown’s "Least Wasteful Cities" campaign helped successfully turn a negative rep into a positive one for sports water bottle maker Nalgene.

Corporate social responsibilty has long been talked about as a way to build trust and reputation. New data, however, finds that media coverage of CSR leaves a lot to be desired.

Ritz Communications’ Patty Keiler and Elisabeth Ritz share specific tips for pitching full articles written by client champions to media.

PR agency Ritz Communications helped Emmi Solutions, a medical IT vendor, gain positive media exposure through finding clients to create articles that they then pitched to targeted media.