Tag Archives: media tips

Bloomberg Canada Shares Tips on What News Agencies Want from your Press Release

Bloomberg editors in Canada offer tips for getting the most out of your press releases at a recent Business Wire event in Toronto.

Two Great Tips for Pitching Health and Life Science Reporters

Two great pitching tips for reaching health sciences, pharma, and medical device reporters.

Upcoming Business Wire Events: Meet the Media in Chicago, Crisis Comm in Atlanta, Visit Bloomberg in Toronto

Wake Up With the Chicago Media Hosted by Business Wire Chicago Rise and (make your pitches) shine! Join Business Wire Chicago for breakfast and meet the producers and editors from some of Chicago’s most sought-after outlets. Find out who wants to be pitched via social media, how you can make a great first impression and [...]

Richmond Media Discuss Role of Press Releases and Offer Timing and Pitching Tips

by Cecile Oreste, Media Relations Specialist, Business Wire/DC Business Wire hosted a Meet the Richmond Media event recently at the Ramada Plaza West in Richmond, Va. More than 50 public relations and communications professionals were in attendance to hear from a media panel discussion moderated by Business Wire client Jon Newman of The Hodges Partnership. The [...]

Upcoming Business Wire Events: Powerful Pitches in Cleveland, Crisis Comm in Florida, Meet the Tech Media in LA

Powerful Pitches Hosted by Business Wire Cleveland Just about everything in a communications professional’s life involves some form of pitching. A successful pitch involves a great deal of persuasion and creativity. Join Business Wire Cleveland for a breakfast seminar featuring Jim Kukral, web entrepreneur, blogger, professional speaker, educator and author of two books – Attention! This [...]

Upcoming Business Wire Events: Meet the Media of Richmond, Learn About Powerful Pitches in Cleveland

Meet the Richmond Media Hosted by Business Wire Washington, DC Join Business Wire DC for breakfast and a panel discussion with Richmond editors and reporters. Jon Newman of The Hodges Partnership will moderate the panel, including: Scott Bass, News Editor, Style Weekly; Rachel DePompa, Richmond Reporter, NBC12; Gregory Gilligan, Business Editor, Richmond Times-Dispatch; and Susan [...]

Capitol Communicator’s Meet the New Media Event Recap

By: Cecile Oreste, Media Relations Specialist, Business Wire/DC On Tuesday, November 16th, public relations professionals and other members of the communications industry gathered at B. Smith’s in Washington, DC for Capitol Communicator’s “Meet the New Media” event. The media panel, moderated by Mopwater PR founder Amanda Miller Littlejohn, included: V. Dion Haynes, Managing Editor, Capital [...]

Newport Area Communicators and Media Talk Industry Trends, Pitching Tips

by Amy Yen, Marketing Specialist, Business Wire LA Last week, Business Wire Newport Beach held a media breakfast for more than 70 Orange County area communicators and PR professionals to discuss trends in the media industry and tips for reaching out to Newport area media. >>Download a full audio recording of this event here. The [...]

Event Recap: Chicago-area New Media Opportunities

by Andrea Gillespie, Account Executive, Business Wire/Chicago Successful media relations in Chicago over the last several years has meant both strengthening your news eye to find and pitch the most relevant stories, and finding new places, people and forms of media in which you can get those stories picked up. While some news holes seems to be [...]

Bulldog Reporter’s 2010 Media Relations Summit Recap

by Nikelle Feimster, Media Relations Specialist, Business Wire New York Business Wire was on-site as an anchor sponsor at Bulldog Reporter’s 2010 Media Relations Summit held on Monday June 28 at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York. More than 20 top public relations and media executives shared insight and vision about how PR professionals [...]