Tag Archives: Press Release writing

Grammar Gossip: Adieu, Haimster

Every month, Business Wire Editor Emily Jones provides useful grammar tips and tricks to help us write better press releases. It’s another edition of Grammar Gossip! Grammar Gossip, along with a great collection of 80s fans, recently said goodbye to a favorite – Mr. Corey Haim, the playful and curl-lipped teen idol that while quirky [...]

Editor’s Corner – March Edition

With 30 bureaus around the world and more newsrooms than all of our competitors combined, Business Wire is proud to provide local expertise and superior service, backed by the most accurate editors in the world. In Editor’s Corner, we ask some of our best to chime in on how to get the most out [...]

Editor’s Corner – January Edition

With 30 bureaus around the world and more newsrooms than all of our competitors combined, Business Wire is proud to provide local expertise and superior service, backed by the most accurate editors in the world. In Editor’s Corner, we ask some of our best to chime in on how to get the most out of [...]

Grammar Gossip: A Sure Thing

Every month, Business Wire Editor Emily Jones provides useful grammar tips and tricks to help us write better press releases. It’s another edition of Grammar Gossip!

A Sure Thing
Grammar Gossip greatly appreciates suggestions given by readers. Recently it was recommended that Grammar Gossip girl cover the difference between insure and ensure. “What a fab idea!” GG [...]

Grammar Gossip: The Pop! Quiz Effect

Every month, Business Wire Editor Emily Jones provides useful grammar tips and tricks to help us write better press releases. It’s another edition of Grammar Gossip!
The Pop! Quiz Effect
Think you know the difference between commonly confused words ‘affect‘ & ‘effect‘? Time for a pop quiz!
Which sentence is correct?
a) Thankfully, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag’s honeymoon [...]

Business Wire and Bloomberg Toronto Host Talk with Bureau Chief David Scanlan

On June 25th, Business Wire Toronto hosted a seminar at Bloomberg’s Toronto office—home to a spectacular view of the Toronto skyline—where Bloomberg Bureau Chief David Scanlan spoke to a crowd of more than 30 of Toronto’s top-tier PR and IR professionals about how to craft an effective press release.
David’s talk focused on five “F” factors [...]

We Are Pleased to Focus on this Unique, Innovative Tool

We’re obviously big at Business Wire on offering advice for writing a good press release.  Search Engine Optimization is an important part of that, but so is simply writing concisely and clearly — avoiding jargon, placeholder phrases, filler and other stuff that creates clutter and keeps people from understanding (or just getting through) your news.
Now, HubSpot has a [...]

How Long Does it Take to Write a Press Release? “Several days,” said half of those polled

How long does it take to write a press release? Several days, according to a Business Wire 1-Question Poll