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Steve asks: I had a meeting with a chef today who is looking for PR. He …
Sep 13, 2010 Advice, Marketing, Public relations, Sources, You Ask, We Answer
Think your peach defuzzer is the greatest product in the known universe, or rep a doctor who’s on the road to curing a formerly incurable disease? Then you’re probably signed up as an expert source on services like Help a Reporter (HARO) and ProfNet.
I use these services as just one of many tools in …
Jun 21, 2010 Marketing, Public relations, Rants, Sources
Or have you?
Last week a writer friend forwarded me a press trip invite she’d received (and declined) and wondered if I’d be interested in following up with the host since I had some interest in the locale. I gave the invitation a quick read. It seemed like a personal invitation, and the trip host claimed …
Mar 25, 2010 Advice, Public relations, Rants, Writing
Denise asks, “I’m starting to comb press releases from my local university to find story ideas. Is it ok to use the quotes from the release in your query to magazine editors? Isn’t that why the PR guys are sending out this information? I would of course do my own interview after landing an assignment.”
Denise, …
May 30, 2008 Advice, Public relations, Reporting, You Ask, We Answer
I’ve been pulling together my travel writing workshop, and happened to be preparing my materials on ethics, when a lovely little travel writing ethics scandal conveniently popped up in the news.
You’ve probably already heard about the fracas surrounding the new tell-all travel writing book, Do Travel Writers Go to Hell? A Swashbuckling Tale of High …
Apr 16, 2008 Classes, Editors, Magazines, Observations, Personal yammerings, Public relations, Writing
