Media Pitching Ideas & Examples

March 27, 2025

Cool things AI bots can do now for PR work

Here are three highlights from my latest Inner Circle session on AI and PR.

March 20, 2025

Political news feels overwhelming – pitch anyway

Many PR pros aren’t pitching media right now, convinced the flood of political news is drowning out their chances to get noticed. Most of them are wrong.

March 13, 2025

Finishers wanted

Ultimately, that’s what any boss or client wants – someone who gets things done. Who finishes.

March 10, 2025

Why I choose Muck Rack over Cision and Meltwater (TL;DR)

For a long time, I stayed out of the PR software wars. But I’m not on the fence anymore.

March 10, 2025

Why I choose Muck Rack over Cision and Meltwater

For a long time, I stayed out of the PR software wars. But I’m not on the fence anymore.

March 6, 2025

It’s not you, it’s the job market

Three ways to adapt to the “return to normal” and crush your job search.

February 27, 2025

Embargoed until you open this post

If you follow these two principles, we both win: Journalists win because they get the story correct from the start, and you win because you maximize coverage.

February 19, 2025

The fallacy of “working hard versus working smart”

It’s not the distinction between working hard and working smart. It’s the word “versus.” To be successful in PR, you gotta do both.

February 12, 2025

Breaking down pitches that landed WSJ, Bloomberg, BI, Fortune and more

I analyze successful media pitches like a Super Bowl-winning coach breaks down game film.

February 6, 2025

News doesn’t have to be new

Find a creative but relevant timely hook that gives journalists a reason to cover it NOW.

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