Media Pitching Ideas & Examples

August 21, 2025

One PR tweak to boost AI visibility

The AI bots you’re trying to reach are searching for answers to questions about your category, market, or industry. Help them find YOU with these simple steps.

August 14, 2025

Outwriting AI, one sentence at a time

Producing corporate copy that grabs and holds reader attention — whether you supplement yourself with AI or not — requires an uncommon mastery of the written word.

August 7, 2025

Why I delete my own em dashes

You know that sinking moment when a piece you’re enjoying suddenly sounds AI-written?

July 31, 2025

Turn a slow news month into headlines

Use these pitch templates to create your own news, even when your usual pipeline dries up

July 24, 2025

Parenting vs. Placements

Life isn’t a binary toggle between family and career, and in real time it’s murky which choices will matter in a decade. You need to embrace the tension.

July 17, 2025

WashPost editor: smart PR pros keep making this mistake

The pros followed the classic rule so faithfully that they never said who they were. That tiny gap stole her focus and stalled the pitch.

July 10, 2025

The junior PR staffer who made ESPN pay for the story

Using nothing but the English language, Shea turned a faltering account into a nationwide spectacle.

July 3, 2025

Stop racing people who aren’t carrying your load

Don’t compare yourself to peers when your goals and your loads are entirely different.

June 26, 2025

Those 8-figure “reach” numbers are lying to you

“Impressions” are a mirage. Run this experiment for 90 days and see if the term disappears from your slide deck.

June 19, 2025

The tiny workplace rituals that earn outsized respect

I’m afraid our younger generation of PR pros doesn’t know what’s about to hit them.

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