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It Really Is All About Relationships

It Really Is All About Relationships

 |  May 12, 2023

For PR professionals, relationships that go beyond the occasional email pitch or follow-up phone call can make what we do a whole lot easier. Abbie Fink shares more on the significance of relationships and how it impacted a recent story in this blog post.

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How to Find More Creativity in your Pitch

How to Find More Creativity in your Pitch

 |  Mar 5, 2021

How can you make your story pitch stand out among the thousand of pitches editors and reporters receive every day? Sure, it starts with having a good relationship with the editor. But also having a killer subject line followed by an attention-grabbing pitch can ensure your email doesn’t go directly to the trash folder. When […]

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#MediaMonday – Shelly Talsma Everson

#MediaMonday – Shelly Talsma Everson

 |  June 22, 2020

Happy #MediaMonday! Today's post comes from Shelly Talsma Everson who writes for Echo Magazine, EG Publishing and Arizona Health & Living Magazine. Click the link to learn more about her and the types of pitches she is looking for.

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#MediaMonday – Mark Field

#MediaMonday – Mark Field

 |  Nov 12, 2018

There are some 700,000 veterans living in Arizona.  A “thank you for your service” is always appropriate, especially on Veteran’s Day. Today’s #MediaMonday comes to us from Mark Field, a U.S. Navy veteran himself.  He is the publisher and editor of Arizona Veteran’s Magazine, a publication dedicated to Arizona residents who have served our country. This […]

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#MediaMonday – Lee Shappell

#MediaMonday – Lee Shappell

 |  Aug 20, 2018

Local legend alert! Today’s #MediaMonday is a doozy. It comes from none other than Lee Shappell. While our younger readers will know him for his current gig at Times Media Group, many will recognize his name from the many years he spent at The Arizona Republic, where he served as everything from editor to copy […]

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#MediaMonday – The Capital Gazette

#MediaMonday – The Capital Gazette

 |  July 2, 2018

Today’s #MediaMonday is in honor of the five journalists from the Capital Gazette that were shot and killed in Annapolis, Md., on Thursday. The five victims were all employees of the Capital Gazette: Gerald Fischman, 61, editorial page editor Rob Hiaasen, 59, assistant editor John McNamara, 56, staff writer Rebecca Smith, 34, sales assistant Wendi […]

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#MediaMonday – Shawn Byrne

#MediaMonday – Shawn Byrne

 |  Feb 5, 2018

We love to feature guests in our #MediaMonday blog posts from all over Arizona. Today's guest is Shawn Byrne, editor of the Kingman Daily Miner! [Click below for more]

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PRSA Phoenix Media Panel

PRSA Phoenix Media Panel

 |  Nov 9, 2017

Yesterday, PRSA Phoenix  held its last #MediaBreakfast of 2017 at BIG YAM, The Parsons Agency.  This was another successful event planned by PRSA Phoenix board members Diane Smith and Ashley Lynch.

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#MediaMonday – Raquel Hendrickson

#MediaMonday – Raquel Hendrickson

 |  May 4, 2015

I am really excited for today’s #MediaMonday blog post as I connected with Raquel Hendrickson via the work that HMA Public Relations does with two of our clients in Maricopa, the Ak-Chin Indian Community and Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino. Raquel is the new editor of InMaricopa News and for the 16 years prior was on staff […]

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