Allison Lester: From the Newsroom to PR's Front Line
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Allison Lester -- director of media relations for Fletcher Marketing PR -- shares insights on transitioning from the pressures and challenges of years working in a media newsroom environment to the front lines of PR strategy and media relations execution for a PR firm.
Among her remarks:
- How deadline-driven environments of the newsroom differ from deadlines / workload in PR
- Ways in which lifestyle / work-life balance stresses differ on the two "sides," particularly given the pandemic
- What "pet peeves" she encountered from PR firms back in her newsroom days
- Aspects of pitching for topical / timing relevance to be realistic and newsroom-friendly
- What it means to deliver for clients on media relations content and availability
- Best-practices in media contact-development
- Practical considerations (such as lead times) that build parameters around what a news outlet will (or even can) cover
- How to "turn lemons to lemonade" when media rejection of a pitch can still present a relationship-building opportunity with a reporter
- Differences between needs / opportunities for newsrooms working across different formats (print, broadcast, digital)
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