JJC and Rafe: My feeling is that why would a journalist congratulate a PR person publicly for just doing their job right? A good PR pitch should be expected, but a bad one screams to be shared.
If you’re interested, Todd Defren of SHIFT Communications tried to highlight good pitches from PR folks a few years back (http://goodpitch.blogspot.com/). In the end he had a hard time getting journalists to forward him examples.
Rafe
8 Comments
October 31, 2008 at 9:21 am
Hey, this growing set of strict rules makes me feel like a child in former East Germany .-)
Nice blog format anyhow …
October 31, 2008 at 11:45 am
We respect your work and your opinion.
But I tend to agree with KP about these “tips”. Why not give folks an idea of what works (instead of keeping up the stream of cranky complaints)?
Just a suggestion…
October 31, 2008 at 1:26 pm
JJC: Not as funny that way.
But maybe I’ll try a few positively-spun items and see what the response is.
October 31, 2008 at 4:15 pm
“Not as funny that way”
True, especially in todays tough economy haha
October 31, 2008 at 5:48 pm
je vous aime tous les deux…
November 2, 2008 at 5:55 pm
JJC and Rafe: My feeling is that why would a journalist congratulate a PR person publicly for just doing their job right? A good PR pitch should be expected, but a bad one screams to be shared.
If you’re interested, Todd Defren of SHIFT Communications tried to highlight good pitches from PR folks a few years back (http://goodpitch.blogspot.com/). In the end he had a hard time getting journalists to forward him examples.
November 10, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Let’s hope it was a verbal pitch and not a written one
I’d hate to think that todays are plural.
November 14, 2008 at 9:25 am
@artpredator. Ugh, a typo. I have corrected it.