PR Newswire recently hosted a webinar, “Strengthening Your Media Relations with ProfNet,” to explore how communications professionals can cost-effectively build relationships with journalists by utilizing all the tools available in ProfNet.
The presentation covered how to:
· Receive and respond to daily leads from journalists seeking expert sources
· Proactively engage with media by connecting with journalists you couldn’t access [...]

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Following is a Q&A with Brad Grimes, editor of Hanley Wood’s Digital Home:
By Greg Shemitz
Q: What’s your background as a journalist? What are your responsibilities at Digital Home?
A: I’ve been writing and editing technology stories since 1991 when I started my career at Ziff Davis’ PC Magazine. After getting my master’s degree in journalism from [...]

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APG Media announced that its lifestyle group has launched two shelter publications: Lofts, on stands Oct. 16; and Lodges, which will hit stands Oct. 23. The two new titles join Romantic Homes, Victorian Homes and the recently and successfully launched Cottages & Bungalows.
Lofts magazine’s mission is to explore the urban lifestyle anywhere, capitalizing on a [...]

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The Forward, America’s most influential Jewish weekly newspaper, is expanding its West Coast coverage and has opened a Los Angeles bureau.
Staff Reporter Rebecca Spence will cover the nation’s second largest Jewish population and a wide range of topics, including politics, entertainment, and local Jewish news and organizations.
“The feedback from both readers and advertisers clearly [...]

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Following is a Q&A with Daniel Thigpen, reporter for The (Stockton) Record:
By Greg Shemitz
Q: What’s your background as a journalist? What are your responsibilities at The Record?
A: I graduated from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill journalism school in 2004 and spent a year covering nearly every news beat at The News Tribune in Washington [...]

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Following is a Q&A with Jill Rose, editor-in-chief of RedCoat Publishing:
By Greg Shemitz
Q: What’s your background as a journalist? What are your responsibilities at Health Executive?
A: I’ve been an editor at various business/tech publications since 1992. I’m in charge of editorial direction at Health Executive. I write most of the cover stories and the two-page [...]

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Following is a Q&A with freelance writer Jennifer L.W. Fink:
By Greg Shemitz
Q: What’s your background as a journalist? What media outlets do you write for?
A: As a journalist specializing in healthcare and parenting, I draw upon my other professional experiences — 10 years in clinical practice as a registered nurse, and eight years (and counting!) [...]

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By Sue Masaracchia-Roberts
With more newsrooms using generalists to cover a broad range of topics, Chicago still maintains a core of professionals dedicated to reporting on healthcare. The March meeting of the Publicity Club of Chicago showcased some of these professionals, including Katharin Czink from WGN-TV, Bob Ray from WMAQ-TV, and Kaarin Tisue from the Chicago [...]

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Following is a Q&A with Rochelle Broder-Singer, editor, SouthFloridaCEO magazine:
By Greg Shemitz
Q: What’s your background as a journalist? What are your responsibilities at SouthFloridaCEO magazine?
A: I have a degree in mass media/print journalism, and have had careers in journalism, technical writing and public relations. I’ve been with this magazine for nearly eight years. I joined [...]

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Following is a Q&A with Kelly Greene, staff reporter, retirement planning, The Wall Street Journal:
By Greg Shemitz
Q: What’s your background as a journalist? What are your responsibilities at the Wall Street Journal?
A: I have been a reporter for 15 years. My first paper was the Winston-Salem Journal in North Carolina, where I worked right after [...]

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