Journalism

How to write a press release: don't

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The secret to writing a great press release is simple: don’t set out to write a press release. Create an article, direct for the end readership you are targeting. Once you’ve got a killer idea, you now need to make life as easy as possible for the journalists and editors, by giving all the information they want and need, with none of fluff and blatant self-promotion that they loathe.

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Why don't newspaper journalists get to the point?

newspaper journalists should get to the point

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If newspapers disappeared tomorrow, would you care? Would you notice?

A damning critique of the newspaper industry at Rogue Columnist got me thinking: do I even care if newspapers disappear?

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Who reads the second paragraph? Lessons in writing from Lemmon and Matthau

Journalists summarise the whole story in the first paragraph, and expand on the detail as they go along.

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