PR Placing a Premium on Creativity; Findings from 5 Studies in Public Relations
88% of PR pros say creativity is more important in the era of Covid I’ve spent the past few weeks breaking down the survey results from the 2021 JOTW Strategic Communications Survey (overview, challenges and the media relations struggle). This...Read More
Changing Relations with Business and Media: Summaries to 3 Studies for Communicators
One study shows communicators are faced with growing workloads, but their relationship with business has strengthened; two studies offer a look at media relations insights There’s a lot of talk lately about getting back to normal and while things are...Read More
How 2,400 Journalists Use Social Media for Reporting [And Why PR Should Get Serious about Social]
Journalists say Twitter is the most valuable social media platform and they spend a lot of time there; if you want to improve media relations you should invest more time there too Business efforts on social media tends come in...Read More
45 Marketing and PR Statistics that Recap the Year We Had in 2020
Here’s a look at statistics across PR, marketing, and social media that were surfaced in the various reports and studies covered on this blog throughout 2020 Many of the blog posts published here are based on survey research, analytical studies...Read More
Get a Big Picture of the PR Landscape with these Notes from 10 Industry Surveys
Surveys show earned media is still the most credible; exec appreciation and collaboration with PR improved during the Coronavirus Regular readers know these pages are filled with surveys and statistics. Some of the studies are surveys I’ve helped field, like...Read More
Be Relevant: 21 Media Relations Insights From 3 Surveys Polling 4,000+ Journalists [UML]
Of all the media relations insights the best one is this: be relevant. These three studies polled 4,000 journalists and their answers all center on relevance. I’d do a considerable amount of blogging. Occasionally, I’ll use the service Help a...Read More
Cliff Notes to Effective Media Relations: A Summary of 3 Surveys of Editors, Reporters and Journalists [UML]
Most PR professionals (68%) say media relations is getting harder or much harder, according to the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey. This is up 17% from last year where 51% said media relations was getting harder. What can PR do about...Read More
The Top Challenges in Journalism According to a Survey of Journalists and the Cliff Notes to 3 Studies by PR Tech Vendors [UML]
Is the process of media relations getting harder? Yes, it is according to 68% of PR professionals polled for the 2019 JOTW Communications Survey. That’s up 17% from the same survey last year. So, what’s PR to do about it?...Read More
7 Media Statistics from an Annual Survey of Reporters that Gives PR a Glimpse of their Mindset
If you work in PR and engage in media relations, it’s a good idea to keep an ear out as to what is on the minds of those that work in the media. The 2018 State of the Media report...Read More
3 PR Takeaways from the State of the Media Report by Cision
These are strange times for those in the news business, as public trust and confidence in the news media has eroded. By a measure of their own assessment, “journalists perceive they are now struggling to maintain the public’s trust.” In...Read More
