How to pitch ideas to journalists
Random pic of me yapping a couple of years back

How to pitch ideas to journalists

Guy Clapperton MCIPR Guy Clapperton MCIPR

Guy Clapperton MCIPR

The media trainer that helps you avoid being misquoted, misunderstood or misrepresented. My team will ensure you get value out of speaking to the press.

发布日期: 2025年2月10日
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In a couple of weeks I'll be in London helping PR people with pitching skills - they need to sell ideas to journalists. One of the things that goes wrong so often is the targeting. Here's a video that makes the point:

How do I pronounce that? No, really...

Should you call a journalist?

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Would you like more information on my session on pitching to journalists? Or on my media training sessions in general? I'd love to hear from you - either get in touch through LinkedIn or drop my assistant [email protected] a note and she'll arrange a time for an initial chat.

Thanks

Guy

Ramsey Pietro Nasser, BA, MA ?

Trilingual Video Production Specialist for B2B Marketing & Communications. Live events Director of Photography

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Ha ha. 99.99% of non-Arabic speakers are terrible at Arabic pronounciation and they don't even seem to care

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