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Edelman Trust Barometer 2021 results
Traditional Media (56%)
Owned Media (41%)
Social Media (35%)
Earned mass media is mostly communicated through…
News releases & media kits, followed by radio & TV
*Reporters and editors spend most of their time processing information, not gathering it
Reporters and editors spend most of their time _____ information, not _____ it
Processing; gathering
Media advisories
Inform journalists of upcoming events
Media tours
Company execs schedule back to back interviews w/ journalists, editors, broadcasters
Gatekeepers
Journalists and editors; Decides which press releases, pitches, or stories get published, aired, or discarded
Press Release
Pseudo-news story, written in third person, that seeks to demonstrate to an editor or reporter the newsworthiness of a particular person, event, service or product
All news stories are developed around a _____
Focus
Format for a news story (4)
Headline → Lead → Body → Ending

11 Parts of a News/Press Release
Letterhead:
Logo
Contact Info
Release Date
Headline
Subheading/“Deck”
Dateline [City, State, Date]
First Paragraph
Body Paragraphs
Boiler Plate (About Us)
End Notation (signals to editors they've reached the end of the press release)
Final Note (For more information…)
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