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Our 10 Most Popular Meet the Media Posts of 2018

Posted Dec. 20th 2018

This past year we profiled many automotive / metro-Detroit journalists in our Meet the Media posts, with each journalist offering valuable insight into their work, advice for PR people and interesting background information. In case you missed them the first time around, here’s our list of our Top 10 Meet the Media profiles this year. […]

Amy Antenora, Editor at Aftermarket News and Managing Editor at Counterman Magazine

Posted Dec. 17th 2018

Amy is the editor at Aftermarket News and the managing editor at Counterman Magazine. What’s the top story you’re working on right now? Right now I’m working on our annual AMN Year in Review series, where we take a look back at some of the biggest news stories of the year in the automotive aftermarket. […]

Off the Record, Embargoes and Other Media Relations Pitfalls

Posted Jul. 14th 2017

If you’ve been doing PR for any length of time, you’ve received a call like this: “Why did that reporter use those market share numbers? I thought you called him after the interview and told him all of that information was off the record.”   Executives are sometimes confused about what is fair game for […]

Where Do Journalists Gather Pre-interview CEO Intel?

Posted Apr. 7th 2017

While journalists around the world have the same basic goal, how they prepare for a media interview with a company CEO varies widely depending upon what part of the world they’re in, according to study results from our teammates in the Public Relations Global Network (PRGN). For example, when preparing to interview a CEO: • […]

The Sneaky Seven: How to Avoid Media Interview Pitfalls

Posted Mar. 10th 2017

Post by Jessica Killenberg Muzik, APR, VP – Account Services Many executives have stumbled in media interviews because they ran into unexpected questions or techniques commonly used by some journalists to help extract information or juicy quotes from tight-lipped or cautious executives. Of course, the best way to prepare for such interviews is to refer […]

No Comment? No Way! Dealing with Dreaded Interview Questions

Posted Feb. 24th 2017

The phrase “no comment” came into popular use after the usually eloquent Winston Churchill uttered those words to a reporter’s question about his visit to Hitler’s bunker in 1946. While the phrase has retained the same literal definition, it has taken on a connotation that suggests deception, duplicity or disregard. So what do you do […]

Meet the Media: Dave Zoia, Executive Director-Content at WardsAuto

Posted Feb. 7th 2017

Dave Zoia is executive director-content at WardsAuto where he oversees the editorial team and is responsible for all editorial content at WardsAuto. His duties include planning stories and assigning staff to events coverage, editing copy, managing the website daily and overseeing production of e-newsletters and other editorial products. Dave is also in the mix when […]

Meet the Media: Craig Trudell, U.S. Automotive Team Leader at Bloomberg

Posted Jan. 24th 2017

Craig Trudell is Bloomberg News Detroit Bureau’s new U.S. automotive team leader. He had been editor of Asia auto coverage for Bloomberg News in Tokyo. He joined Bloomberg in January 2010 and reported on Chrysler, Ford and GM from Detroit for three and a half years. 1. Without revealing any secrets, can you tell us […]

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