SWMS Notes on Broadcast Pitching
October 5, 2022
4:58 pm
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Cheat Sheet: ABC’s Good Morning America
August 29, 2022
6:55 am
Here are names and contact info for 76 GMA producers, writers and executives, including 12 bookers. Search “book” in the comment window to surface them. The predominant email syntax is abcnews dot com…
Cheat Sheet: Bloomberg TV Producers and Talent
January 19, 2022
6:02 am
Here’s a multi-tab cheat sheet with producers and talent for both Bloomberg Quicktake and Bloomberg Television — the original network. We’ve got email addresses for everyone, and comment fields to help bring perspective.
Cheat Sheet: CNBC TV Producers and Talent
December 16, 2021
5:37 am
Here’s a list of 57 CNBC producers and on-air reporters, organized by show and job title. We’ve got all the email addresses for you, as well as a comment field.
Cheat Sheet: National Morning Show Producers
September 27, 2020
8:03 pm
Getting on the morning shows requires exciting visuals and perhaps some pathos — but most of all you’d want to choose the producer with the seniority level most appropriate for the task. That’s the nature of our latest SWMS cheat sheet. Happy hunting.
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NYT Rolls Out ‘Enhanced’ Bio Pages for Its Reporters
September 22, 2023
Here’s how Mike Isaac presents himself. A single perfunctory paragraph doesn’t cut it anymore in a world of disinformation and synthetic, AI-generated content where no one really knows the agenda. The NYT wants to get out in front of that, especially before the 2024 elections heat up. Read the background behind this in Vanity Fair.
Louise Story On How Smart Journalists Are Using AI
September 22, 2023
Legendary journalist Louise Story reveals how the smartest edit shops are using AI. Here come the flexicles.
‘Time’ Doubles Its POV Content
September 18, 2023
Sara Fischer of Axios nails another scoop: Time is merging its Time Ideas section into a new one, called Time100 Voices. It doesn’t promise big opportunity for tech PR — it aims so high that only the Benioffs and Nadellas stand a chance.
Latest Semrush Research: Mental Health A Top Concern Worldwide
September 18, 2023
Recent research from Semrush, a data partner of ours, reveals the most searched societal issues based on average monthly Google searches between January 2019 and June 2023, and how they rank across 35 countries. Searches related to mental health are skyrocketing.
Marshall Kirkpatrick Renamed His AI Newsletter
September 15, 2023
It is now called AI Time To Impact, and if you care about what’s real in AI and when we need to care about it, AI Time To impact is a must-read.
Much of Gen Z Searches on Social, Not Google
September 12, 2023
Says Digiday today: 40 percent of Gen Z uses TikTok or Instagram when searching for lunch recommendations. The younger you go, the tighter the grip held by platforms. Musk’s calculation that few will ever leave X might not be too far off in the long run.