Connecting with Journalists:
How can you be successful with media relations these days? It seems it’s getting harder and harder to get the attention of media contacts and build productive media relationships. Journalists are inundated with email – and email is so 2000 and late anyway. Before we talk about some new ways of thinking about media relations, let’s remember some of the tried-and-true tips of [effective media relations](http://www.adweek.com/prnewser/the-pr-pros-guide-to-effective-media-relations/118050). The foundational tenets still apply: Know your subject matter, do your research and make sure your story idea is soundly newsworthy and fits with the journalist’s subject matter. You have to be willing to give as much if not...
