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Planning your #mediarelations strategy for a big year of exhibitions in 2024? We spoke to Richard Stuart-Turner, News Editor at Printweek, about why embargos benefit everyone, how best to contact journalists during exhibitions, and why it's important that your whole comms team doesn't fly off on holiday straight after a show! Take a look 👇

Better late than never... There are two very common questions asked by clients (other than fees!)... Who are your contacts? How long will it take to get coverage? There is a belief that knowing a journalist will guarantee coverage. It won't. It can certainly assist getting a conversation started about you and your business - but publication is all about the strength of the story and always will be. As for the second one, when will it be published? As a PR, I have no control over when a story is put online or printed. Sometimes it can be within 24 hours - as happened with Soul Padel this week - getting coverage in Property Week on the appointment of Oli Stretton as new board advisor. However, it can also takes weeks and sometimes months for it to see the light of day - particularly if its a 'timeless' feature. You also have to nudge as well. I've have worked for a number of months on an art project in Staffordshire, which has an exhibition running from March 10 to April 14. Local BBC were in for the set up - and broadcast as it was opening. However, the local newspaper, which sent a photographer on the same day as the BBC, has, what we call 'sat' on the story - until now. You can see them in the link. It has resulted in a great story and also a photo special - so sometimes you just have to be patient and wait, which I know for a client can be hard when you want to see 'instant' results. As a footnote to this - the longest wait has been 12 months for a product review to be published. #pr #mediarelations #pradvice #publicrelations

[ hybrid #event ] Documenting the Danger to Democracy a VII Insider & Forhanna Foundation Special Event. January 17 at 14:00 EST / 20:00 CET We start the new year with our first hybrid (in-person and online) event. On January 17, together with the Forhanna Foundation, VII Insider are hosting a special evening at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In 2024, democracy will be tested like never before. According to the Atlantic Council, there will be 83 national elections in 78 countries worldwide. A global political trend toward authoritarianism threatens the democratic culture that sustains independent media. The cultural space necessary for journalists, photographers, artists, and critics to work freely is being squeezed by political actors and their media enablers. For creatives who want to document contemporary issues, how should you respond? What stories should you be telling? What can and should you do? Join us for a special event with presentations to address these urgent questions. You can attend this event either in person or online. Please register via the link below and choose between a seat in Amsterdam or an online reservation. https://lnkd.in/efKvw8Qa 📸 : Jake Angeli, self-described QAnon Shamen, confronts police officers as a pro-Trump mob storms the Capitol in Washington, D.C., after listening to a speech by President Trump on January 6, 2021. ©Ashley Gilbertson/VII. __ VII Insider is a program of The VII Foundation ( The VII Foundation ) in partnership with PhotoWings ( PhotoWings ). #theviifoundation #viiacademy #hybridevent #ForhannaFoundation #Amsterdam #DocumentingDemocracy

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