3. Four CHALLENGES OF
MAKING NEWS
• Gatekeepers
• Shrinking news hole
• Fragmented mass media
• Information overload
4. WHAT CAN MAKE
NEWS: eight themes
• Timeliness.
• Prominence.
• Proximity. Local local local
• Geography. Area of interest….
• Significance.
• Unusualness.
• Human interest.
• Conflict
• Newness.
• New products or new uses for old products draw attention
6. HOW TO FIND NEWS
INTERNAL NEWS SOURCES
• Internal business documents
• White papers
• Annual reports
• Deep dive the website
• Employee newsletters/magazines
• Ask questions. You’re the new kid, and
old people like it when new kids ask
questions.
7. HOW TO FIND NEWS
six EXTERNAL NEWS SOURCES
• Read, listen to, and watch the news. Link news
events to your organization.
• Polls and surveys.
• Trade publications. Can you take a small idea
and make it larger?
• Blogs. See trade publications.
• Social media, especially Twitter.
• See what other people in the field are doing.
Emulate and improve when possible
8. HOW DO YOU
CREATE NEWS?
• Pseudo-events:
• PR people use this to generate news coverage.
• You brainstorm to come up with
these ideas:
• If you follow news values, it’s not
Milli Vanilli.
9. Nine pseudo-events
for the toolbox
• Special events
• Ribbon cuttings, product releases,
milestones
• Contests
• Polls and surveys
• Top 10 lists
10. Nine pseudo-events
for the toolbox
• Product demonstrations
• Stunts: World’s largest, Guinness
Record-breaking
• Rallies and protests
• Personal appearances
• Awards