Monday, 24 November 2014

Press Release

What should your press release be about?

  • Content – has to be of interest to the journalist
  • Newsworthy – NEW (what is happening/what is about to happen)
  • Selection of 3 or 4 images
  • E.g. launch of campaign, new information, event or activity, someone new into debate
  • Human interest – stories in local media
  • Local celebrity 
  • Local angle


Press Release – informative and easy to read 


  • Logo
  • For immediate release: (date)
  • Embargoed for: (date/time) – good way of giving journalists time to prepare and to ensure they don’t use it until a specified time
  • Headline (snappy)
  • Photo opportunity (what it is, where it is, when it is and who is it?)
  • Paragraph 1 (3/4 lines): Summarise the story – what (Dior), what (product), where (popup in Covent garden), when, why (rebrand or launch of new campaign) 
  • Paragraph 2: More details to flesh out story you have outlined in previous paragraph/concept
  • Paragraph 3: Quotes from you or someone relevant to the story – each quote should make one point not many
  • Notes for editors: Provide background information in case run a longer story. Outline what you have to offer; pictures, interviewees. Outline any addition relevant information or facts/figures – keep it short
Launch of a new product

  • Exclusives


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