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Special Features - Past Articles
| 12/4/2008 | PCC Luncheon: Reporting on the health of Chicago’s healthcare The area’s leading healthcare writers and producers give a look into the future of the industry, and discuss its’ effects on medical reporting in the coming year. |
| 10/9/2008 | PCC Luncheon: One-on-one with Current Affairs Program Producers Producing Chicago’s leading community affairs programming |
| 9/11/2008 | Campaign 2008 News Opportunities – How to be a useful source for media covering 2008 election issues. A recent panel of media professionals discussed the most successful ways to pitch during the busy campaign season. |
| 6/13/2008 | PCC Luncheon: Beat reporters discuss longevity in a progressively Web-based world |
| 4/10/2008 | PCC Luncheon: Regional editors discuss their needs as the business of journalism evolves Chicago suburban newspapers look to PR more than ever. |
| 3/20/2008 | PCC Luncheon - Predicting the Future of Business Reporting Business journalists discuss the changes in business reporting and what they mean for the future. |
| 2/14/2008 | PCC Luncheon: Columnists - Telling stories of business, politics and everyday life Two Chicago newspaper columnists talk about their jobs, public relations, the Internet – and how they can all work together. |
| 12/20/2007 | PCC Luncheon: Strengthening the Issues with Commentaries and Editorial Board Appeals Editorial and opinion sections are changing to remain relevant. Three Chicago editors discuss those changes and how to pitch accordingly. |
| 10/18/2007 | PCC Luncheon: Is Independent Press Telling Better Stories A discussion on the value of pitching the independent press. |
| 9/27/2007 | PCC Luncheon: Reaching Moms through the Media Three panelists tell how to engage an audience of mothers. |
| 5/3/2007 | Chicago Chapter of the American Society of Business Publication Editors Hosts Workshop ASPB Editors adjust their daily calendars to plan editorial calendars |
| 4/12/2007 | PCC Luncheon: Emerging Online Marketing Strategies In order to exist in public relations or marketing today, you must exist in cyberspace. That issue, as well as how to take advantage of the plethora of technological tools to assist your clients, took center stage at a recent Publicity Club of Chicago luncheon. |
| 3/15/2007 | PCC Luncheon - Prescription for Success: Discovering Angles for Health Care News Three top Chicago media health contacts talk about what they look for in a story, how they like to be pitched and being cautious of taking studies too seriously. |
| 12/21/2006 | PCC Luncheon—Targeting National News Magazines: Local Bureau Chiefs Tell All The Internet is changing the way people get their news and that means PR professionals need to get creative with how they attract the attention of editors at print magazines like Forbes, Newsweek and BusinessWeek. Three Chicago bureau chiefs recently discussed what works and what doesn’t at a Publicity Club of Chicago luncheon. |
| 4/20/2006 | PCC Luncheon: Know Thy Local Network Bureau and Know Thyself A greater knowledge of both the pitch and the producer equals more airtime and better network relationships. |
| 3/9/2006 | Podcast-ic |
| 12/22/2005 | Newspapers – Rolling With the Changes? |
| 10/31/2005 | PCC Luncheon: Navigating the Media Waters, Part I |
| 10/3/2005 | PCC Luncheon: Make the Effort; Make it to Print |
| 4/11/2005 | Your Computer ... The Future of Radio? |
| 3/21/2005 | What's Next for Network News? |
| 3/21/2005 | PCC Luncheon: Wire Tap |
| 3/15/2005 | MagazineLaunch.com Helps Magazines Make It |