The Recap: AMA with Axios, Venture Capital Journal, & The Markup

Written by BAM Team | April 23, 2021 at 5:24 PM

Here's what we covered.

On April 22, Kia Kokalitcheva of Axios, Alastair Goldfisher of Venture Capital Journal, Dara Kerr of The Markup answered all of your PR and pitching questions. These top reporters and contributors for business publications answered questions for 60 minutes straight, so make sure you check out the recording below. Thank you to everyone for their questions and participation!

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Here are some of the top AMA tweets and words of advice from our panelists. If you want the full scoop, check out the recording of the webinar above.

Featured Tweet:

From our #askmediaanything webinar, “BAM does a great job when pitching me.” - @darakerr of @themarkup
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) April 23, 2021

Kia Kokalitcheva of Axios

From our #askmediaanything webinar, “Do not email me at 5 p.m. for news that goes out at 6 a.m. the next day.” - @imkialikethecar of @Axios
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) April 23, 2021

From our #askmediaanything webinar, “When PR people ask me what I’m working on, I’m like you’re not my editor! I’m not going to tell you.” - @imkialikethecar of @Axios
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) April 23, 2021

From our #askmediaanything webinar, “When I see someone actually working to reach my readers, I find that to be the most effective.” - @imkialikethecar of @Axios
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) April 23, 2021

From our #askmediaanything webinar, “Weird opening flattery sounds robotic and isn’t authentic to me.” - @imkialikethecar of @Axios
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) April 23, 2021

Alastair Goldfisher of Venture Capital Journal

From our #askmediaanything webinar, “Just look on our website and see - that’s what we’re covering.” - @agoldfisher of @VCJournal
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) April 23, 2021

From our #askmediaanything webinar, “I want to meet people and go on walks.” - @agoldfisher of @VCJournal
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) April 23, 2021

From our #askmediaanything webinar, “To avoid Zoom fatigue, I avoid calls with my staff so I can save Zoom for interviews.” - @agoldfisher of @VCJournal
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) April 23, 2021

From our #askmediaanything webinar, “Find out what we’re looking for or what stories we’re working on.” - @agoldfisher of @VCJournal
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) April 23, 2021

Dara Kerr of The Markup

From our #askmediaanything webinar, “We did a story today on how @tiktok_us workers are basically working for the algorithm.” - @darakerr of @themarkup
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) April 23, 2021

From our #askmediaanything webinar, “I personally wouldn’t be up to a Zoom call unless it will actually lead to a story.” - @darakerr of @themarkup
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) April 23, 2021

From our #askmediaanything webinar, “Reporters like exclusives, but if the topic is outside my beat it’s harder to take the exclusive.” - @darakerr of @themarkup
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) April 23, 2021

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