Digital PR Learning Resources You May Have Missed From June

Last month we found 23 learning resources that you should check out if you work in Digital PR.

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23 Great Digital PR Learning Resources We Found in June

Blogs/Social Posts

6 Million Subject Lines Analyzed: What Actually Gets Journalists to Open by Vince Nero

https://www.buzzstream.com/blog/subject-line-study/

Do Certain Sites Engage More With PRs? by Vince Nero

https://www.buzzstream.com/blog/site-pr-engagement-study/

Taught by headlines: How earned media affects LLM output by James Hayward-Browne

https://bottledimagination.com/insights-and-work/taught-by-headlines-how-earned-media-affects-llm-output/

The State of Journalism 2025 by Muck Rack

https://muckrack.com/research/the-state-of-journalism

How Digital PR Can Help Brands Be Visible In AI Powered Search Results by Laura Bamford

https://www.motivepr.co.uk/blog/digital-pr-ai-search-visibility

Does (Email) Length Matter? What 5M Emails Tells Us About Engagement by Vince Nero

https://www.buzzstream.com/blog/email-length-study/

How to Evaluate a Site and Journalist for PR Outreach [20-Point Checklist] by Vince Nero

https://www.buzzstream.com/blog/evaluate-site-for-outreach/

Link Reclamation Isn’t Dead – You Just Need to Ask (Nicely) by Sophie Rhone

https://cupidpr.com/link-reclamation-isnt-dead-you-just-need-to-ask-nicely/

Overcoming the challenge of staying authentic in reactive PR by Florrie Mills

https://distinctly.co/blog/overcoming-the-challenge-of-staying-authentic-in-reactive-pr/

Pitching is hard at the moment - here's what we can do about it by Rosie Taylor

https://rosietaylor.substack.com/p/no-its-not-just-you

Things I wish I knew when starting in PR by Elizabeth Howlett

https://www.prmoment.com/pr-insight/pr-advice-to-graduates-careers-public-relations

How To Use PR To Launch A New Product To Customers by Laura Bamford

https://www.motivepr.co.uk/blog/how-to-use-pr-launch-new-product-to-customers

30 of the best AI prompts for better communications work by Allison Carter

https://www.ragan.com/30-of-the-best-ai-prompts-for-better-communications-work/

State of Journalism in France Survey Part 2 by Gideon Katz

https://distinctly.co/blog/state-of-journalism-in-france-survey-part-2/

9 Best Journalist & Media Databases Compared by Bart Donda

https://prowly.com/magazine/best-media-database/

17 Top Competitor Analysis Tools to Track Your Competition by Mile Zivkovic

https://prowly.com/magazine/competitor-analysis-tools/

Podcasts/Webinars

Using Digital PR To Improve E-E-A-T Signals - Linking Out Loud Podcast w/ Hollie Hines

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cz7r5ToBOsWbEMy8Yu0f5

Digital PR in the UK vs US [Part 2] - BuzzStream Podcast w/ Will Hobson

https://www.buzzstream.com/blog/digital-pr-uk-us-2-podcast/

How To Overcome Imposter Syndrome and Thrive in Your PR Career - The PR Hotline w/ Amy Irvine

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5z9WeA3Pxm4dOIJ15l21Ig

What Journalists Wish PR Pros Knew - Linking Out Loud Podcast w/ Ria Wolstenholme

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0wjGTrz7T3L4CAykc2J38J

I Read Cision’s 2025 Media Report So You Don’t Have To - Digital PR Explained Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LDyuCcwwgxrIqY6Be2Lb1

What You Should Do After Being Made Redundant In An Agency - The PR Hotline w/ Maja Adam

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2d82ppAmytso5s4wn8KriL

How AI Is Reshaping Digital PR Workflows - BuzzStream Podcast w/ Mark Webster

https://www.buzzstream.com/blog/ai-digital-pr-podcast/

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