AMA Recap: Climate Change June 2022

Written by BAM Team | June 29, 2022 at 8:42 PM

Here's what we covered.

On June 23, Rachel Koning Beals of MarketWatch, Grace Donnelly of Morning Brew, Sara Kiley Watson of Popular Science and Amrith Ramkumar of Wall Street Journal answered questions about climate change. This month’s Ask Media Anything was hosted by Brittany Harran, BAM’s Account Manager and Media Specialist. We talked about how to properly build relationships with journalists, climate change trends and pet peeves about pitching. Check out the full recording below by entering your name and email, or read the highlights through our tweets. Thank you to everyone who participated and submitted questions. Happy pitching, everyone!

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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 by clicking here.

Rachel Koning Beals of MarketWatch

Live from our #askmediaanything: “Depending on the technology, no deal is too small.” -@RachelKBeals of @MarketWatch on covering funding rounds.
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) June 23, 2022

Live from our #askmediaanything @RachelKBeals of @MarketWatch: “As far as VCs and startups go, I would care about companies that are going to help the big companies report their climate impact… I think the little guys can help the big guys.”
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) June 23, 2022

Live from our #askmediaanything: “What is the tech in a nutshell and who is it going to help or change… I would almost rather know the very end of the product market change, and then I can backtrack from there.” -@RachelKBeals of @MarketWatch on pitch formatting.
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) June 23, 2022

Grace Donnelly of Morning Brew

Live from our #askmediaanything: “Learning about things a week in advance or a couple days in advance is definitely helpful for my reporting.” -@gddonnelly22 of @morningbrew on the lead time recipe for stories.
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) June 23, 2022

Live from our #askmediaanything: “I try to at least scan things first thing in the morning to see if there's anything that needs to be addressed, but sifting through pitches happens at all different times.” @gddonnelly22 of @morningbrew on the best time to send a pitch.
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) June 23, 2022

Sara Kiley Watson of Popular Science

Live from our #askmediaanything: “Unique scientific discoveries that are having an impact on ordinary people... That’s the kind of stuff we’re interested in. Less about the numbers and money, more about how it’s going to affect people.” -@SaraKileyWatson of @PopSci
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) June 23, 2022

Live from our #askmediaanything: “I really want people to be upfront and honest about their product… There's no one product that's going to solve climate change.” -@SaraKileyWatson of @PopSci
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) June 23, 2022

Amrith Ramkumar of Wall Street Journal

Live from our #askmediaanything: “Exclusive means we’re breaking the news before anyone else and before the press release, we try to have a meaningful window there.” -@AmrithRamkumar of @wsj
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) June 23, 2022

Live from our #askmediaanything: “An intro call for people who don’t have a lot of news or interesting commentary is not that helpful.” -@AmrithRamkumar of @wsj on pitches that do not break through the noise.
— BAM (@BAMtheagency) June 23, 2022

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