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Comms Tips, Press Releases

🔥 Puddingstone Media Comms Tip: The Press Release, Part II — Images

Cartoon-style illustration of an exhausted editor viewed from behind while staring at a crowded email inbox filled with subject lines like “For Immediate Release,” “Press Release,” and “Requesting Press Coverage.” One standout email reads “Advertising in the Greylock Glass is Affordable.” The warm, softly lit office includes subtle Puddingstone Media branding, coffee, sticky notes, and local journalism posters, reflecting the chaos and humor of managing press releases and newsroom communications.

Now that the Berkshires and Western Mass Arts & Culture ecosystem is coming into full bloom, I’m receiving dozens of press releases per day. Some of these releases are…passable. Many could use some help. Some I pray did not get…

Jason Velázquez
May 7, 2026