The Wall Street Journal

This piece that you're pitching... if it runs, what will run alongside it? How will it look on a mobile phone and a tablet? The rise of curation, aggregation and touch screens all have contributed to a renaissance in editorial packaging. With this renaissance comes PR opportunity. Learn about the latest editorial packaging techniques and help your friendlies deliver the engaged readers they're looking for.

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Pitching infographics is a great new way to get edit attention.

But there's an art to it. The data must be newsworthy. PR must understand edit workflow. But the payoff can be sweet.

We've studied this topic for a year or more. Here's the state of the art.

Nick Wingfield ranks among the most respected WSJ tech reporters. Nick has thoughts to share about the ingredients of WSJ stories, what constitutes "news" to him, and how WSJ's outlook is evolving overall. He also has more than a decade of experience fielding unsolicited pitches and tells us he wants to discuss what works for him and what doesn't.  

It may not seem that way at first, but read closely and you’ll see that Ben Worthen offered earnest, heartfelt and even useful PR advice.

Ben works in a shop that sells context and early warning. He can’t sell his editors many of the stories he’s already willing to write, let alone the ones you want to pitch him.

Notice what he says about the consolidation and reshaping of the tech industry. That’s what fascinates him.

We suggested to Ben that a big trend was social media functionality showing up in enterprise software. He called that a “one-note” story idea best for the Marketplace section.

Think big with this guy. And think long-term. Oh, and if you find a good lunch spot, let him know about it.