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Study: For corporate news, journalists prefer press releases

By Michael Sebastian | Posted: April 20, 2012
A recent survey of 72 journalists in the U.K. found that the press release is the most preferred method for receiving news about a company.

Company websites was No. 2. Social channels—such as the company blog, Wikipedia, Twitter feed, etc.—also populated the list.

[READ: The 5 mistakes press release writers make]

The study by PR agency Text 100 U.K., which was conducted in March, included journalists from the business, consumer, technology and business-to-business media organizations.

“While traditional communications channels such as press releases remain important brands are missing out by not embracing a balanced approach across all social channels,” Dan Baxter, Text 100 U.K managing director, said in a press release.

Here’s the breakdown of how the journalists surveyed prefer to receive news about companies: