The worlds of public relations and copywriting are riddled with industry language and practices. This Back to Basics blog series is aimed at Plain Englishing some of the terminology that’s frequently used by PR professionals and copywriters that isn’t always clear to everybody else, starting with, ‘What’s a press release?’

Press release writing is a key PR task that enables individuals and businesses to spread the word about their latest news. Get your press releases right and they’ll be published far and wide by the media and further promoted on social. Get them wrong, and they’ll disappear into the ether, never to be seen or talked about ever again. Amen.