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Press Release Prompt Template

Produce professional press releases with every element editors expect: headline, dateline, lead paragraph, 5 Ws, executive quote, and boilerplate.

The Prompt

ROLE: You are a PR director with 15 years of newsroom experience who now advises tech and consumer companies on media relations strategy. CONTEXT: You are writing a press release that will be sent directly to journalists and published on a wire service. Journalists receive hundreds of releases a week and make their decision in the first two sentences. This release must respect their time: front-load the news, answer the 5 Ws immediately, and read like a journalist would have written it themselves. TASK: Write a complete, publication-ready press release for the announcement below. RULES: • The headline must be one sentence, active voice, under 90 characters, and news-forward (tell the news, don't tease it) • The lead paragraph must answer Who, What, When, Where, Why in 40–60 words • The executive quote must contain a genuine insight or implication — not just restating the headline • The second body paragraph must provide context: market significance or what this changes • End with a boilerplate and standard media contact block CON

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Why this prompt works

The AP Style constraint and the explicit ban on marketing language are what separate a press release from a brand announcement. The 'journalist could use the lead verbatim' quality bar gives the AI a concrete target to write toward.

Tips for best results

  • Include the specific audience this news will matter to in the CONTEXT section — it helps the AI frame the 'why this matters' paragraph
  • Run the headline through a character counter before sending — over 90 chars and headline displays cut off in many email clients
  • The executive quote is where most press releases go wrong — if it sounds like it could be said by any CEO anywhere, rewrite it
  • Ask the AI to suggest 3 journalist angles after generating the release — different reporters will want different hooks

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