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Today's pick: "This is the fastest way to annoy a journalist with your email pitch" from PR Daily

Using read receipts to track which journalists are reading your pitches? It might be worth reconsidering. According to today's pick, they can seriously irritate journalists (and maybe even discourage some from working with you in the future). Head over to the PR Daily site to read more.