PressCable has published a new guide on formatting press release media contact sections, helping small business owners and marketing professionals avoid common errors that reduce journalist follow-up and coverage chances.

London, United Kingdom, September 16, 2026 /PressCable/ -- PressCable has published a guide addressing how small businesses should format media contact information within press releases. The publication arrives as part of a series dedicated to small business press release writing, with each guide addressing a specific component of the process in-depth to fully prepare small business professionals for the challenges that journalist outreach can bring.

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As PressCable notes in the new resource, journalists handle large volumes of submissions each day, so a clear route to the right person matters when deciding what to pursue. A properly labelled contact section signals that an organization is prepared and ready to answer follow-up questions - a crucial component of the writing process that can influence whether a story gets picked up rather than set aside.

The guide lays out the standard structure for this section. It calls for a labelled block, usually placed at the end of the release, that gives a named individual's title, company, phone number, and email address. Both a phone number and an email should appear together, since some reporters prefer to call while others work by email, particularly under tight deadlines.

PressCable's guide also flags recurring errors that undermine coverage chances. For example, generic email addresses that go unmonitored, contacts who are unavailable or unbriefed, missing phone numbers or emails, and cluttered formatting all make it harder for a journalist to follow up. Any one of these can lead an otherwise newsworthy release to be passed over.

To address these issues, the guide recommends naming a dedicated spokesperson for media queries rather than defaulting to a senior executive who may be difficult to reach. It also advises using a personalized email address tied to a real person, listing more than one way to get in touch, and checking that phone lines and inboxes work correctly before a release goes out.

Closing the guide, PressCable encourages businesses to embrace a diverse content strategy that incorporates press releases without relying on them entirely for public outreach. The highlight how AmpiFire's content distribution network can be used to transform a single announcement into a wide range of peripheral content, maximizing ROI in the process.

Additional writing advice is available from the experts at PressCable for free, with guides regularly posted as part of their broader mission to educate the broader business community.

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