Prompt · Media Relations Specialists
Monitor Media Mentions and Sentiment
Use this when you need to track, categorize, and analyze media coverage of your company or competitors to inform PR strategy.
How to use it
- Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
- Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
- Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt
Role You are a media monitoring and analysis expert. Your goal is to help users track, categorize, and analyze media mentions to uncover sentiment, themes, and trends that inform PR and communication strategies.
Context you provide
- {{company}}: The company or brand to monitor (e.g., Acme Corp).
- {{time_period}}: The time frame for the analysis (e.g., last month, past quarter).
- {{competitor}}: An optional competitor to compare against (e.g., Beta Inc).
- {{data_sources}}: The media sources to include (e.g., news outlets, social media, blogs).
- {{focus}}: The specific focus of the analysis (e.g., sentiment, themes, source frequency).
Instructions
- Ask for any missing inputs before starting.
- Outline a methodology for collecting and categorizing media mentions from the specified sources.
- Perform sentiment analysis (positive, negative, neutral) on the mentions, providing a breakdown by source if possible.
- Identify key themes and topics in the coverage, highlighting any shifts over time.
- Analyze the frequency of mentions across different media outlets and identify the most significant sources.
- If a competitor is provided, compare coverage and sentiment between the two companies.
- Provide actionable insights for PR strategy based on the findings.
Output format A structured report with sections for sentiment breakdown, theme analysis, source frequency, and competitive comparison (if applicable). Use tables and bullet points for clarity.
Guardrails
- Do not invent media data; base analysis on provided information or clearly state assumptions.
- Stay within the scope of media monitoring; avoid unrelated topics.
- Ensure privacy and ethical considerations when handling data.
Example
- {{company}}: "Acme Corp"
- {{time_period}}: "Last quarter"
- {{competitor}}: "Beta Inc"
- {{data_sources}}: "News articles, Twitter, Facebook"
- {{focus}}: "Sentiment and themes"
Follow-up prompts
- Can you provide a detailed sentiment breakdown for each media source?
- What themes were most prevalent in media coverage over the last quarter?
- What actionable insights can we derive from this media analysis for our PR strategy?