Archive: November 2006

The interview of former President Bill Clinton by Fox News’ Chris Wallace created a great deal of media fodder for a couple of weeks earlier this fall. The tempest raged over whether Clinton went “over… Continued

Company: New York City Agency: NYC & Co. Timeframe: 2001, ongoing Crises come in many flavors. Some relate to the security of client data or the image of a company that fails to deliver on… Continued

ChoicePoint Responds Your October 23 article, “Communicating Security Breaches: When in Doubt, Shut the Door,” contains inaccurate statements regarding ChoicePoint’s response to the data fraud incident we disclosed in February 2005. Your article stated that… Continued

Is the Rate Of CEO Turnover Stabilizing? Communicating CEO departures and managing subsequent succession plans have long been on the proverbial communications to-do list, making a recent Weber Shandwick survey of particular interest to PR/comms… Continued

It’s an issue that has seen a lot of press over the years, but that in no way diminishes its importance. And although concerns about diversity in the workplace remain a priority that’s here to… Continued

Guilt By Association Doesn’t Lessen The Blow America is abuzz with the results of last week’s elections, and the months leading up to November 7 were politically charged. Mud-slinging left political candidates of all persuasions… Continued

What do former NASA spokesperson George Deutsch, former FEMA director Michael Brown, former Notre Dame football coach George O’Leary and former Radio Shack CEO David Edmondson all have in common? The word “former” in front… Continued

When the oil tanker Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef off the coast of Alaska in March of 1989 and subsequently spilled millions of gallons of oil into the waters, it quickly became a crisis of… Continued

Name: Tim Fry Title: Senior Vice President & Microsoft Client Relationship Leader Company: Weber Shandwick Age: 34 Tim Fry studied international relations and Japanese in college, “so PR wasn’t the career I had in mind,”… Continued

Winner: Stephanie Bunker, Spokesperson United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs What are the odds of a PR practitioner’s job actually being a matter of life and death? While Stephanie Bunker is not… Continued