PR News Announces Platinum PR Awards Finalists

Small PR Firm of the Year

• Airfoil Public Relations • Henson Consulting • HORN • InkHouse Media + Marketing • Schnake Turnbo Frank PR • Walker Sands Communications

Midsize PR Firm of the Year

• Cone Communications • Coyne Public Relations • Makovsky + Company • MWW Group • Peppercom • PMKBNC

Large PR Firm of the Year

• Cohn & Wolfe • GolinHarris • Ketchum • Ogilvy Public Relations • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide • Weber Shandwick

Anniversary Campaign

• Axiom Marketing Communications with The Village Company • Henson Consulting • Hill+Knowlton Strategies • The Marcus Group • Qorvis Communications, LLC • San Francisco Symphony

Annual Report

• AICPA • American Red Cross • Baylor Health Care System • Charles Schwab Corp. • Dresser-Rand with Eric Mower + Associates • Entergy Corp. • Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy • NYU Langone Medical Center • The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey • UT Southwestern Medical Center • Weber Shandwick

Blog

• Apriso Corp. • Cone Communications • Edelman • ESPN • Makovsky + Company • Peppercom • Scholastic Inc.

Branding

• Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Fresenius Kabi/APP Pharmaceuticals • General Motors Corp. with Weber Shandwick • Hanna Lee Communications • Ketchum • McDonald’s Corp. • Pantone • Redbox • RF Binder

Cause-Related Marketing

• Bristol-Myers Squibb • ChappellRoberts • The Clorox Company • Cooney/Waters Group • Esurance • Exponent PR • Hunter Public Relations • MSLGROUP Americas • Porter Novelli Melbourne and Alzheimer's Australia • Samsung Electronics America with Weber Shandwick • Tide with DeVries Public Relations

Community Relations

• Cooper City Utilities • Davies • Hart • Integrate Public Relations • Lockheed Martin IS&GS • Marmillion + Company • Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company • Minnesota Pork with Weber Shandwick • Philips Electronics North America Corp. • InkHouse Media + Marketing and Raytheon Co. • Henry Schein Cares • U.S. Army with Weber Shandwick

Crisis Management

• 2K Sports • Community Partnership of Southern Arizona • Dominion Resources • ESPN • Heineken USA • Jones Public Affairs • Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company • MWW • Ogilvy Public Relations

Employee Communications

• American Airlines with Weber Shandwick • Bacardi Limited • Brigham and Women’s Hospital • Latham & Watkins, LLP • MWW • NextEra Energy Resources • Philips Electronics North America Corp. • Syngenta • WPP Team Dell

Event Marketing

• AICPA • Avocados from Mexico • Grow Marketing • Humana • Ketchum • RF Binder Malaysia External Trade Development Corp. (MATRADE) • MWW • PepsiCo with Weber Shandwick • Qorvis Communications, LLC

External Publication

• The Axis Agency • Davies • Hitachi America Ltd. • Merck Pharmaceuticals • The Mosaic Company • Novartis Consumer Health • U.S. Postal Service • UT Southwestern Medical Center

Facebook Campaign

• American Airlines with Weber Shandwick • Anaheim/Orange County Visitor & Convention Bureau • Integrated MarketingWorks • Disney Consumer Products • Essilor of America with Weber Shandwick • Foundation for Eye Health Awareness with Weber Shandwick • MSLGROUP Americas • RF Binder and Talenti Gelato e Sorbetto • Wisconsin Department of Tourism

Financial/Investor Relations

• CA Technologies • CCG Investor Relations Strategic Communications • IndoPacific Edelman • S2Publicom • SHIFT Communications • Strategic Public Relations Group

Global PR Campaign

• Bacardi Limited • Bayer AG • Financial Times • Hilton Hotels & Resorts • IEEE with Weber Shandwick • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures • Weber Shandwick

Green PR

• APRA Porter Novelli • Diageo PLC • MWW • NASCAR • O’Malley Hansen Communications Missouri • Türk Telecom • The Walt Disney Company

Influencer Communications

• APCO Worldwide Washington, D.C. • Doral Bank • GolinHarris • Mom Central Consulting • Edelman Frankfurt • Porter Novelli • RF Binder and the Band-Aid Brand • Rogers & Cowan • SHIFT Communications • WALK PR

Internal Publication

• Bally Technologies • Disney Interactive • Kaiser Permanente • Maryland Dept. of Business & Economic Development • The Mosaic Company • MWW • Pratt Institute • Southwest Airlines

Marketing Communications

• Adobe Systems • AICPA • Baptist Health South Florida • Downy with DeVries PR • Exponent PR • InterContinental Hotels Group • The Reading Hospital and Medical Center • School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Univ. of S.C.

Media Event

• Chandler Chicco Agency • GolinHarris for Nintendo of America • MSLGROUP Americas • National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute • Red Agency • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Portland • Weber Shandwick • Weight Watchers

Media Relations

• General Motors Corp. with Weber Shandwick • GolinHarris for Nintendo of America • Hill+Knowlton Strategies • Makovsky + Company • McDonald’s Corp. • MWW • National Restaurant Association • NBC Universal • Ogilvy Public Relations • Samsung Telecommunications America • Symantec Corp. and Connect Marketing • The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino

Multicultural

• Bristol-Myers Squibb • Cigna • Euro RSCG Worldwide PR with Transitions Optical Inc. • Flowers Communications Group • Hilton Hotels & Resort • National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute • National Kidney Disease Education Program • Porter Novelli • Time Warner Cable

Online Communication

• Ames Scullin O’Haire • Cohn & Wolfe • County of Los Angeles, Chief Executive Office • IEEE with Weber Shandwick • Indianapolis Airport Authority • InkHouse Media + Marketing • Marina Maher Communications • Porter Novelli • rbb Public Relations with AlphaStaff

Online Press Room/Media Center

• AICPA • Bally Technologies • Cisco Systems • Diamond Public Relations • NASCAR • Synaptic Digital • Wiley

Podcast and/or Videocast

• American Chemical Society • Carmichael Lynch Spong with WebmasterRadio.FM • Dixon Schwabl and Greater Rochester Enterprise • National Shooting Sports Foundation • Scholastic Inc. • Strategic Public Relations Group Limited - SouthGobi Resources Ltd

PR on a Shoestring

• American Academy of Ophthalmology • American Red Cross • Disney Consumer Products • Fleishman-Hillard Kansas City • Formula • National Restaurant Association • Ogilvy Public Relations • Osborn Barr • Pantone • Porter Novelli • Qorvis Communications, LLC • Red Agency • Reading Is Fundamental

Press Release

• Bally Technologies • Domino’s Pizza • Howard Johnson International • Southwest Airlines • Reading is Fundamental

Pro Bono

• Georgia Dental Association • Hart • KC Projects, LLC • The Marcus Group • Red Agency • Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A.S. • Turner Broadcasting System

Product Launch

• American Girl, LLC with Weber Shandwick • Coburn Communication • Cone Communications • Impress Labs • Hellerman Baretz Communications • Hill+Knowlton Strategies • Sprint and Stanton Communications • Valvoline • The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino

PSA

• American Academy of Ophthalmology • American Beverage Institute • AICPA • Chamberlain Healthcare PR • PR Newswire Association, LLC & Feinstein Kean Healthcare • Rx Mosaic Health • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Public Affairs

• Arizona State University • Entertainment Software Association • FTI Consulting • Hill+Knowlton Strategies • Illinois Tollway • Nyhus Communications • Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide Taipei • Powell Tate/Weber Shandwick • Rusnano • Stratacomm and UNICA • Waters Corp. and GolinHarris • Weber Shandwick

Re-Branding/Re-Positioning

• ComBlu • Cone Communications • General Motors Corp. with Weber Shandwick • Grow Marketing • Intuit • Newlink Communications • Ogilvy Public Relations • Sara Lee/Jimmy Dean • Siemens Corp. with Weber Shandwick

Research & Measurement

• Allstate Insurance Company • ChappellRoberts • Determinus • PRIME Research • Siemens Corp. with Weber Shandwick

Satellite Media Tours

• American Red Cross • GolinHarris • Macy’s • MilkPEP with Weber Shandwick • RF Binder and McGraw-Hill Education • Rx Mosaic Health

Social Media

• American Academy of Ophthalmology • The Clorox Company • ConAgra Foods • CRT/tanaka • Formula • Fuse, LLC • HORN • Major League Baseball • McDonald’s Corp. • Porter Novelli • Porter Novelli (2 campaigns) • Red Agency

Speeches

• American Osteopathic Association • Cars.com • ChappellRoberts • Office Depot Foundation • Pacific Gas and Electric Company • U.S. Postal Service

Trade Show/Event PR

• Bell Helicopter • Disney Consumer Products • GolinHarris for Nintendo of America • Hill+Knowlton Strategies • International Game Technology • MWW • Toy Industry Association • United Nations Foundation

Twitter Campaign

• American Airlines with Weber Shandwick • Arketi Group • Association of American Railroads • Disney Consumer Products • Hill+Knowlton Strategies and salesforce.com • McDonald’s Corp. • RF Binder and Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker • San Diego Gas & Electric • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide & tenfour • WCG

Video Programs

• Brookfield Zoo • Counterpart International • Disney Consumer Products • GM Western Region Communications & Weber Shandwick • Hunter Public Relations • Lockheed Martin Corp. • Orange County Transportation Authority • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs • U.S. Postal Service

Website Marketing

• Accenture • The Ayn Rand Institute • Bell Helicopter • Feinstein Kean Healthcare • Home Front Communications • Moet Hennessy, Hennessy Brand • Ogilvy PR • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide

Word of Mouth/Viral

• Buffalo Wild Wings with Fleishman-Hillard • Dentsu Communications • Downy with DeVries Public Relations • Indianapolis Airport Authority • Marina Maher Communications • Missouri Department of Conservation • Wisconsin Department of Tourism

WOW! Award

• Downy with DeVries Public Relations • GM Western Region Communications & Weber Shandwick • H&R Block • Hill+Knowlton Strategies • Jennie-O Turkey Store • Major League Baseball • The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino • OWS with Workhouse