- Compaq Computer Corp. appoints Douglas Fox senior VP of marketing and strategy and William Fasig VP of corporate communications. Fox joins the company from International Paper Co. where he was
senior VP of marketing. Fasig has been managing director and chairman of the global technology practice at Burson-Marsteller.
- A coalition of seven national food safety and environmental organizations is campaigning to remove genetically engineered products from U.S. grocery store shelves until they are fully tested and
labeled. Genetically Engineered Food Alert has singled out the Campbell Soup Co. as its first target.
- After 16 years with the Chicago Bears NFL franchise, former PR director Bryan Harlan leaves the team after coming under investigation for betting on professional football games,
including events involving his own team. Harlan has joined Kendrick Communications, a Chicago PR firm.
Where Reporters Dig
News from behavioral scientists studying reporters across the pond: A study commissioned by U.K. firm Grant Butler Coomber (GBC) shows that the British
media are beginning to rely more heavily on the Internet to gather news and research stories (gasp!). In GBC's poll of 300 journalists, a quarter of respondents said they now go online to research more
than half of their articles. The study also found that national TV and radio journalists are more likely to rely on the Web for news updates and research. Not surprisingly, American journalists have
followed the same trend in Web usage. The latest Middleberg/Ross "Print Media in Cyberspace" study (PRN, March 13) confirms a steep increase in online news gathering, with nearly 90% of American
journalists now using the Internet for research. Have you updated your online press room recently?
(Julia Gibbons, GBC, 020-83-22-19-22, [email protected];
MiddlebergEuro RSCG, 212/888-6610)