PR News celebrated the agencies that set benchmarks of excellence in client PR efforts, as well as internally, at its annual awards luncheon Oct. 19, sponsored by Aflac and Business Wire, where the 2016 Platinum PR Awards were also celebrated.
Florencia Lozano of "Narcos" and comedian Aparna Nancherla were on hand to present awards to recipients.
Special recognition goes out to IW Group, which won the Agency Team of the Year award, and IW Group's Telly Wong, who took away the Agency Awe Professional trophy. Some of the afternoon's other notable nods went to Irwin Gail Consumer Communications for its #WomenNotObjects campaign with Badger & Winters, which won the Word of Mouth/Viral award, and SKDKnickerbocker, which won the Nonprofit/Association award for its work promoting the image of New Orleans on the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Check out all the winners and honorable mentions here: Agency Elite 2016 Winners