Stories by PRNEWS

At their best, well-orchestrated healthcare campaigns can save hospitals, provoke community debate and change consumer perceptions of cancer care. This is just a snapshot of what led a panel of judges to select five winning… Continued

Edward Robinson leaves Fortune Small Business to join Business 2.0 as senior writer covering Washington, D.C. and its Internet economy. erobinson@business2.com….Michael Arndt leaves the Chicago Tribune to join BusinessWeek and will cover manufacturing, marketing, retail… Continued

Solar Today Magazine. Upcoming coverage will address how renewable air technologies can help reduce smog and improve air quality. Also interested in stories involving “green” marketing strategies and solar-powered energy sources for homes. Deadline: May… Continued

The Hearst Corp.’s acquisition of the San Francisco Chronicle has been stalled because of allegations that the deal would create a newspaper monopoly in the city. A federal judge has ordered a two-week delay of… Continued

Narrowing Focus. The Business and Technology section in the American Medical News is now named “Technology” and will only cover technology. Bob Cook is editor. (bob_cook@ama-assn.org)

News Desk Insight. Todd Spangler, a correspondent for the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, gave guests at a recent PR Newswire event an inside perspective. He’s in a staff meeting from 9-10 a.m. Since more than… Continued

Web Guide. With Webcasts streaming all over the place, a TV Guide-esque periodical was bound to happen. The Channelseek Guide is a monthly magazine created to let viewers know what’s playing on their monitors. Webcasts… Continued

Shandwick loses $300,000 American Cancer Society account after client discovered the firm works with R.J. Reynolds. Hill and Knowlton, Porter Novelli, Fleishman-Hillard and others now vie for the account. The Council of PR Firms has… Continued

To an extent, PR is an instinctual forte. You’ve either got the gift, or you don’t. But what often separates an average counselor from a stellar one is a good coach. Rich Sepe credits his… Continued

PR NEWS has launched an online bookstore at http://www.PRandMarketing.com/store that includes more than 50 books in PR and marketing selected by our editors. We’ve also rolled out an online “Best Practices” library with 15 strategic… Continued