Stories by PRNEWS

Women Executives in Public Relations, a group including PR professionals in the New York metropolitan area, selected Valerie DiMaria, president of GCI Group/New York, as president-elect. She will take office next year upon the expiration… Continued

The Institute for Public Relations Research and Education (IPRRE) formed a study group to address the public relations implications of the Internet–particularly the Web. Don Bates, executive vice president of Sumner Rider & Associates, New… Continued

PAC (TEL’S) MAN ONLINE: CYBER DIALOGUE, CITIZENSHIP Most organizations realize that there are communities of customers, suppliers and other stakeholders spread across the Internet. Few companies, however, recognized the importance of these online groups and… Continued

As more global corporations turn to overseas suppliers for the manufacture of products or components, the question of disparities in workplace conditions and employee pay has become a front-page issue. Soccer balls stitched by Pakistani… Continued

Multimedia tools–and new ways of delivering multimedia messages and presentations–are revolutionizing marketing. This is especially true for businesses involved in graphic design, as well as architecture and facilities design, contend Karen Brown and Curtis Charles… Continued

Do you have a new product announcement? Vital corporate information? Or just breaking news? Just send the news to a wire service, which will distribute it cross country, down the street, or overseas in a… Continued

Steven Hill has been promoted to vice president at Roher Public Relations, New York. He was manager of account services. (Roher, 212/986-6668)

Kaufer Miller Communications, Bellevue, Wash., this month hired John Swenson as vice president, investor relations. He was managing director of Swenson/Falker Associates Inc., a Minneapolis IR firm. (Kaufer Miller, 206/450-9965)

Kamstra Communications Inc., Minneapolis, has promoted Phil Smith-Cunnien to vice president of market information services. He was formerly director. (Kamstra, 612/696-2400)

Michael O’Connor has joined BD Langham Public Relations, Houston, as vice president/public relations. He was manager of marketing communications and public relations in the Houston office of accounting and consulting firm Price Waterhouse. (Langham, 713/961-4235)