Stories by PRNEWS

Winner: Early Learning Division Ontario Ministry of Education – ‘I wish I was a messenger’ Leading up to the launch of a new program in all Ontario schools—full-day kindergarten for 4- and 5-year-olds—the Ontario Ministry… Continued

Winner: U.S. Army with Weber Shandwick – Sharing the Army Strong Story Given the meteoric rise of social media, the U.S. Army, with the help of Weber Shandwick, focused on increasing its social media engagement… Continued

Winner: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) – Holiday Inn Launches ‘Honeymoon on Us’ with an SMT by Reality Star Melissa Rycroft Amid the relaunch of its Holiday Inn brand that included a $1 billion investment in… Continued

Winner: Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide and Kimberly Clark’s Huggies – Helping Diaper ‘Every Little Bottom’ One in three American mothers and one in five Canadian mothers struggle to afford to buy enough diapers for their… Continued

Winner: Grow Marketing – Birkenstock Renaissance Founded in 1966, in recent years Birkenstock realized it was in danger of “aging out” and becoming irrelevant among young consumers. In response, the venerable footwear company launched two… Continued

Winner: Smithsonian’s National Zoo, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute – Amphibian Rescue PR Campaign To increase awareness of the fact that nearly one-third of all amphibians are at risk of going extinct from a disease called… Continued

Winner: U.S. Census Bureau – 2010 Census Greg Biffle PSA As part of its effort to reach NASCAR fans—a traditionally hard-to-count audience—the U.S. Census Bureau hired driver Greg Biffle for one of its national public… Continued

Winner: Waggener Edstrom Worldwide – Year of IE9: Launching a More Beautiful Web Tasked with turning Internet Explorer (IE) critics into advocates, Waggener Edstrom developed a focused yearlong campaign that engaged key influencers and conveyed… Continued

Winner: GLOBALHealthPR & Spectrum The Progeria Research Foundation – A Needle in the Haystack: ‘Find the other 150’ Progeria, one of the world’s most rare diseases, causes children to age prematurely and affects 54 children… Continued

Winner: Berman & Company – Unintended Consequences of Reusable Bags Going against the grain of popular belief, Berman & Company wanted to raise awareness about the possible dangers of using reusable bags—specifically, unsafe lead levels… Continued