Stories by PRNEWS

Winner: Ketchum Bolstered by one of the biggest PR agency mergers in history, Ketchum achieved unprecedented, double-digit top-line growth in 2009, as well as record revenue growth in terms of percentage and actual dollars.   Ketchum’s… Continued

Winner: Carmichael Lynch Spong Doug Spong, founder of Carmichael Lynch Spong, often reminds his staff of 200+ that the sun never sets on “Spong Nation.” Even in a tough economy, the Minneapolis-based PR firm (with offices… Continued

Winner: Lambert, Edwards & Associates Founded 12 years ago as a public relations and investor relations agency, Lambert, Edwards & Associates has morphed into a full-service PR firm that knows the technical aspects of investor relations… Continued

Winner: BlueCross BlueShield – What’s the RealCost To engage consumers in the health care debate and give them a better understanding of health care cost drivers and how individual decisions impact costs, Regence BlueCross BlueShield began… Continued

Winner: O’Malley Hansen Communications – Sharing the Mama Sagas As a way to build awareness and drive sales of Sara Lee Fresh Ideas pre-sliced deli meat, O’Malley Hansen Communications created the Mama Sagas video and social… Continued

Winner: General Electric – Jeff Immelt’s Renewing American Leadership Speech at West Point On Dec. 9, 2009, GE CEO Jeff Immelt delivered a speech to graduating cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The speech focused… Continued

Winner: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company/Coyne Public Relations – Goodyear ‘Get There’ Awards Goodyear had long provided the aerial footage of the Olympics for North American viewers. For the 2010 Vancouver games, Goodyear looked to… Continued

Winner: Association of American Railroads/Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide – Freight Rail Works Dirty. Inefficient. Old. These were some of the words congressional influencers were using to describe freight rail before Ogilvy PR and AAR launched an… Continued

Winner: Kimberly Clark/Marina Maher Communications Inc. – Poise and Whoopi Goldberg Destigmatize Taboo Health Condition Marina Maher was charged to engage the public in a highly private issue—to improve general awareness of Poise, a product specifically… Continued

Winner: DePaul University – DePaul University’s Campaign to Restore Funding for the State of Illinois’ Monetary Award Program Facing a financial deficit, the Illinois General Assembly planned to cut funding to the state’s Monetary Award Program… Continued