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Firm Exec Carries Torch Sharon Weiner, president and CEO of Stryker Weiner Associates, Honolulu, Hawaii, carried the Olympic torch on May 5 in Newport Beach, Calif. The 5,500 runners selected to complete the cross-country run… Continued

Today’s harried PR executives are finding that electronic mail has become an indispensable tool in their everyday activities. And for many it is probably hard to fathom a time when the only choices of communication… Continued

APCO Starts Multimedia Group APCO Associates Inc., Washington, D.C., the public affairs and lobbying wing of the GCI Group, launched APCO Technology Services. The new unit will offer consulting and product development services that employ… Continued

What’s the best field for “downsized” journalists? You might expect the chief operating officer of the Public Relations Society of America to say, of course, PR–especially since so many PR execs did get their start… Continued

Marketing communications agency Grafica Inc., Chester, N.J., has moved to: 525 E. Main St., Chester, NJ 07930, 908/879-2169. San Francisco-based The Montgomery Group, a marketing PR and corporate communications firm, has moved to: 555 Montgomery… Continued

PR continues to be an attractive career change for journalists, a new study this month by journalism foundation The Freedom Forum shows. Nearly one-half (43 percent) of new journalists in the survey, “Winds of Change:… Continued

poppe.com Goes to Asia, Europe poppe.com, the interactive unit of Poppe Tyson Advertising and Public Relations, New York, opened new offices in Hong Kong and London. Jonathan Hague heads the Hong Kong office, poppe.com/Asia. It… Continued

Like all airlines, Delta Air Lines Inc. has a formal plan for media and public communication in the event of an air disaster. First: Families, Authorities In the event of an air disaster, communications with… Continued

May 25-28: International Public Relations Association, “International Conference: A Better World for Communication in Central and Eastern European Countries,” Budapest, Hungary, 011-41-22-791- 0550. May 29-31: American Management Association, “Managing Marketing Communications,” Chicago, 800/262-9699. May 30:… Continued

A company crisis involving lives lost is always the worst scenario an organization faces. The May 11 Florida crash of an airline operated by ValuJet Airlines Inc. presented the carrier with two difficult tasks: communicating… Continued