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Mark Lang, features editor for Adweek, has left. Lang will continue to write the “Best Spots” section on a freelance basis, but inquiries should be sent to Nancy Sobel, managing director; nsobel@adweek.com… Kristen Hallam, former… Continued

Surprise! College Editors Like Email Sixty-two percent of college journalists prefer email pitches, according to a survey of college journalists who attended the annual National College Media Convention last November in Washington. Just 15% prefer… Continued

American Spectator’s New Vision. Conservative Clinton-bashing monthly American Spectator is refocusing its editorial to devote more space to technology- related issues. Editor and Publisher Richard Vigilante said the new direction will combine hard-hitting political coverage… Continued

Betsy Nichol has resigned as president of Women Executives in PR. President-elect Lisa Kovitz, managing director of Burson-Marsteller, will assume her duties as new president. Nichol was unavailable for comment, but Nichol & Co. staff… Continued

“Survivor guilt,” usually felt by those who walk away unscathed from plane disasters and car crashes, is also affecting those who stay employed in the wake of mass layoffs during these uncertain economic times. Corporations,… Continued

Catastrophe Creates Fodder for the Press Release Mill. Nothing screams “opportunity” for PR people than a high-profile natural disaster. Case in point: the day after the 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Seattle last week, we searched keyword… Continued

First of Two Parts Last month, energy company Con Edison became the latest to join the conga line of corporate powerhouses – American Airlines, Coca-Cola, GM, Sunoco and Nike among them – to publicly endorse… Continued

Public relations pioneer Denny Griswold, co-founder and original owner of PR NEWS, died after a long career in the PR spotlight last month in Connecticut. She was 92. “She was the best cheerleader the profession… Continued

All PR execs face a few crises in the course of their careers – but few with more regularity than hospital communicators in major metropolitan cities. PR NEWS last week caught up with Lisa Wyatt,… Continued

With the federal government’s welfare reform act well under way, the welfare caseload has dropped from 12.9 million recipients in 1996 to 5.8 million in 2000. America has its lowest percentage of the population on… Continued