Uncategorized

Limiting the damage for a crisis–or better yet preventing one, is the thrust of a new book by training executive and former police officer Steve Albrecht. In “Corporate Self-Defense: How to Protect your Organization in… Continued

It may not be the world’s longest press release, but a 42-page epic by Greg Jarboe of Ziff-Davis Publishing must be among the weightiest ever produced. According to PR NEWS’ sister newsletter, min, the tome… Continued

Cynthia Hudson joined Burson-Marsteller, Washington, D.C., as managing director in the firm’s public affairs group. She was a principal at the Sawyer Miller/Robinson Lerer Montgomery Group, Washington. Wendy Nichols was promoted to manager of consumer… Continued

ADI Press Track. http://www.presstrac.com Provides information about its news and media content analysis; company directory, a search mechanism and links to USA Today. Agenda Online . http://www.agendaonline.com Provides users with information about event planning including… Continued

Ad/PR agency Ira Thomas Associates Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, has a new phone number: 330/793-3000.

The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), Washington, D.C., recently handed out 13 awards of excellence for association government relations programs. The winners, by category, are: — Overall program management/federal level legislative–National Rehabilitation Association, Alexandria,… Continued

News/Broadcast Network (N/BN) , a video and radio producer and distributor serving the public relations market, announced two new digital radio services. A premium service, the Audio B-Roll Package, includes a 30-second voice track plus… Continued

Next month PR NEWS will send subscribers an exclusive bonus–the “PR NEWS Guide to Media Relations Services.” Included in the guide will be listings of scores of products and services that PR executives rely on… Continued

Luis Morales, president of the Public Relations Society of America, has retired as director of marketing and communication at Robert Morris Associates, a banking industry trade group in Philadelphia. Morales will continue to serve out… Continued

Do a simple query on a search engine–and what you usually get are hundreds of documents–many of which are unusable and irrelevant. For example, a Web user looking for Time Warner Inc.’s home page by… Continued