PR Council Slates Social Media Day of Action on June 5
Fri, Jun. 1, 2018
By Steve Barnes
PR Council slates Social Media Day of Action with News Literacy Project, as part of its 20th anniversary celebration.
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PR Council slates Social Media Day of Action with News Literacy Project, as part of its 20th anniversary celebration.
Focus: Hope, the Detroit-based non-profit, expects to select a PR firm or marketing consultant by the end of the month to further its goal to break the cycle of generational poverty.
Robert Lewis has joined the American Council of Life Insurers to lead its lobbying effort on the financial services front.
Caitlin Hayden, who was executive VP and director of the media group in Edelman’s Washington office, has joined the Aerospace Industries Assn. as VP-Communications. She reports to CEO Eric Fanning.
Emily Horne, who heads global policy communications at Twitter’s DC office, plans to join the Brookings Institution this summer as VP-communications.
The Beer Institute has named Ramsey Cox as director of media relations and PA.
Former Public Relations Society of America CEO Bill Murray is leading pushback against a California judge’s preliminary decision that requires coffee shops to post warnings about possible links between coffee drinking and cancer.
Vikki Spruill, one-time senior VP at Ruder Finn, will become CEO of the New England Aquarium, a major marine animal conservation, research and education center, on July 30.
The Rockefeller Foundation has recruited Christine Heenan for the VP-policy, partnerships & communications post.
The Arthur W. Page Center will honor Bill George, Gwen Ifill and John Onoda with its Larry Foster Awards at a ceremony to be held at New York City’s Grand Hyatt Hotel tonight.
PRSA's New York chapter is now accepting nominations for its 2018 Big Apple Awards program. Entries must be received by March 16.
The International Assn. of Business Communicators and the UK’s PRCA have signed an agreement to work together across the EMENA region.
Seth Godin, author of 18 business books, is keynote speaker at the IABC conference in Montreal June 3-6.
Megan King, who spent the 13 years at Porter Novelli, has joined Cruise Lines International Assn., as senior VP strategic communications & research.
A new study reveals that while women represent two-thirds of the global PR industry, 78 percent of CEOs in the top 30 PR agencies worldwide are men and they also occupy 62 percent of seats at the PR boardroom table.
The National Beer Wholesalers Assn., which represents more than 3,000 independent beer distributors, has recruited Eric Bunning and Amanda DeBard for communications posts.
The International County Management Assn. wants to hire a PR firm to help position the DC-based group as the leader for best practices in local government management.
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