The Incite Agency, the firm of former Obama administration communications staffers Robert Gibbs and Ben LaBolt, has signed on to a national PR push aimed to challenge teacher tenure laws.
Politico reports the Partnership for Educational Justice campaign led by former TV news anchor Campbell Brown, which has an initial focus on New York City, plans to go national with a series of strategic lawsuits.
The legal and PR campaign will be modeled after a successful bid in California this month that struck down the Golden State's teacher tenure system. That case is in appeal.
Brown told Politico that the "PR piece" will be "essential" because she sees the "conversation" as important to the effort as the planned litigation.
Gibbs was White House press secretary and LaBolt deputy during Obama's first term. Obama campaign digital pro Jon Jones is chief digital officer at Incite.
Brown is married to former Bush administration PR advisor Dan Senor.
Husch Blackwell Strategies has added FleishmanHillard alum Michael Slatin as a principal in its public affairs group.
Rory Cooper, a veteran Republican operative and policy specialist, has joined Teneo’s Washington office as senior managing director in its strategy & communications practice.
Brian Fallon, who served as national press secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential run, is signing on next month as Vice President’s Kamala Harris’ campaign communications director.
TikTok is nothing more than a Chinese propaganda tool that poses “a grave threat to America’s national security and, in particular, impressionable children and young adults,” say two Congressmen who want the platform registered as a foreign agent.
Public Strategies Washington has added Abbie Sorrendino, a former aide to now Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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