Prolific Associated Press political reporter Nedra Pickler has jumped to PR ahead of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Pickler is slated to join The Glover Park Group as a managing director in its strategic communications practice.
Pickler spent 17 years with the AP, starting out in Michigan before moving to Washington and the political beat. She covered the 2004 and 2008 presidential campaigns, in addition to the federal courts, the George W. Bush White House and, most recently, the Obama White House.
Politico first reported the move.
Glover Park is part of WPP.
DJE Holdings, parent of Edelman and Zeno, launches RUTH as an independent shop named after Ruth Edelman, mental health advocate, wife and longtime business partner of Dan Edelman.
New York City PR firms make up the largest slice of O'Dwyer's 147 firm overall ranking with 33 of 40 in the New York/New Jersey area either calling Manhattan their home or having a presence there.
Subject Matter+Kivvit, which joined forces in May, has rebranded as Avoq, an integrated shop with more than 200 professionals in Washington, New York, Asbury Park (NJ), Miami and Chicago.
While PR pros stationed at in-house comms. teams and those working for agencies share many of the same objectives, they also have markedly different top priorities, according to a recent report.
Edelman is cutting 240 employees or about four percent of its workforce to cope with the cooling down of the PR sector, according to a memo from CEO Richard Edelman.
Have a comment? Send it to 
No comments have been submitted for this story yet.