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Greg Hazley is a senior editor for O'Dwyer's covering PR, public affairs, lobbying and marketing communications for the past 10 years. He has written for Tribune, AOL and MLB.com, among several other outlets.

Stories by Greg Hazley

•	Norfolk Southern Books Joele Frank Amid $30B Takeover Talk (Financial PR & Investor Relations) Fri., Dec. 11, 2015 Railroad giant Norfolk Southern has booked Joele Frank for financial PR support as it rejects takeover overtures from Canadian Pacific.

•	C&W Opens in Guangzhou (PR Firms) Fri., Dec. 11, 2015 Cohn & Wolfe has opened a Guangzhou office, its fourth China outpost, with Colgate as a base client.

•	Taos Eyes Firm for Tourism Pitch (Travel & Tourism PR) Fri., Dec. 11, 2015 Taos, the New Mexico skiing getaway where the desert meets the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, wants PR firm to handle tourism PR.

•	Carver Gets Top Comms Post at General Mills (Corporate Communications) Thu., Dec. 10, 2015 Mary Lynn Carver, who led communications for the University of Maryland Medical Center and UM Medical System, has moved to General Mills as chief communications officer.

•	Joele Frank Aids Pep Boys in Courtship (Financial PR & Investor Relations) Thu., Dec. 10, 2015 Publicly traded automotive service chain Pep Boys has engaged Joele Frank for PR support as it nixes a merger plan with Bridgestone Retail in favor of a larger cash offer from investor Carl Icahn.

•	Accounts: NextVR, Toy Industry Assn, Global Equity Int'l, Pamplona Capital... (News of Accounts) Thu., Dec. 10, 2015 New business wins at Burson-Marsteller, The Halo Group, PCG Advisory Group, Havas PR, ReviveHealth, Darby Communications, Media Frenzy Global, PMBC Grop...

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PR Links: Reading the Healthcare Road Map; Avoiding the Holiday Media Slump (PR Links) Thu., Dec. 10, 2015 Healthcare Tips for reading the healthcare road map (M. Raper)  PR 101 4 tips for avoiding a media relations slump during the holidays (K. Flaherty)  Copy What a copywriter can teach you about getting what you want with words (PRC)  Social Using social media to connect with Congress (S. Zurn)  Labor UK PR firm promises interns a living wage (LPE) Social Will Twitter lose by winning? (C. Barger)  Legal Evolution of legal PR in 2016 (Nat'l Law Rev)  Holidays SantaCon organizers aim to change reputation (NY1)

•	Hue & Cry Hits Road with Relief Riders Int'l (News of Accounts) Wed., Dec. 9, 2015 Hue & Cry's NYC office will handle PR for the first relief ride on motorcyle across Rajasthan, India.

•	Walker Plants Nashville Flag for JDA Frontline (Public Affairs) Wed., Dec. 9, 2015 Chris Walker, who was communications director for ex-Sen. Bill Frist's education initiative, Tennessee SCORE, has joined JDA Frontline as a VP based in Nashville for the D.C.-based firm.

•	Bartow Wins MLB's Top PR Honor (Entertainment & Sports PR) Wed., Dec. 9, 2015 Brian Bartow, a 30-year PR veteran of the St. Louis Cardinals, has won the 2015 Robert O. Fishel Award, Major League Baseball's highest PR honor.

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PR Links: Overselling an Agency's Practice Area; Chipotle and 'Holier Than Thou' Branding... (PR Links) Wed., Dec. 9, 2015 Firms When agencies oversell pratice areas, no one wins (R. Glazer)  Crisis Chipotle - What does this mean for 'holier than thou' branding? (G. Baron)  Content Why no one is reading your white paper (G. Satell)  Entertainment Oscar glitz seen bestowed on theater chains backing 'Spotlight' (Bloomgerg)  Healthcare Who's in clinical trials? (FDA)  Media How the 'normal guy' narrative infects reporting (G. Matusky)  Tech Yahoo's Mayer bets impatient investors will give her more time (Bloomberg)  Int'l Alberta's 'dirty oilsands' reputation is fading, CEO says (CBC)

•	Alberta Tourism Org Wants Firm to Target Midwest US (RFPs, RFIs and RFQs) Tue., Dec. 8, 2015 Travel Alberta, the entity promoting tourism to that Canadian province, is looking for a PR firm to target the Midwest United States to attract meetings and conventions.

•	Michigan Writer, PR Pro Heller to Vanguard (Public Affairs) Tue., Dec. 8, 2015 Andrew Heller, a columnist and senior director for Lambert, Edwards & Assocs., has moved to Vanguard Public Affairs in Lansing as a VP.

•	Sitrick Aids Millennium in Chapter 11 (Financial PR & Investor Relations) Tue., Dec. 8, 2015 Drug testing lab Millennium Health, which overbilled the federal government by more than $250M, is working with Sitrick and Company on its pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

•	Joele Frank, AbMac Brew PR for $13.9B Coffee Deal (M&A) Mon., Dec. 7, 2015 Joele Frank and Abernathy MacGregor are brewing PR for Keurig Green Mountain's $13.9B go-private sale to Germany's JAB Holding Company.