Events & Awards: OPC Honors Khashoggi, Other Murdered Journos; PR Couture Gathers Bespoke Communication Awards entries; Gale Branding Worked Press for American Friends of Soroka Medical Center's Benefit
Fri, Apr. 5, 2019
By Steve Barnes
The Overseas Press Club will honor Jamal Khashoggi and other journalists murdered or persecuted during the past year at its April 18 awards dinner in NYC... PR Couture is accepting entries for its 2019 Bespoke Communication Awards, through April 15... Gale Branding coordinated press for the American Friends of Soroka Medical Center's benefit gala held April 3 at the Pierre Hotel in NYC.
Magrino chairman and CEO Susan Magrino is among the female media professionals to be honored at the 2019 Matrix Awards, which will be held May 6 at the Sheraton New York Times Square.
The New York Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America has extended the entry deadline for the 2019 Big Apple Awards to Monday, March 18.
Steve Coll, journalism dean at Columbia, and Bruno Patino, dean of sciences at Po School of Journalism in Paris, will discuss "Press Freedom in a 'Post-Truth' Era" at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 12 at Albertine book store located in the French Embassy's cultural office in New York. The event is free... Applications for the Don Bartholomew Award, which provides a grad student practical experience in PR research, are due by March 8... Germinder + Assocs. names Dr. Thomas Nelson the last Power of Pink Honoree. (2 reader comments)
Public Relations Society of America's New York chapter issues a call for entries for the 2019 Big Apple Awards, which will be presented June 17 at the Mandarin Oriental.
Several important lessons marketers and public relations pros can take away from SXSW.
The Committee to Protect Journalists will be honored at this year’s Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration... ICR taps FutureCast president Jeff Fromm for keynote duties at annual conference slated for Jan. 14-16... Osborn Barr | Paramore unveils its first annual rural spirit awards.
The Institute for Public Relations hosted its 57th Annual Distinguished Lecture & Awards Dinner Nov. 28 in New York City with more than 300 people in attendance.
Institute for PR slates awards dinner Nov. 28. PRIME Research's Mark Weiner will receive lifetime achievement honor... Hugh M. Hefner Foundation wants nominations for its First Amendment awards... New York Women in Communications' young professional's committee will take in hustle and bustle of social media Nov. 29. (1 reader comment)
The dangers faced by journalists around the world as well as the campaign to get justice for murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi were front and center at the Committee to Protect Journalists 2018 International Press Freedom Awards. (1 reader comment)
PRSA/NY's Nov. 27 holiday party to benefit Dress for Success... Institute for PR launches "In a Car with IPR" video series... PRSA/Dallas honors TrizCom PR... R&J Strategic Communications hauls in graphic design kudos.
PRSA/NY decodes Trump talk... New York Women in Communications sponsors student career confab... Impact PR & Communications makes big impact at Greater Connecticut & Westchester/Fairfield PRSA chapters awards ceremony.
PRSA/LA honors Princess Cruises' Brian O'Connor, and Team Netflix with top Prism Awards... PRSA/Raleigh hails French|West|Vaughan's Rick French... PRSA/National Capital Chapter tosses three Thoths to Crosby Marketing Communications.
National Press Club hosts annual Communicators' Summit on Oct. 31... Impact of celebrity, pop culture on PR to be discussed by PRSA panel in NYC on Nov. 7... Senior pros (PRSA/NY group for PR people with at least 15 years of experience) tackle digital trends during session at FH's office on Nov. 15.
New York Financial Writers' Assn. hosts 76th edition of Financial Follies on Nov. 9... Public Relations Student Society of America taps Temple University's chapter to host mid-Atlantic regional conference... American Society of Journalists and Authors wants proposals for its 2019 NYC conference in May.
IPR and UF's College of Journalism and Communications hosts free seminar Oct. 11 on ways to boost women to leadership positions... Gail S. Thornton of Worldview Communications receives PRSA Atlas Award... C.L.Conroy of Conroy Martinez Group honored with PRSA/Miami lifetime achievement award… Solomon McCown celebrated 15 years in business.
ICR Conference coming to Orlando in January... PRSA Tri-State Conference to be held in New York during Communications Week (Oct. 15-19)... Reed Public Relations to team up with Nice Branding on Nashville marketing conference.
Finn Partners clients take home Biden Cancer Initiative FIERCE Awards... Cision CIO Mark Weiner receives Jack Felton Medal from Institute for Public Relations... Largemouth Communications named Best Place to Work by Triangle Business Journal.
PRSA-NY hosts "Disaster Communications: Preparing Yourself, Your Team and Your Company for the Unexpected" at FleishmanHillard's office on Sept. 25... Crosby Marketing grants $5K award to Annapolis high school senior who's got what's needed to thrive in marketing/media... Women in PR in North America offers online course, "Women in PR Business Leadership Challenge."
Bey-Ling Sha to receive Institute for Public Relations Pathfinder Award... Museum of Public Relations and Hispanic PR Association celebrate Latino PR History... PRSA-hosted MeetUp to teach the art of "speaking" visual design
Jeffrey Group celebrates 25thanniversary with events in Brazil and Argenita featuring Jeff Sharlach and Allison Mann, head researcher of “Mad Men” television series, to show how corporate communications has changed since show first aired… Susan Davis International earns two Stevie Awards for World War I Centennial Commission project… Germinder + Associates names Guy Pidgeon, ex-chair of American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, its #PowerofPInk honoree for achievements in a nearly 40-year career in veterinary medicine.
Republica CEO Jorge Plasencia earns 2018 BRAVO! Pioneer of the Year from the National Hispanic PR Assn... Gutenberg grabs two Platinum dotComm Awards for its World Food India campaign... S&A Communications scoops up APEX Awards for Publication Excellence...
Institute of PR collaborates with PRIME Research on Sept. 13 strategic communications & research conference in Atlanta... KemperLesnick takes PRSA Chicago Skyline honors for media relations/issues management... RMD Advertising earns PRSA, Assn. for Women in Communications kudos for Southern Recipe's Pork Rind Appreciation Day.