WaPo Calls O'Dwyer 'Soul, Conscience' of PR

Tue., Dec. 25, 2018

By Kevin McCauley

Jack O'Dwyer

The Washington Post remembers Jack O'Dwyer as the 'soul and conscience of the PR industry." His PR newsletter "made him an industry watchdog and, in the view of many, raised the standards of the PR profession."

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