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| (L-R) Casey Ross, Bob Herman |
The New York Financial Writers’ Association awards its 2025 Impact Award for Distinguished Financial Journalism to STAT News for "Denied by AI," a four-part series reported by Casey Ross and Bob Herman. The series exposed how AI algorithms have been used by such insurers as UnitedHealth Group companies to override decisions by physicians, slashing medical care for many patients while boosting insurers’ profits. The Impact Award is unique in financial journalism in that it focuses on the impact of a body of work, irrespective of when the story or stories were published. Past recipients of the award include reporters at ProPublica, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Forbes, BuzzFeed News, and the Financial Times. STAT, this year’s winner, reports on health, life science, medicine and biotech news and has two million monthly unique visitors. Founded in 1938, the NYFWA supports excellence in financial journalism by offering panels on timely industry topics, networking events, scholarships to journalism students, and awards for outstanding work.
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| Julie Wright |
(W)right On Communications president and founder Julie Wright receives the 2025 Andy Mace Award for Outstanding Contribution in Public Relations by the San Diego Press Club. The award, which was presented at the Club’s 52nd Annual Excellence in Journalism Awards, celebrates a PR professional whose career exemplifies fairness, integrity and the effective communication of truth to the public. Wright began her career as a journalist before founding (W)right On Communications in Vancouver, B.C., in 1998 and later expanding to San Diego, Los Angeles and Seattle. In her acceptance remarks, Wright encouraged communicators to “keep telling stories that only humans can tell, telling them with empathy, with integrity, an ethical compass and, most important, with heart.”
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| Natalie Ghidotti |
Ghidotti, a Little Rock-based public relations and content marketing agency, earned five international honors at the 2025 Public Relations Global Network Best Practice Awards. The awards, which were presented at PRGN’s biannual conference in Nairobi, Kenya, recognize exceptional work from PRGN’s more than 50 member agencies across six continents. Ghidotti’s awards included a Gold Award in crisis and issues management for its work with the Arkansas Bar Association. “Each of these campaigns represents meaningful work, whether helping organizations navigate critical moments, elevate public awareness or strengthen community connections,” said Ghidotti Communications CEO Natalie Ghidotti.
Avoq received a National Gold ADDY in Branded Content & Entertainment for Online/Interactive, at the American Advertising Federation’s 2026 ADMERICA Conference on May 29... LaVoie Strategic Communications Group takes home Bronze Bell Ringer Award in the Government/Public Affairs category from the Publicity Club of New England... Crosby Marketing Communications presents its 2026 Crosby Marketing & Media Studies Scholarship to Deniela Penate, who recently graduated from Old Mill High School in Millersville, MD... BoardroomPR is named to the South Florida Business Journal’s list of the Top 25 Largest Women-Owned Businesses in South Florida.
Washington Women in Public Relations announces finalists for its 16th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards... The Hispanic Public Relations Association opens submissions for its 2026 HPRA National ¡BRAVO! Awards... Clearpoint Agency, which has offices in San Diego and Boston, received gold and bronze honors in the PR category at the American Marketing Association San Diego’s 2026 Sandie Awards on May 21. 
Crosby Marketing Communications won eight Telly Awards, which were announced on May 19. The awards, which cover video and television across all screens, were chosen from nearly 14,000 entries submitted by creators, brands and production companies spanning 55 countries... French/West/Vaughan was recognized at the Telly Awards for its work on Pendleton Whisky’s “Palette of the West” video series... Yulu Public Relations has received a Gold Davos Communications Award from the World Communications Forum Association for its collaboration with Audible on the Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle.
The Public Relations Society of America awards the 2026 Best of Silver Anvils Award to the American Academy of Pediatrics for its Vaccine Confidence campaign... Laughlin Constable Public Relations was recognized as a Silver Anvil Award Finalist by PRSA for its campaign for the grand opening of PENN Entertainment and Hollywood Casino’s $185 million entertainment destination in Joliet, IL... BridgeView Marketing is cited by the Hermes Creative Awards and the Communicator Awards.
New York Women in Communications will hold the 56th annual Matrix Awards ceremony on May 19 at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City.
