27 Dec 2006
| by Ted McKenna
WASHINGTON: The US State Department on January 9-10 is hosting a summit with PR professionals to examine problems in US public diplomacy and to devise "best practices" for redressing such problems, including actions the private sector can take to help.
29 Nov 2006
| by Lisa LaMotta
PHOENIX: US Airways, the most recent member of the airline industry to face scrutiny for stricter policies to combat terrorism, is pushing the message that its employees do not use racial profiling when determining the threat of passengers.
09 Nov 2006
| by Randi Schmelzer
LOS ANGELES: When Stonehaven Production's environmental-action documentary The Great Warming opened last week, it came armed with a multi-tiered PR platform.
08 Nov 2006
| by Hamilton Nolan
On one hand, it's a little disconcerting that Canada's largest Protestant denomination has had to resort to running an ad campaign to bring in worshippers during the Christmas season. On the other hand, at least those ads feature sex.
21 Sep 2006
| by Lisa LaMotta
Pope Benedict XVI made headlines last week with his unprecedented apology after comments he made in a speech offended people of the Islamic religion.
15 Sep 2006
Michael Medved is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host who has made the transformation from a young liberal to a prominent conservative.
15 Sep 2006
| by Ted McKenna
WASHINGTON: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a nonprofit civil rights and advocacy organization, has launched a rebranding effort, including a new logo, to better convey its work with other community groups and the government.
05 Sep 2006
| by Hamilton Nolan
The events of 9/11 changed a lot of things about America. The practice of journalism is one of them. Five years later, the news business is still feeling the effects of that rare, transformative story that defined many careers and set permanent shifts into motion.
05 Sep 2006
| by Julia Hood and Hamilton Nolan
When he last graced this space, Iranian president Mahmoud "The Bomb" Ahmadinejad was scolded for his less-than-groovy plan to ban all Western music from his country.
29 Aug 2006
| by Lisa LaMotta
POMONA, NY: After a protracted three-year campaign for Barr Pharmaceutical to get its Plan B "morning after" pill approved by the FDA for over-the-counter sale, the company is working on a marketing plan that educates consumers, while expressing to women ages 18 to 44 that the drug is only to be used...