Crosby wins four Telly Awards for TV and multimedia work
Crosby Marketing Communications has won four awards in the 43rd annual Telly Awards, which showcases the best work created within television and video. Chosen from among 12,000 entries this year, winners represent work from some of the most respected advertising...
31 companies in D.C., Maryland and Virginia make 2022 Inc. 5000 list
The 2022 Inc. 5000 list contains 31 companies in the advertising and marketing category in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. The highest ranking of the 31 firms is Identika, Ashburn, VA, which ranked 524. (Edited photo of Identika staff above.) The list, states an online...
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BerlinRosen makes “majority investment” in Glen Echo Group
BerlinRosen has made a "majority investment" in D.C.-based Glen Echo Group. According to BerlinRosen, "Glen Echo Group is recognized for best-in-class in public affairs and creative communications services, specializing in the fast-growing technology and Internet...
FDA selects Hager Sharp for food and safety and nutrition communications program
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) has re-engaged Hager Sharp to provide public education and communications support to increase consumer and health professional understanding of priority areas under FDA...
PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff to receive RTNDA’s 2022 Paul White Award
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) will honor Judy Woodruff with the 2022 Paul White Award for her achievements in and contributions to the field of electronic journalism. “The Paul White Award is RTDNA’s highest honor, and Judy Woodruff has been a...
Gannett trims staff at US newspapers
Gannett, McLean, VA, is laying off journalists and other staff at newspapers throughout the United States, but there was no indication of the number of positions being eliminated, reports Publishers Daily. Gannett CEO Mike Reed said on Aug. 4 that the company is...
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Crosby wins four Telly Awards for TV and multimedia work
Crosby Marketing Communications has won four awards in the 43rd annual Telly Awards, which showcases the best work created within television and video. Chosen from among 12,000 entries this year, winners represent work from some of the most respected advertising...
31 companies in D.C., Maryland and Virginia make 2022 Inc. 5000 list
The 2022 Inc. 5000 list contains 31 companies in the advertising and marketing category in D.C., Maryland and Virginia. The highest ranking of the 31 firms is Identika, Ashburn, VA, which ranked 524. (Edited photo of Identika staff above.) The list, states an online...
FDA selects Hager Sharp for food and safety and nutrition communications program
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) has re-engaged Hager Sharp to provide public education and communications support to increase consumer and health professional understanding of priority areas under FDA...
Communicators: additions and promotions
Clyde Group announced the promotions of 12 team members who have shown consistent growth, client satisfaction, innovation, and creativity. These individuals continue to strengthen Clyde Group’s strategic communications, healthcare, public affairs, DE&I practices,...
Companies and peeps happenings
Nasuti & Hinkle Creative Thinking is offering a pair of new services especially for startups and small to medium-sized businesses to help them grow market share and revenue. According to the firm, "Brand Sync Optimization will get your Brand, your Marketing and...
Spurrier Group charity spotlight
For almost 40 years, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children has been the go-to resource center for information involving missing children. Their toll-free hotline (1-800-THE-LOST) has taken more than 5 million calls and has assisted in the recovery...
Sheila Brooks, SRB Communications, profiled in The Washington Post
After leaving a job as a television news producer in 1990, Sheila D. Brooks started her own company producing news stories and documentaries. She converted a bedroom into an office at the house where she lived in New Carrollton, Maryland, drummed up three small...
The C-360 Agency announces promotion of Karen Evander to Director of Client Services
The C-360 Agency, an integrated communications agency specializing in public relations, marketing, social media, digital strategy and advertising, announces the promotion of Karen Evander to director of client services. Evander previously held the senior account...
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PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff to receive RTNDA’s 2022 Paul White Award
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) will honor Judy Woodruff with the 2022 Paul White Award for her achievements in and contributions to the field of electronic journalism. “The Paul White Award is RTDNA’s highest honor, and Judy Woodruff has been a...
Two Maryland filmmakers die in Delaware car crash
Two Maryland filmmakers died Thursday in a car crash after filming in Philadelphia. Delaware State Police said Martin Whittier and Nate Brubaker were traveling southbound on I-95 near Newark, Delaware, around 10:20 p.m. when their BMW M2 stalled in the dark middle...
Doug Thornell to become SKDK CEO
Doug Thornell will become the new CEO of SKDK at the end of the year as Josh Isay, the current CEO, assumes the role of senior counsel, advising the firm’s leadership. Thornell, 46, will lead the political consulting and public affairs firm, overseeing day-to-day...
People making news
Hager Sharp announced the addition of Erik Robelen (pictured above) as a vice president in its education, labor and economy practice. Robelen brings more than two decades of experience at the intersection of education, journalism, and communications to D.C.-based...
Introducing: “Best Crew”
Capitol Communicator introduces "Best Crew" a new series brought to you by Eli Meir Kaplan, a Washington, D.C.-based commercial photographer and director. The series "Best Crew" features talent behind the scenes of photo, film and video productions. Our inaugural post...
The Imposterous Podcast features Pum Lefebure
Pum Lefebure, co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Design Army in Washington, D.C was a recent guest for the podcast The Imposterous. The Imposterous is described as a wellness project having been launched during the pandemic. The ambition of the podcast project...
Vin Scully, legendary broadcaster who transformed broadcasting, dies at 94
Longtime and legendary broadcaster Vin Scully has died. He was 94 years old. "He was the voice of the Dodgers, and so much more. He was their conscience, their poet laureate, capturing their beauty and chronicling their glory from Jackie Robinson to Sandy Koufax, Kirk...
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Companies and peeps happenings
Nasuti & Hinkle Creative Thinking is offering a pair of new services especially for startups and small to medium-sized businesses to help them grow market share and revenue. According to the firm, "Brand Sync Optimization will get your Brand, your Marketing and...
Contentware releases new AI-generated campaigns for lead gen
Marketers can now create lead generation marketing campaigns in minutes. Just because it’s summer doesn’t mean your campaigns stop. But the last thing you want to spend time on is the tedious, repetitive work of creating content for your marketing campaigns –...
Wizards and Caps host Marcus Graham Project Sports Marketing Workshop Sept. 19-22
The Washington Wizards and the Washington Capitals are hosting the Marcus Graham Project (MGP) Sports Marketing Workshop at Capital One Arena from September 19-22. This will be the third consecutive year that the MGP has been held at a Capital One Arena and the first...
Communicators to converge live at this year’s PR Summit DC, Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit & ADWK DC on November 3
The largest conferences for advertising, marketing, public relations and media professionals in the Mid Atlantic are coming together on Thursday, November 3 to create a powerhouse program filled with sessions focused on hot topics and the latest trends affecting the...
Job market takes turn for the worse, reports Ad Age
"With the economy slowing down after unprecedented supply chain woes and inflation at its highest in decades—and a growing number of economists predicting a recession — the job market is taking a turn for the worse, with several marketers and agencies already...
RP3 Agency launches summer marketing campaign for ABC Fine Wines and Spirits
Billboards Target Vacationers on Florida’s Panhandle Independent, full-service marketing agency RP3 is helping its client ABC Fine Wines and Spirits usher in summer with a breezy, colorful new campaign targeted to vacationers in the Florida Panhandle. The out-of-home...
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Senator slams Google Ads
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is slamming Google Ads, saying it has a troubling record of not weeding out fraud and abuse and calling on the company to "pony up info in its ad practices and policies," reports Broadcasting & Cable. Blumenthal, like many on the...
PBS NewsHour’s Judy Woodruff to receive RTNDA’s 2022 Paul White Award
The Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) will honor Judy Woodruff with the 2022 Paul White Award for her achievements in and contributions to the field of electronic journalism. “The Paul White Award is RTDNA’s highest honor, and Judy Woodruff has been a...
ICF Next to bring its traditional advertising offerings to a close
In a story reported by Ewan Larkin of PR Week, Fairfax, VA-based ICF Next will be winding down sectors that have less client demand such as traditional advertising and platform-development offerings. According to Kris Tremaine, senior managing partner at ICF Next, the...
Design Army’s NEW Saucony ad campaign: LACE ‘EM OR CHASE ‘EM!
Design Army’s latest ad for Saucony, LACE ‘EM OR CHASE ‘EM, celebrates the launch of the Endorphin Pro 3—a shoe that’s all about a faster you. In this fast-paced film, a runner races his own reflection from the Brooklyn Bridge to downtown NYC—because where better to...
D.C.-Area Agency Updates
Joyce Bosc has been named part of PRNEWS 2022 Class of Top Women in PR. She said "it's truly an honor" to be included with "so many innovative and inspirational women. I'd like to thank everyone who's been part of my public relations journey, especially my team...
August, Lang & Husak teams with Pixeldust Studios to win PSA EMMY
Chevy Chase-based August, Lang & Husak has been awarded an EMMY for creating a 2022 PSA TV spot for its Boys Town client in Omaha, Nebraska. The agency partnered with Pixeldust Studios in Bethesda to produce a campaign to address the rising levels of teen...
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BerlinRosen makes “majority investment” in Glen Echo Group
BerlinRosen has made a "majority investment" in D.C.-based Glen Echo Group. According to BerlinRosen, "Glen Echo Group is recognized for best-in-class in public affairs and creative communications services, specializing in the fast-growing technology and Internet...
Communicators: additions and promotions
Clyde Group announced the promotions of 12 team members who have shown consistent growth, client satisfaction, innovation, and creativity. These individuals continue to strengthen Clyde Group’s strategic communications, healthcare, public affairs, DE&I practices,...
D.C.-Area Agency Updates
Joyce Bosc has been named part of PRNEWS 2022 Class of Top Women in PR. She said "it's truly an honor" to be included with "so many innovative and inspirational women. I'd like to thank everyone who's been part of my public relations journey, especially my team...
The C-360 Agency announces promotion of Karen Evander to Director of Client Services
The C-360 Agency, an integrated communications agency specializing in public relations, marketing, social media, digital strategy and advertising, announces the promotion of Karen Evander to director of client services. Evander previously held the senior account...
Communicators to converge live at this year’s PR Summit DC, Mid-Atlantic Marketing Summit & ADWK DC on November 3
The largest conferences for advertising, marketing, public relations and media professionals in the Mid Atlantic are coming together on Thursday, November 3 to create a powerhouse program filled with sessions focused on hot topics and the latest trends affecting the...
Finn Partners to provide PR support to D.C.-area colleges and universities addressing gun violence
Finn Partners will be providing PR support to a consortium of Washington, D.C.,-area colleges and universities addressing gun violence, reports PRovoke Media. Under the partnership, continued PRovoke Media, Finn Partners will handle earned media and integrated...