Mercury Adds Hill-Veteran Adam Bramwell as Managing Director of its D.C. Office
Mercury, a bipartisan public strategy firm, added Hill-veteran Adam Bramwell as Managing Director to its Washington, D.C., office. According to a release,

Facebook Gives $170k to Three News Outlets in Virginia
Facebook Inc. has awarded a total of nearly $170,000 from its COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Grant Program to three Virginia media

Ad Council Launches PSA Campaign To Help Parents and Families During COVID-19 Pandemic
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ad Council, working with the White House, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Reston, VA-Based Ellucian Adds Sharon Loeb as CMO
Reston, VA-based Ellucian appointed Sharon Loeb as its chief marketing officer. Ellucian, states a release is a provider of software and services “built

Today is National Nurses Day
Seems to us, if ever there was a time to recognize nurses for their selflessness and courage, it’s now. To all nurses who

Army Launches COVID-19 Marketing Campaign
The U.S. Army released a marketing campaign to acknowledge the realities of the COVID-19 crisis and recognize the many individuals serving at

4media group Buys Bethesda-Based News Generation, Inc.
4media group Inc., has acquired Bethesda, MD-based News Generation, Inc., a media relations firm specializing in broadcast media techniques. Founded in 1997 by

WWPR Creating Mother’s Day Blog Post
Washington Women in Public Relations (WWPR) is putting together a Mother’s Day blog post “highlighting all the amazing moms out there who have

NY Times Urges Support of Local Newsrooms
The New York Times marketing team launched a campaign online that encourages people to support their local newsrooms, reports Poynter. The campaign combines the

Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Tetiana Dao, Producer of Creative Services, Corporate Communications & Marketing, Freddie Mac
Capitol Communicator is running “Up Close and Personal” profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this profile we feature Tetiana Dao. Photography for

Lessons from COVID-19
By Robert Whittle, Chairman and CEO at Williams Whittle “Everyone’s got a plan. Until you hit ‘em in the mouth.”—Mike Tyson It

Crosby Foundation Donates $50,000 to Local Food Bank and Community Crisis Response Fund
To support local families and senior citizens struggling with food insecurity due to the COVID-19 crisis, the owners of Crosby Marketing Communications have

RaffertyWeiss Media Produces United Way “Draft-A-Thon” TV PSA
As part of the 2020 Draft, the NFL hosted a fundraising campaign for COVID-19 relief efforts. Six national charities, including United Way, received

53% of Americans Say the Internet Has Been Essential During the COVID-19 Outbreak
As the coronavirus outbreak has driven many commercial and social activities online, roughly half of U.S. adults (53%) say the internet has been

VIVA Creative to Produce “The Call to Unite,” a 24-Hour Global Streaming Event
VIVA Creative, a media and event company based in Rockville, MD, announced that the agency is producing The Call to Unite, “a 24-hour

