D.C. Updates: The Washington Post, Qorvis and Boscobel Marketing Communications
Miki King has been promoted Chief Marketing Officer of The Washington Post. King, pictured above, joined The Post in 2016 as vice president of
Dictionary.com Names ‘Misinformation’ its 2018 Word of the Year
Dictionary.com named misinformation its 2018 Word of the Year. Defined as “false information that is spread, regardless of whether there is intent to
WPP Merges JWT and Wunderman to Create Agency with 20,000 Employees
WPP is merging two of its biggest agencies — J. Walter Thompson and Wunderman — to form Wunderman Thompson and Mel Edwards, pictured above, who recently
Presenting Fresh Blood: Ellis Kaler, Designer, Gigawatt Group
Whether you call them Pluralists, Neo-Digital Natives or the Job Hopping Generation, a new cohort of marketers is emerging and things will never
Multi-Billion Dollar U.S. Army Marketing Contract Awarded to Omnicom
Omnicom emerged victorious in the long, highly contested review for the Army’s marketing contract. WPP was the other finalist in the pitch. According
Laura Van Eperen Named Vice Chair of Maryland Public-Private Partnership Marketing Corp.
Laura Van Eperen, founder and CEO of Van Eperen, a top public relations and marketing communications firm with offices in Baltimore and Rockville, Md,
Alexa, Please Apologize to the Cities that did not get HQ2
While many of us in the D.C. region were celebrating Amazon’s HQ2 announcement, McGarrah Jessee, an Austin-based agency, was busy crafting
Storyfarm Names Andrew Fetchko Its Chief Creative Officer
Storyfarm, a Baltimore-based award-winning production and creative agency developing and executing video campaigns for clients across the country, announced that Andrew Fetchko
Fors Marsh Group Wins AmeriCorps Contract to Improve Youth Program Recruiting
AmeriCorps awarded Fors Marsh Group (FMG) a contract to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through young adult service in the AmeriCorps
NewsGuard Targets Top-Tier Brands to Help Them Stay Clear of Fake News
A year after announcing his news startup NewsGuard, co-CEO Steve Brill, founder of Court TV and the Yale Journalism Initiative, has announced a
The Marketing Game with Josh Golden | Episode 5: Gayle Weiswasser, Homesnap
Yes& has partnered with Capitol Communicator to create “The Marketing Game” video series. In The Marketing Game, Yes& challenges the D.C.
Spurrier Group Creates Media Intelligence Specialty Team
Spurrier Group, a marketing and media agency headquartered in Richmond, Va., reports it has restructured “to better align with changes in the rapidly-evolving
Images Are “New Frontier” for Malicious Ads
A growing trend of embedding malicious ads within the images of ads could wreak havoc on the advertising industry and cost brands millions this
Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Joanna Callaway, Director of Marketing and Public Relations for HCA Virginia’s Henrico, Parham and Retreat Doctors’ Hospitals
Capitol Communicator is running “Up Close and Personal” profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic. In this profile we feature Joanna Callaway. Photography for
Sherri Core Retires as PRSA-NCC Executive Director
Anyone who has been involved or worked with PRSA-NCC during the past 30 years either knows or has worked with Sherri Core, its
