On the Move: WUSA’s Andrea McCarren and WRC’s Sheena Parveen
According to DCRTV, changes in the D.C. broadcasting industry include: Andrea McCarren Leaves 9: Longtime DC TV reporter Andrea McCarren, shown above, leaves
Executive Editors of The Washington Post and The New York Times to Accept 2018 National Press Club Fourth Estate Award at November 29 Gala
Marty Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post, shown above, and Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times, will receive the National

Crosby Awards Scholarship to High School Senior
Maia Brown, a senior at Broadneck High School in Annapolis, Md, has received a $5,000 Crosby Marketing & Media Studies Scholarship. The scholarship

People Making News in D.C.: Ann Marie Hauser, Melanie Fonder Kaye and Jeff Caporizzo
Hudson Institute announced that Ann Marie Hauser has been named vice president of public affairs. At Hudson Institute, Hauser will lead public affairs strategy

AARP Launches Campaign to Raise Awareness of Identify Theft
As data breach incidents proliferate, a new AARP survey finds that an alarming number of people have failed to take the basic precautions against

AARP Article Exposes the Dark Web
Information stolen in computer breaches of well-known companies is flooding into an underground digital market called the Dark Web, where criminals buy and

Two D.C.-Area Agencies – CHIEF and WHITE64 – Acquired
Two agencies in the Washington, D.C., area – CHIEF and WHITE64 – have been acquired, not by competitors, but by non-traditional buyers – in one

PenFed Credit Union Acquires WHITE64
PenFed Credit Union acquired marketing services agency WHITE64, which has served as PenFed’s marketing agency since 2014. When asked about the acquisition, Matt

CHIEF Acquired by ByteCubed
Enlightenment Capital, an Aerospace, Defense & Government (ADG) focused investment firm based in Chevy Chase, Md, announced that its portfolio company ByteCubed has acquired

Presenting Fresh Blood: Meet Hayden Cox, Publicity Assistant, Investigation Discovery
Whether you call them Pluralists, Neo-Digital Natives or the Job Hopping Generation, a new cohort of marketers is emerging and things will never

Washington Post to Launch “Flagship Podcast” Later This Year
The Washington Post hired award-winning journalist and veteran audio storyteller Madhulika Sikka as an executive producer on The Post’s audio team. Sikka

D.C. Broadcasting Updates: WJLA’s Kimberly Suiters, WUSA’s Bruce Johnson and WMAL’s Jerry Klein
According to DCRTV: Kimberly Suiters leaves her anchor and reporting gigs at Channel 7/WJLA, where she’s been for the past seven years

Paul Wind Rejoins SmithGifford as Senior Art Director
Advertising and marketing services agency SmithGifford announced that Paul Wind has rejoined the agency as Senior Art Director. Wind initially worked at SmithGifford for

Mark Read Named CEO of WPP
Mark Read, formerly CEO of Wunderman, has been named CEO of WPP, the world’s largest advertising company. According to Adweek, the announcement “ends

Economic “Incentives” Favors PR Career Over Journalism
“PR people are good at plenty of things; news reporting is not one of them”, states an article in the Diamondback, the University of

