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By Huong Cao Many agencies think of the RFP (Request for Proposal) process for a PR agency as a day-to-day struggle with

Mar 19, 2018
Clients and Agencies Learn Best Practices for Managing an Effective Public Relations RFP Process at PRSA-NCC Session
Insights

Over the weekend, The New York Times and The Observer revealed that Cambridge Analytica paid to acquire private information on more than 50 million

Mar 19, 2018
What You Do on Facebook “Might Not Always be as Private as You Think”, States CNBC
Agency

Capitol Communicator is running “Up Close and Personal” profiles of communicators in the mid-Atlantic.  In this profile we feature Michael Dumlao.  Photography for

Mar 19, 2018
Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Michael Dumlao, Booz Allen Hamilton’s Director of Brand
News

D.C.-based AARP isn’t strictly about retirement. And it’s not just for Baby Boomers, either, states Adweek.  According to the Adweek

Mar 16, 2018
AARP Campaign Urges Young(er) Americans to Reconsider Their Golden Years
People

Real people, not actors. According to photographer Cade Martin, “it can be a cliche of a line. But for their 25th anniversary, Rosetta Stone

Mar 15, 2018
“Real People, Not Actors” Featured in Cade Martin’s 25th Anniversary Rosetta Stone Campaign
Agency

Crosby Marketing Communications continues to expand its social media expertise by adding Juliet O’Connor and Taylor Smith as Social Media Specialists. Both will

Mar 15, 2018
Crosby Hires Juliet O’Connor and Taylor Smith as Social Media Specialists
Media

After months of delays, discussions and last-minute attempts to avoid an unfortunate financial necessity, the inevitable has finally happened to one of America’

Mar 15, 2018
iHeartRadio Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
People

Ketchum senior partner and vice chairman Lorraine Thelian is retiring from the firm after 47 years, reports PRWeek, which added that she will continue

Mar 14, 2018
In the Spotlight: Lorraine Thelian Retires From Ketchum After 47 Years – Including Serving as Director of Ketchum’s DC Office
People

Josh Golden has been named Vice President and Senior Creative Director for Yes& , a new agency formed by combination of three established DC-

Mar 14, 2018
People On the Move: Josh Golden Named Vice President, Senior Creative Director for Yes&
Agency

Environics Communications changed its name to Proof.  The Toronto-based firm has more than 165 employees in offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and

Mar 13, 2018
D.C.-Area Agency Updates: Environics, GMMB and Ovation
Communications

“There’s something about Pum Lefebure, cofounder of Design Army, that’s reminiscent of a D.C. superhero—the Washington kind, not the comics

Mar 11, 2018
Design Army Launches “The Genesis of Creation” Called “At Yolk”
News

A new Pew Research Center survey of U.S. adults finds that the social media landscape in early 2018 is defined by a mix

Mar 11, 2018
Social Media Landscape in Early 2018 is Mix of Long-Standing Trends and Newly Emerging Narratives, States Pew
Communications

From Russian “bots” to charges of fake news, headlines are awash in stories about dubious information going viral, reports Science magazine, which added that

Mar 11, 2018
“Fake News” Travels Faster and Further than Real News on Twitter
Media

Big traditional pay TV providers lost 3.7% or 3 million subscribers in 2017 — one of the worst years ever, according to one report,

Mar 9, 2018
Seven Major TV Providers Lost Three Million Subscribers in 2017
Events

Seven communicators will be inducted in March into the Virginia Communications Hall of Fame at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.  The award recognizes communications

Mar 9, 2018
Seven Communicators to be Inducted into Virginia Communications Hall of Fame at VCU on March 29
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