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Events

The challenge of gathering, dispensing and presenting news to the public in today’s social-mediated world will be featured at #RealNews2017,  the 2017

Sep 25, 2017
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews to Keynote #RealNews2017, Oct. 24, at George Mason University
Agency

The Yards, billed as Washington, D.C.’s stunning new waterfront destination, launched a major campaign to spread the news about this riverfront park.

Sep 25, 2017
Design Army Creates Campaign for The Yards in D.C.
Insights

With scams and fraud schemes proliferating on social media, the AARP Fraud Watch Network has launched a campaign to educate Americans about social media

Sep 25, 2017
AARP Fraud Watch Network Launches Campaign About Social Media Hazards
Marketing

It’s no secret we are witnessing a seismic shift in media consumption behavior, reports The Wall Street Journal, which added that as of

Sep 25, 2017
Marketers Missing a Generation of ‘Unreachables’, States WSJ
Advertising

Google will issue refunds for ads bought through its systems that ran on websites with fake traffic, and said a handful of its partners

Sep 23, 2017
Google to Issue Refunds for Ads Bought Through its Systems that Ran on Websites with Fake Traffic
Agency

Capitol Communicator is running a series featuring an in-depth look at communicators in the mid-Atlantic.  In this “Up Close and Personal” profile,

Sep 22, 2017
Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Serrin Ransom, Associate Design Director, GMMB
Acquisitions

Herndon-based Deltek, a provider of software and solutions for project-based businesses, acquired Copenhagen-based WorkBook. According to Virginia Business, WorkBook provides management

Sep 22, 2017
Deltek Acquires WorkBook
Agency

John Armstrong and Jessica Brown launched Joy Riot in Alexandria.  According to the agency’s website, Armstrong “honed his craft in New York at

Sep 21, 2017
D.C.-Area Agency Updates: John Armstrong and Jessica Brown Launch Joy Riot, GLA Communications Opens D.C. Office with Karen Addis; and Ralph Posner Joins JDA Frontline
Events

AAF DC announced the programming for ADWKDC, a week-long celebration of Washington, DC’s advertising, marketing and communications community, which will be held

Sep 20, 2017
AAF DC Announces Programming for ADWKDC, Oct 2-6
Media

Discovery Communications will expand its main headquarters in downtown Silver Spring through a renovation project that will receive state and local aid, reports Bethesda

Sep 20, 2017
Discovery Communications Expands Corporate Headquarters in Silver Spring
News

Through the “Tired Faces” project, D.C.-based photographer Cade Martin told us that he was surprised to learn that crashes in the Washington,

Sep 19, 2017
Award-Winning “Tired Faces” Project to Continue with Another Series of Photos
Social Media

The problems keep piling up for Facebook, states an Associated Press story, “and it’s unclear how long the internet giant will be able

Sep 19, 2017
Advertising

As Amazon wields a growing power as a search engine, it is also becoming a more compelling advertising platform, states The Drum, and, as

Sep 19, 2017
Amazon Becoming More Compelling Advertising Platform, States The Drum
Media

Margaret Sullivan remembered standing in front of a class of Northwestern University journalism students, stated an article in Poynter, which added that she noticed

Sep 18, 2017
Women Dominate Journalism Schools, but Not Newsrooms, States Poynter
Social Media

Facebook is now in the weather business. Big time, states a report in CJ&N, which added that “as almost everything else it

Sep 18, 2017
Facebook Now in Weather Business
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