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Capitol Communicator is a unique online and offline resource for Mid-Atlantic advertising, marketing, public relations, digital and media communications professionals. The e-magazine, e-newsletters and events bring together communications professionals, fostering community and providing important information; news; trends; education; and opportunities for networking, career enhancement, business exchange and showcasing great work. Stay current by subscribing to our newsletters by clicking on the subscribe link in the footer of this website and by checking in regularly with Capitol Communicator.

News

Capitol Communicator has been asked if we know of election night parties you can go to on Tuesday, Nov. 8, and here’s information

Nov 4, 2016
Parties for Those Who Want to Party on Election Night
Advertising

Each of Facebook’s 1.8 billion global users has been worth, on average, $14.17 to the social network in ad revenue for

Nov 3, 2016
Each Facebook User Worth About $14 in Ad Revenue
Agency

Crosby Marketing Communications has added Jeffrey Koslofsky as Social Media Manager to its rapidly growing team of social media experts. He brings nearly a

Nov 3, 2016
Crosby Expands Social Media Team with Jeffrey Koslofsky
Communications

Richmond BizSense provides its readers with updates on that area’s communications community.  Their October 25th round-up included the following: AuthX worked with

Nov 3, 2016
Richmond Round-Up
Advertising

Facebook’s latest strategy is to grow both user-generated and advertiser-created videos as it tries to get a firm foothold in this

Nov 3, 2016
Facebook’s Users and Revenues Rising
Advertising

McLean, Va-based TEGNA Inc. launched Premion which, states a release, is “a first-in-market advertising services platform that offers local and regional

Nov 2, 2016
TEGNA Launches Premion
Communications

Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and “The Circus” producer Mark McKinnon shared with George Mason University students that they are hopeful for the

Nov 1, 2016
Martin O’Malley, Mark McKinnon Deliver Message of Hope at Mason Communication Forum
Agency

Burson-Marsteller announced that Henry Engleka has joined the firm as Chair, U.S. Healthcare Practice. Based in D.C., he will be responsible

Nov 1, 2016
D.C.-Area Agency Updates: Burson-Marsteller, Ketchum and SKDKnickerbocker
Media

On average, when an AP sportswriter covers a game, reports Neiman Lab, “she produces eight different versions of the same story. Aside from writing

Oct 31, 2016
AP to Automate Converting Print Stories to Broadcast Format
Media

Unionized reporters, editors, photographers and others at the Baltimore Sun have launched an awareness campaign “to help them secure an evasive 2.5 percent

Oct 31, 2016
Baltimore Sun’s Unionized Staff Launches Awareness Campaign to Help Get Pay Raises, Reports Baltimore Fishbowl
Media

McLean, Va-based Gannett, the largest U.S newspaper company, is cutting another two percent of its workforce, reports Politico. “That cut, which should

Oct 31, 2016
Layoffs at Gannett
Profiles

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

Oct 31, 2016
Up Close and Personal: Getting to Know Mara Vandlik, Smith & Company and President of Washington Women in Public Relations
Advertising

Brand-building efforts need a lot of work, judging from conversations I’ve had of late, writes Rance Crain, president of Crain Communications and

Oct 29, 2016
“Brand-Building Efforts Need a Lot of Work,” Writes Rance Crain, Head of Crain Communications and Editor-in-Chief of Ad Age
Advertising

In its new U.S. Local Advertising Forecast 2017, BIA/Kelsey projects total local advertising revenues in the U.S. to reach $148.8

Oct 28, 2016
Local Ad Revenues in the U.S. to Reach $148.8 Billion in 2017, Up from $145.2 Billion This Year, Forecasts BIA/Kelsey
Events

Thomas Dolby has a remarkable story of rising to the top of the music charts, a tech pioneer and now professor. He is best

Oct 28, 2016
Thomas Dolby, Musician, Entrepreneur, Professor and Visionary, to Keynote at the Campaigns and Marketing Summit on Dec. 1
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