Sally Buzbee, formerly WaPo executive editor, joins Reuters
Reuters adds Sally Buzbee as news editor for the United States and Canada. According to a release, “Buzbee is one of the world’s

Agency Updates: Stratacomm, Banner Public Affairs and Continental Strategy
Stratacomm was awarded a single IDIQ contract for advertising, marketing and media support to continue helping create, run and measure public education campaigns with

Karoline Leavitt named President-elect Donald Trump’s White House Press Secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has named Karoline Leavitt, who served as the national press secretary for his 2024 campaign, to be his White House

Better Together wins Silver Stevie® Award in the 21st annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business
D.C.-based Better Together has been named the winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the Communications or PR Campaign of the Year

Ads on Meta’s Threads may be coming in January
Meta may be planning to allow a small number of advertisers to place ads on its decentralized microblogging app Threads, marking a first for

Steven Cheung, the Trump campaign’s communications director, will be the incoming president’s communications director
Steven Cheung, the Trump campaign’s communications director, has been named the incoming president’s communications director. Cheung served as Donald Trump’s principal

The 2025 American Advertising Awards portal is now open
This year’s call for entries for the AAF DC Addy Awards is now open. According to AAF DC: “We know you’ve seen

Liz Seymour promoted to managing editor at Washington Post
The Washington Post named Liz Seymour its newest managing editor. “No one is a fiercer advocate for Post journalism than Liz,” shared Executive Editor

Bill Sammon named Senior Vice President of Washington, D.C., Editorial Content for The Hill and NewsNation
Nexstar Media Group appointed Bill Sammon as Senior Vice President of Washington, D.C., Editorial Content for The Hill, a national source of digital

David Chalian named CNN’s D.C. bureau chief
David Chalian, CNN‘s longtime political director, has been promoted to senior VP and Washington, D.C., bureau chief, reports Deadline. The appointment follows

Pretty sure they’re Instagram guys
Capitol Communicator is running an industry commentary series by Dennis Goris, president and creative director at Goris Communications. You can find more Brand Creep

D.C.-based Reservoir Communications Group and Periscope Equity announce investment partnership
Reservoir Communications Group, a D.C.-based health care consultancy, announced an investment partnership with Periscope Equity, a Chicago-based private equity firm that

Six Community College Students Named ‘Crosby Marketing Scholars’
Scholarship Promotes Greater Participation in Advertising/PR Industry Crosby Marketing Communications named six Anne Arundel Community College students to participate in the Crosby Marketing

WUSA may be dropped from Verizon Fios
Verizon has sent a notice to some customers of its Fios TV service with a warning that one of their local television channels may

Continental Strategy promotes Katie Wiles to Director of its D.C. office. She is committed to “Making America Great Again,” states U.S. Representative Byron Donalds
Continental Strategy is promoting Katie Wiles to serve as Director in its D.C. and Jacksonville offices. Since joining the firm, Wiles, states a

