Judy Taub, “a One-Woman News Machine”, Retires from WTOP After 35 Years Capitol Communicator January 4, 2019 Media, People, Upper Left Sponsored After 35 years at the WTOP editor’s desk, Judy Taub, right in photo, has retired. According to WTOP, a radio powerhouse in the D.C. market, as Taub neared her well-earned retirement, "those at the...
Fox News Channel Remained Most-Watched Basic Cable Network in 2018; MSNBC Posted Most Significant Year-Over-Year Audience Growth Capitol Communicator January 4, 2019 Insights, Media, Top Center SponsoredFox News Channel, America’s most-watched basic cable network remained at the top of the heap in 2018, reports TV Newser, which added that for the third consecutive year "Fox News Channel ranked No. 1 in...
Baltimore Sun Selects Capital Gazette Staff as Marylanders of the Year Jeff Davis December 27, 2018 Media, Top Center SponsoredThe editorial team at The Baltimore Sun selected the Annapolis Capital Gazette staff for the annual Marylander of the Year honor. The editorial, in part, reads: "The Annapolis Capital Gazette has a bond...
Jack O’Dwyer – The Passing of a PR Legend Capitol Communicator December 21, 2018 Media, People, PRBy Fay Shapiro, Publisher, CommPRO.biz “OD here…kid, what do you have for me?” – This was the way Jack O’Dwyer and I used to begin a telephone conversation. Today, I was sad to learn of...
Jack O’Dwyer, Who Created Jack O’Dwyer’s Newsletter 50 years ago, Dies at 85 Capitol Communicator December 20, 2018 Media, People, PR, Upper Left SponsoredJack O'Dwyer, who launched his pioneering Jack O'Dwyer's Newsletter 50 years ago, died Dec. 19 of a chronic lung issue. He was 85. According to his newsletter, "Respected and sometimes feared by leaders...
Goff Says Goodbye to NBC4 Capitol Communicator December 19, 2018 Media, People, Top Center SponsoredNBC Washington viewers turned on the local news on Sunday and got some unexpected news: According to Adweek's TV Spy, "Longtime morning anchor Angie Goff announced that "she was anchoring her last show in...
The Weekly Standard, a D.C.-Based Conservative Magazine, Shuts Down Capitol Communicator December 17, 2018 Media, Top Right SponsoredThe Weekly Standard is shutting down, reports its owner, Clarity Media Group, and the magazine’s final issue published on Dec. 17, reports POLITICO. According to the POLITICO post, the magazine's staff...
TIME Names “The Guardians” and “War on Truth” as “2018 Person of the Year”, Includes Capital Gazette Capitol Communicator December 11, 2018 Media, Top Center SponsoredTIME magazine named “The Guardians” and the “War on Truth” as its 2018 Person of the Year – marking the first time that someone who is no longer alive was selected. Jamal Khashoggi, Maria Ressa, Wa...
Social Media Surpasses Newspapers as News Source Capitol Communicator December 11, 2018 Media, Social MediaSocial media sites have surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans, reports the Pew Research Center, with one-in-five U.S. adults saying "they often get news via social media, slightly higher...
Alison Fitzgerald Kodjak Elected President of National Press Club Capitol Communicator December 10, 2018 Media, People, Top Center SponsoredAlison Fitzgerald Kodjak, health policy correspondent for NPR, was elected the 112th president of the National Press Club, the world's leading professional organization for journalists, on December 7,...
