By Julia Schatz, Account Supervisor The HBO series Newsroom aired the season 3 premiere on Sunday. The episode covered the Boston Marathon Bombing from April 2013. As this episode depicts, the media was a mess when these bombings occurred – CNN inaccurately reported an arrest and had to retract the story with major news outlets
By Nicole Roman, Account Executive An integral part of crisis communication lies in delivering core messages through the media. When a crisis occurs, the difference between a speedy and successful recovery or a long and painful one depends on how well a business anticipates and prepares and sometimes shows a sense of humor. How the
By Nicole Roman, Account Executive After spending several years as a recluse, Monica Lewinsky has returned to the public eye. This raises a ton of questions: Why is she writing this now? What's her next move? And, of course, what do her words mean for Hillary Rodham Clinton? Through a Vanity Fair article, public speeches
Patrick Skarr, Sr. Account Supervisor According to the Center for Responsive Politics this midterm election cycle is record breaking. Nearly $4 billion will have been spent on the campaigns for control of Congress, leading to the Washington Post headline, “2014 will be the most expensive midterm election ever.” According to ABC, the North Carolina senate
By Tracey Mendrek, Executive Vice President Today marks an important milestone for our client, Navistar, with the donation of three vehicles to help prepare Olive-Harvey College students for the 110,000 jobs in transportation, distribution and logistics coming to the Chicago region. Jim Spangler, Navistar Vice President – Corporate Affairs handed over the keys to Angelia
By Patrick Skarr, Senior Account Supervisor Last week those seeking anonymity on the Internet were rattled when the Guardian Newspaper published an explosive story, “Revealed: how Whisper app tracks ‘anonymous’ users,” that alleged that their service was in fact tracking their users’ whereabouts and posts. (The service has aggressively pushed back on the allegation.) I
By Nicole Roman, Account Executive According to late night comedian, Seth Meyers, a new poll shows that only a slim majority of Americans think the country is prepared for an Ebola outbreak. But I think we deal with outbreaks pretty well. It only took us a couple of months to completely eradicate Gangnam Style! As
By Dennis Culloton, President & CEO The CDC is the latest government agency to be the subject of criticism, questioning and late night comedian ridicule. Reports in the Washington Post (https:///wapo.st/1rdC5Ho )indicate the second Texas hospital nurse, exposed to the Ebola virus from treating a West African Ebola victim who later died, was told by the
By Nicole Roman, Account Executive It’s been a little over a year since Paula Deen’s racism scandal brought her multi-million dollar culinary empire tumbling down. Her reputation was damaged because of the way she responded to allegations of racism and demeaning treatment to one of her employees, a long time cook. Her messy attempt at
By Dennis Culloton, President & CEO The crisis in confidence that has afflicted the U.S. Secret Service shares some characteristics of the fall with the NFL. Both organizations have long been held in high esteem, comprised of what many still see as the best our country has to offer. Both dropped the proverbial ball. The