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
By Tracey Mendrek, Executive Vice President Something happened on the way to the United Nations last week. A young woman, best know as Hermione, to millions of Harry Potter fans, showed composure, intelligence and maturity when she proclaimed she was a feminist. Ms. Watson took this bold step during a speech given at the UN
By Patrick Skarr, Senior Account Supervisor and Julia Schatz, Account Supervisor Writer's block. We’ve all confronted this challenge through school, college and in our careers. In our field of PR, not only can we face writers block, but we can also face the challenge of “pitch block.” Sitting in the office during a brainstorm, you
By Dennis Culloton, President & CEO In the Frat House favorite movie “Anchorman,” actor Luke Wilson is part of a macabre running joke where his character--the anchor of San Diego's third-rated TV news team—has his arm cut off by a rival news team anchor in an over-the-top, news team battle royale and sarcastic homage to
Nicole Roman, Account Executive After being named NFL Commissioner in 2006, Roger Goodell’s actions created a reputation that he was “the enforcer” of the world’s largest and most valuable sports franchise. He accepted no excuses and no nonsense when it came to player safety and the conduct of league athletes on and off the field.
Julia Schatz, Account Supervisor Childhood cancer remains the NUMBER ONE cause of death by disease in children today. Yet less then 4% of money raised for cancer research goes to Pediatric research.September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and today, September 12, is recognized as Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Awareness Day in Chicago and
By Nicole Roman, Account Executive Joan Rivers continuously reconstructed her career time and time again over half of a century. She was an actress, comedian, writer, producer and television host. Joan spoke her mind. She was blunt and snarky and told it like it was. As times have changed, Joan refused to sit on the
Patrick Skarr, Senior Account Supervisor There will be just 58 days before the midterm elections this Sunday, and just in time “Meet the Press” will have its new anchor, Chuck Todd, in the moderator chair. Let’s hope that Todd’s preview in this Politico story is accurate and that the show will return to its roots of
By Dennis Culloton, President & CEO There was word in a small item this morning that the newspaper USA Today is cutting some newsroom employees. I've written before that I am worried about the news business. I am a news junkie, number one, and number two, if you get paid to help your clients tell