By Tracey Mendrek, Senior Consultant The June issue of Vogue magazine is not exactly the place you would expect to find a public relations success story, but in Amanda Foreman’s article Crown Heights the details of Queen Elizabeth’s spiral down after Diana’s death and her reinvention as the wildly popular monarch of today is told

By Tracey Mendrek, Senior Consultant When approaching a new client engagement it is important to look at all the players around the table and determine what the winning strategy will be.  You talk and you think and you create messages around the crisis, but do you ever look at who your team members are?  One

By Dennis Culloton President Obama’s recent executive order to suspend deportations of the children of undocumented aliens was a brilliant tactically, smart politically and it was the right thing to do (More on that later). First, on the tactics and politics - This is an example of how an executive office holders, especially in politics,

By Erin Minne, Intern Attention to detail. It’s one thing people can measure with the number of hours of sleep they get at night. Unfortunately, lack of rest is not an excuse for missing things, especially since paying close attention to detail can ultimately decide the quality of a finished product. From internship applications to

By CeCe Marizu, Intern “Oh PR?? I really HATE PR!”  Not exactly what a girl wants to hear after she tells someone about her new venture in life.  I was a little thrown off, but I asked the man that I had just offered to help in his wheelchair why he hated PR so much. 

By Dennis Culloton When trying to explain Illinois politics and media to my clients, I often tell a story about the end of the movie Chinatown. A distraught Jack Nicholson, playing the private eye JJ “Jake” Gittes, is pulled away from a crime scene by a police lieutenant where Jake’s lover has been shot dead

By Ashleigh Johnston, Intern Most interns like to talk about paying their dues, the menial tasks they are asked to do and the often frustrating grind for little to no pay. But it’s all been said before and we’ve all been through it. I think it’s important for interns to see that light at the

By Manny Ozaeta, Consultant The long job search is finally over. The pre-interview jitters are gone and your palms, once profusely sweaty are back to their normal, dry, pink state because YOU have been hired. But alas, even though you have sighed some initial relief a new set of fears emerge in the realization that

By Jodie Shpritz, Vice President of Media Relations and Branding In my blog about backpack reporting, I wrote about the importance of preparing your client for a live interview and the need for them to be more like a reporter than ever before.  What I didn’t touch on was how to do that.  While I’m

By Jeanne Atkinson, Senior Consultant This happens all too frequently (at least to me): The end of a typically crazy day finally comes, and the only thing you’re looking forward to is going to sleep, sweet, sweet sleep.   You’ve locked the doors, turned down the thermostat, checked on the kids (if you have any),