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In Memoriam: Patrick Pollino, APR, Fellow PRSA

PRSay

He served in local, regional and national positions with PRSA, including as president of Boston’s PRSA Chapter. The Boston Chapter honored him with the 2006 Diane Davis Beacon Award for lifetime achievement in public relations. Pollino chaired the 1998 PRSA International Conference (today known as ICON) in Boston.

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Sustainable Caribbean Getaways

5W PR

From the start Caribbean Airlines chose to get involved with local social causes, adopting their corporate social responsibility statement “We Care, We Connect, We Create and We are the Caribbean” in 2006. Fly With Peace of Mind.

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Barbie dominates August brand coverage

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This was the biggest brand story to emerge that month, and more than a year later it was back once again thanks to NPR’s reporting, which has earned nearly 30k engagements in the last day, and has since been picked up by several local news outlets across the country. The story originally totaled over 1.4

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Interview with Critical Mention’s VP of Engineering on Media Monitoring

Critical Mention

Matt began his career at Critical Mention in 2006 as a Software Developer before becoming Content Engine Team Lead in 2014. We’re basically capturing local news that’s not available outside of the local area. He played a crucial role in the platform’s transition to Amazon Web Services in early 2017.

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How Can Financial Services Organizations Use Social Media?

wiredPRworks

Currently, Chris serves as secretary of the local school council at Newberry Math and Science Academy in Chicago. With future vision, Barbara began publishing her top-ranked blog, wiredPRworks, in 2006. An early social media advocate, Barbara founded Social Media Club Chicago in 2008. Her podcast, Growing Social Now, launched in 2021.

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Should Highway Signs be Hilarious?

Mindful Marketing

Department of Transportation agency that “provides stewardship over the construction, maintenance and preservation of the nation's highways, bridges and tunnels” while also helping state and local governments enhance mobility, safety, and innovation. ” In Section 2L.07,

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How the coronavirus has spread online

NewsWhip

Either way, the first site to mention Wuhan in the headline alongside coronavirus was the website FluTrackers, which tracks the spread of diseases online, and claims to have been doing so since 2006. This site claimed there were up to 59 cases of undiagnosed viral pneumonia in Wuhan specifically. Engagements. Engagements. january 8TH 2020.