Changes help give IndyCar a much-needed boost

There were nights this season when IndyCar veteran Ed Carpenter would hop in his trailer following another ho-hum race, flip on the replay and fight to stay awake.

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Critics: Army Corps' $5.2M PR tab is wasteful spin

A public relations firm boasts it turned around media coverage of the much-maligned Army Corps of Engineers since Hurricane Katrina wiped out sections of New Orleans in 2005 — to the tune of $5.2 million.

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Stimulus provides boon for economy and politicians

The federal stimulus package isn't just a boon to many of the country's citizens and industries. It's also a gift for politicians.

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TVA chief says coal ash spill was 'catastrophe'

Trying to rebuild credibility as well as the site of a huge coal ash spill, the president of the Tennessee Valley Authority acknowledged the massive sludge flood was worse than the agency's public relations staff initially said.

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Image need overhaul? Hollywood PR vet offers help

It's 2009. Do you know where your public image is?

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Pentagon public relations program investigated

The Pentagon's internal watchdog is investigating a government public relations effort that relied on retired military officers to defend the administration's Iraq war policies.

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Silent, secretive sect unleashes public relations campaign

Before authorities raided their west Texas retreat, members of a secretive polygamous church spent decades holding as tightly to their intense privacy as the Scriptures guiding their way of life.

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Blackwater Hires PR Giant in Image Seige

Public relations giant Burson-Marsteller has vast experience steering companies through tough times. But there's a limit to how much it can help Blackwater USA, a new client that's been battered by negative publicity.

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Edelman, the world's largest independent public relations firm, has named Kathy Fieweger as a senior vice president of its Crisis and Issues Management practice in Chicago. In this new position, as a senior member of Edelman's growing crisis practice, Ms.

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Monsanto faces a rough 2010. Rivals are producing more competitive products, and farmers are likely to resist further price increases.

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Copenhagen and its aftermath

We did not get an agreement on 50% reductions in global emissions by 2050 or on 80% reductions by developed countries. Both were vetoed by China, despite the support of a coalition of developed and the vast majority of developing countries.

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Study finds journalists believe citizen journalism is positive but quality is lacking, Ads interfere with news websites, social media press release is not there yet

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Maldivian officials said the idea to hold the attention-grabbing underwater cabinet meeting came from President Mohamed Nasheed when he was asked by an activist group to support its "environmental day" action on October 24. "The 350.org group asked if the Maldives can hold an  …

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Obama's Approval Rating Slips Below 50 Percent: I'll tell you why that's a good thing

Last week, President Obama's approval rating slipped below 50 percent in the Gallup poll for the first time since he took office, making him the third-fastest president to fall below that bar since World War II.

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As a blogger, sometimes the most difficult part of writing a post is contacting the company it is about. First, you either have to search your contact list, or the web, to figure out who to reach out to. And then you might not get a response right away.

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A throng of seasoned professionals, ambitious college students, and savvy social media strategists gathered at San Diego's Marriott Hotel and Marina on November 8 for the three-day Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) 2009 International Conference themed "Delivering Val …

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Dow Jones Companies & Executives utilizes Sales 2.0 functionality to uncover business opportunities and make warm connections to decision makers.

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Chamber's Attack on Green has Some Members Seeing Red

As if Iraq and Afghanistan weren't enough, President Obama has engaged in yet another war, and this one might be felt a little closer to home. Obama's foe? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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Facebook Friend the GOP (Expect Request Confirmation in 6-8 Weeks)

Republicans dip their toes into social media, and still manage to drown.

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When thinking about the technology tools you need to launch, measure, and optimize your social media marketing and online customer engagement programs, it helps to organize your efforts into categories: listening and monitoring tools; editorial, publishing, and content syndicatio …

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Before this genie gets too far out of the bottle, just consider the track record of such industry-funded excise tax "research" by Price Waterhouse. In the early 1990s, Price Waterhouse did similar handiwork on behalf of Big Tobacco, serving up allegedly hard data to bolster  …

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Health insurers are running their opposition to health care reform just like the tobacco lobby did 15 years ago.

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Great advice for any blog development, and to get full branding, social media, public relations benefit from your web effort. Easy to follow guide. I integrate this advice into web development projects now.

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Top New York PR executive recruiter sees much brighter hiring climate than he did seven months ago, in the depths of a grim economy. There are signs of improvement - cautious hiring in a variety of PR specialties.

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Meet the cable and phone industry's latest AstroTurf attempt

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With all these corporate fronts coming out of the woodwork, how can citizens tell true grassroots organizations from corporate fronts operated by highly-paid PR and lobbying firms? Here are some tips to help readers spot this kind of big-business hanky-panky.

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Not much rest for Harry Reid's public relations person

Considering handling public relations for a politician? It's not an easy task in some cases. One of the toughest political PR jobs these days is that of Jon Summers, spokesman for Sen. Harry Reid (D., Nev.), notes Grumpy Editor.

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Merck, maker of the controversial vaccine Gardasil for the human papilloma virus, plans a marketing push to boost sales for the back-to-school season.

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Catherine Mathis, the New York Times Company's soft-spoken and long-serving chief of public relations, is leaving the company to go to Standard & Poor's after 12 years.

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The recent Pew survey on the status of science in the US public included two findings: the public is interested in the latest news about health issues, but it doesn't necessarily feel the press does a good job. Last Friday produced a clear indication of why.

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Omar Minaya/Adam Rubin saga

Oh man. I just watched one crazy press conference. In all my years of watching sports and even political press conferences I have never seen anything like it.

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As Chinese police in Urumqi gave foreign journalists a rare up-close display Tuesday of how they can control a mob, Chinese leaders were also showing all of us what they have learned about how they can control information. And how they can't. ...

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