Among those hiring this week are TIAA CREF, Starz, First Bank, Metro State College, Pearson Media, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle), Crete Carrier (Lincoln, Neb.), Nintendo of America (Redwood City, Calif.) and The Wilderness Society (Bozeman, Mont.).
Filed under: Events
The mostly annual True Spin Conference, which bills itself as a national conference on communications for Progressives, is Jan. 21-22 in Denver. In addition to Denver’s own Jason Salzman, speakers include representatives from GLAAD, the Center for Media Justice and ProgressNow. The conference costs $400 to attend if you register by Tuesday, Dec. 15. Click here for more details.
Screw your Prius; I want one of these. Congrats to Jefferson County’s Jenn Kostka for television and print coverage of the nation’s first hybrid snowplow.
Is Paula Berg, Southwest Airlines’ manager of emerging media, leaving the airline to join Linhart PR in January? This Linhart blog post, which has since disappeared, implies she is.
“America’s oldest journal covering the newspaper industry” realizes the same fate of so many newspapers it covered.
Journalistics is feeling optimistic this morning, and offers its “10 Reasons Media Relations Will Get Easier in 2010:”
- Social Media
- Research Tools
- Commercial PR Products
- Analytics
- Collaboration Tools
- Diminished Reliance on the Press Release
- Expanded Media Options
- Mobile and the Rise of Location-aware Apps
- Improved Distribution
- Improved Filtering
104 West Partners added Mojofiti and SharedBook as clients. Both companies specialize in social applications.
Did Denver’s Vail Resorts threaten to pull its advertising from Ski Magazine after the publication blogged about the death of a 14-year-old girl on one of its slopes? The New York Times reports it did.
Filed under: SE2
From SE2’s blog:
We do a lot of media trainings, but most aren’t open to the public. An exception is Wednesday, Dec. 9, when I’ll be presenting at a training hosted by the City of Loveland. The city has opened up registration, which costs only $25. I’m excited to participate with James D. Cope, who will be speaking specifically on crisis communications. Cope knows his subject; he handled media relations around the Tylenol murders in 1982.
Filed under: MGA
MGA Communications’ Sarah Rasmussen grew up in a small, electricity-less cabin outside a small town in rural British Columbia, Canada. During the winter months, the family’s well often would freeze, so Sarah and her brother survived for months at a time drinking nothing but Moosehead beer.
Filed under: InView Communications
If you see Carey Madsen any time soon, you might want to buy her a triple-shot espresso to keep her going. Her firm, SSA Public Relations, has just completed a rebrand to InView Communications, hired Joe Ricciardi as senior director, and added short-film Blake’s Ballad and agricultural, cooperative and financial organization consultant FCCServices as clients.
Sort of, according to Forbes. The Denver Business Journal has the details.
The Denver Business Journal has launched a new blog that features many of its reporters, including Mark Harden, Bruce Goldberg, Greg Avery, Boots Gifford, Bob Mook and Renee McGaw.
Filed under: Andrew Hudson
Congratulations to Denver jobs guru Andrew Hudson and his wife Christine, who are the proud new parents of Julia Nicole Hudson. Julia was born Thursday at 12:33 a.m. Mother and daughter are doing well, but I hear Andrew is on medication for excessive giddiness.
Among those hiring this week are the Orton Family Foundation, Medical Group Management Association, 9Health Fair, Bishop Machebeuf High School, Donor Alliance, Lockheed Martin, PSA Security Network, Thomson Reuters, Memorial Hospital (Colorado Springs), Cartoon Network (Atlanta, Ga.) and Pizza Hut (Dallas, Tex.)
Filed under: Public Relations
The end of the year is near, so the 2010 business death watch has begun. Here are 10 brands predicted to disappear in the new year:
- Newsweek
- Motorola
- Palm
- Borders
- Blockbuster
- Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac
- Ambac
- Eastman Kodak
- Sun Microsystems
- E*Trade
(Hat tip: Jon Pushkin)
The Bawmann Group recently added Lifeloc Technologies, CoverColorado, Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence, Total Community Options, TCO Foundation and Angus Mohr as new clients. TBG also led the launch of Colorado’s Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, an initiative designed to end hunger in our state by 2015.
JohnstonWells founder and chairman Gwin Johnston will return full-time to the agency following her daughter GG Johnston’s decision to step down as president and CEO. GG joined JohnstonWells 15 years ago and was promoted to president and CEO in February when Gwin decided to step back from the day-to-day operations of the business.
The split is being described as amicable, and a statement from GG on the JohnstonWells Web site says:
“My decision to leave JohnstonWells and venture into the world outside family business is both exciting and sad for me. For 15 years, I have worked alongside Gwin and the talented team at JW. I am grateful for every minute of time I’ve spent here. I am well-prepared for whatever adventures are coming my way. I’m excited about what’s next for all of us.”
Filed under: MGA
MGA Communications has launched a new Web site that includes its new blog, “Conversations that Matter.”
Congratulations to Joe Hodas and the team at Vladimir Jones, who nabbed a $5 million contract to help educate Coloradans on ways to save energy. Cathy Proctor at the Denver Business Journal has the details.
When preschoolers across the country tune in to ABC tonight to watch “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” they may wonder why Franklin is getting all the air time. Imagine their disappointment when they finally realize that President Obama’s prime-time address on the war in Afghanistan has bumped the Charlie Brown tradition until next week. But not everyone is happy about the scheduling conflict.
A digital billboard that combines an ad for the WPMI-TV news team with the station’s live Twitter feed goes bad.
(Hat tip to Dan Welch)
Tomorrow is the deadline for reduced-cost tickets to the annual PRSA Colorado Holiday Party at Dazzle Lounge on Thursday, Dec. 10. Click here to get details and purchase tickets.
Among those hiring this week are Qwest, Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado, Doctors Care, US Olympic Committee (Colorado Springs), Ft. Lewis College (Durango), and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation (internships in Boston).
Filed under: Awards
The Downtown Denver Partnership is accepting nominations for its Annual Downtown Denver Awards. The awards celebrate businesses, organizations, events and projects that have made significant contributions toward creating a unique, vibrant and diverse Downtown environment, and have made a lasting, positive impact on Downtown Denver. To nominate a colleague or client, click here.
Among those hiring this week are Crocs, Upromise Investments, The Colorado Health Foundation, Home Instead Senior Care, Hunter Douglas Window Fashions, Pinnacol Assurance, SEIU, Professional Bull Riders (Colorado Springs), Cabela’s (Sidney, Neb.), GolinHarris (Washington, D.C.), High Plains Journal (Dodge City, Kans.), Interweave Press (Loveland), Intuit (Mountain View, Calif.) and St. Louis Metro (St. Louis, Mo.).
Filed under: Public Relations
I doubt it, but we’ll see.
The football fortunes of Notre Dame and the University of Michigan have waned the last few years, so the Wall Street Journal suggests Dan Welch’s and Elaine Ellis’ worst nightmare: The Notre Michigan Irish Wolverines.
Filed under: Public Relations
You think your boss sucks? Try this guy.
(Hat tip to Voco Creative).
- Guttau Public Relations has added Avanti Skin Center of Denver, The Seed, BellaLu Home & Design, and Renew255 to its client roster.
- Linhart PR has been retained as the national public relations agency for Boulder-based Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy, Inc.
You would probably think there are dozens of public relations firms in Denver capable of “building external and internal awareness of the [University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine's] Palliative Care Program and undertaking a successful fundraising campaign to raise philanthropic contributions for its educational and research program.” But not everyone sees it that way, and that has PRSA Colorado President Gina Seamans seeing red.
In a post today on JohnstonWells’ blog, Seamans takes the UCD School of Medicine to task for trying to sneak through a sham RFP Notice of Proposed Sole Source (NPSS) when the school has already decided to give the business to the only firm they think it qualified to handle the assignment. And while Seamans is too polite to name that firm, I’m not. It’s Davis Branding & Marketing.
Denver Magazine has named former contributing editor Stacey Brugeman food editor. In her new role, Brugeman will manage the magazine’s “Savor” section, as well as other food and drink content.
Filed under: Obit
Ad Age compiles the list.
(Hat tip to Jordan Blakesley).
Filed under: Weise
Denver’s Weise Communications has launched two Web sites for clients – Eating Disorder Center of Denver and MidAmerica Stroke Network.
Among those hiring this week are Red Rocks Country Club, MDC Holdings, Weaver Multimedia Group, Arthritis Foundation, New Frontier Media, Pikes Peak Council of Governments, Ubee Interactive and Westwood College.
Public policy, issues and social marketing agency SE2 named Delores Tronco as an associate. Tronco formerly was a 9Health Fair special events and communications coordinator and El Pomar Foundation fellow and program associate.
Filed under: Press Releases
A recent survey of “corporate communicators” conducted by Ragan Communications found that 49% say they think press releases are “as useful as ever,” but that a third said press releases are “a necessary evil that won’t go away soon.” Are those mutually exclusive?
Among those hiring this week are the Aurora Sentinel, Brocade, Chipotle, Tetra Tech, The Arthritis Foundation, FoodServiceWarehouse.com, Maricopa County (Arizona) and Target (Minneapolis).
Don Kirchoffner of Denver’s Don Kirchoffner & Associates has been diagnosed with cancer, and he is fighting it exactly like you would expect – head on. If you would like to send Don a message, you can do so through his Caring Bridge page: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/donkirchoffner.
Filed under: Public Relations
Tired of being left out of the BCS bowl games year after year, the Boise State football team has retained the PR firm of Scott Peyron & Associates to help make its argument off the field.
Filed under: Pitches
Ragan’s PR Daily interviews WGN medical reporter Dina Bair to find out how to best pitch her.
PRSA Colorado is taking its PR Boost program for nonprofits to Twitter. A panel of local PR experts, including Gina Seamans, Bill Green, Lisa Cutter, Jane Dvorak and Kristy Bassuener, will answer questions from non-profits tomorrow (Wednesday), Nov. 4, from 11-11:45 a.m. MST. Click here for information on how to participate in – or just follow – the Twitter conversation.
Congratulations to The Bawmann Group, SE2 and Weise Communications for picking up the hardware at Colorado Healthcare Communicators’ 2009 Gold Leaf Awards. And to Bawmann’s Tammy Stratton who was named the CHC 2009 ”Professional of the Year.”
Denver PR jobs guru Andrew Hudson’s annual JobsGobble job-seeker seminar and networking party is Tuesday, Nov. 10 at Comedy Works South in Greenwood Village. Click here for details/registration.
Among those hiring this week are ARCADIS, Clear Channel Communications, Keypoint Government Solutions, Leprino Foods, OtterBox, University of Denver, Vail Resorts and VMWare.
Filed under: Politics
You have to give the Governator credit: He knows how to veto a bill. Time to step up your game, Gov. Ritter.
Triangle eyes and noses are for amateurs. Check out these social media/tech-inspired Halloween pumpkins.
(Hat tip to 104 West Partners/Johanna Erickson)
After seeing the public relations bonanza that Denver Magazine garnered with its Fox31 news “skankors” cover photo, Colorado View magazine called in a couple of Photoshop experts for its inaugural cover. Michael Roberts at Westword has the background. In the meantime, don’t hold your breath waiting for that Ron-Zappolo-and-Mike-Landess-in-Speedos covershot.
The Denver Post is touting its strong circulation figures in the latest Audit Bureau of Circulation report, while Westword’s Michael Roberts digs beneath the surface to see whether the numbers are as strong as the Post claims.
Among those hiring this week are the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce, CH2MHill, Colorado Statesman, Denver Options, Department Of Agriculture (Forest Service), Douglas County Libraries, Gardner Edgerton School District, Interweave Press (Loveland), Jeppesen, Swisslog, The Kempe Foundation, Waste Management, American Cancer Society (Durango), City of Phoenix, Ariz., and AAA (Washington, D.C.).
Filed under: PRSA
PRSA has launched its new Web site (or website, if you are Ef Rodriguez). PRSA says the new site offers better search and customization tools, as well as a simpler interface.
Congratulations to JohnstonWells CEO GG Johnston, who was named a Denver Business Journal 2009-2010 Top Business Newsmaker in the Media & Communications category.
- The Bawmann Group was hired by MyTeleHealth Solutions and the national Flu Information & Care System to launch www.amafluhelp.org. The Web site is the nation’s first comprehensive online flu assessment program to coordinate care among patients and their families.
- Linhart PR has been retained by mix1 Beverage Company. Boulder-based mix1 is an emerging leader in the functional beverage and performance nutrition category.
Filed under: Pushkin PR
Pushkin Public Relations is relocating from Greenwood Village to Larimer Square downtown at the end of this month.
Filed under: Balloon Boy
Apparently the Heenes aren’t the only crazies on their street. Maybe someone should check the neighborhood’s water supply.
(hat tip to Andrew Hudson)
Perpetually underappreciated former 9News anchor/reporter Bob Kendrick’s career death spiral continues. In July, Kendrick took a reporter and occasional weekend anchor position with CHEK News in Vancouver. However, CHEK News was sold to a new owner in September, and Kendrick has now accepted a position as an anchor on the combined ABC/FOX newscast in Columbus, Ohio. Kendrick told the Columbus Dispatch, “I’m thrilled to call central Ohio home. And, yes, I’ve already started practicing my ‘Go Bucks.’ “
Denver management consulting, strategic communications and public affairs firm GBSM is seeking an Executive Assistant. For more information, check out Andrew Hudson’s Jobs List, the single best resource for Denver marketing and PR jobs.
Filed under: Balloon Boy
Nutjob “Balloon Boy” hoax artist Richard Heene (left) and even nutjobbier Hollywood actor Crispin Glover.
SE2, through its blog, offers some no-nonsense PR advice to Balloon Boy’s family.
Among those hiring this week are the National Stroke Association, Metropolitan State College, CaridianBCT, Department of Veteran Affairs, National Enrichment Facility/LES (Eunice, NM), Kansas State University (Manhattan, Kans.) and Cargill (Wichita, Kans.).
Today is the deadline to purchase tickets to the Denver Press Club’s 2009 “Gridiron Show.” Among those who will be on stage are Bruce Goldberg, John Hickenlooper, Bill Owens, Andrew Hudson, Mike Landess, Cynthia Hessin, Reggie Rivers, Neil Westergaard, TaRhonda Thomas, Gregg Moss and Steve Saunders.
The details are:
Denver Press Club’s 2009 Gridiron Show
Friday, Oct. 23 (silent auction at 5:30 pm, dinner at 6 pm and entertainment at 7 pm)
Marriott Center City
1701 California Street, Denver, CO 80202
Click here to purchase tickets
Filed under: Denver Business Journal
If you don’t subscribe to the Denver Business Journal, you should. It covers Denver business at a depth that you simply won’t find anywhere else in town. And for the month of October, the DBJ is offering $20 off its one-year subscription. Call or email Jan to subscribe (303.803.9280 or jwambolt@bizjournals.com).
UPDATE: No, this is not an ad. I did not receive anything tangible or intangible from the DBJ for posting it. I’m just a fan, and think you should be, too.
Andrew Hudson is on fire this week, and he has posted a slew of new jobs since Monday in his “Jobs that Just Can’t Wait” section. So if you are job hunting, check them out.
Filed under: 104 West, Digital Idea Media, Metzger, Social Media, Story + Welch, Turner PR, blogs
If you are devotee of social media and its implications for public relations, check out a new social-media specific blog that features posts by 104 West’s Elaine Schoch, Metzger’s Elaine Ellis, Digital Idea Media’s (and MediaOnTwitter’s) Melissa Hourigan, Turner PR’s Ef Rodriguez and me. The blog is called Social Byte – http://socialbyte.net.
Congratulations to Tracy Boyle and her team at GBSM, which was named as a finalist in the annual PR News’ Nonprofit PR Awards for their work with client Delta Dental Foundation.
Filed under: Journalism Moves, New York Times, Rocky Mountain News, journalism
The New York Times profiles former Rocky reporter and current Guadalupe County Communicator publisher Michael “M.E.” Sprengelmeyer. Interestingly, Michael only went by “M.E.” professionally because the byline “Michael Sprengelmeyer” was too long to fit in one column width.
The Wall Street Journal has passed USA Today as the most-subscribed newspaper in the U.S. Unfortunately, the WSJ nabbed the honor only after USA Today raised its newstand price 33 percent saw a resulting 17 percent decline in circulation.
Among those hiring this week are Kaiser Permanente, Qdoba, Dumb Friends League, Volume Public Relations, BusinessWire, Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep Foundation, The Hach Company, Arrow Electronics, Elbert County Early Childhood Council, the Colorado Chapter of the National MS Society, Waste Management and Winter Park Resort.
Scatterbox’s (and GBSM’s) Steve Silvers offers a business primer on the new FTC blogging rules that require bloggers to disclose any “material connections” they have to companies they write about.
Come see some of Denver’s biggest names in politics and media, onstage in the Denver Press Club’s annual Gridiron Show – a hilarious night of political and cultural satire and songs. The details are:
Denver Press Club’s 2009 Gridiron Dinner
Friday, Oct. 23 (silent auction at 5:30 pm, dinner at 6 pm and entertainment at 7 pm)
Marriott Center City
1701 California Street, Denver, CO 80202
Click here to purchase tickets
Dig out your copy of Mr. Boston’s Bar Guide to find the most difficult drink around: Philosophy Communication principals Jennifer Lester and Jennifer Miller will be guest bartenders at the Denver Press Club, 1330 Glenarm, on Wednesday, Oct. 14 from 6 – 8 p.m. All tips will benefit HomeAid Colorado, a nonprofit that builds homes for Colorado’s temporarily homeless, and Teaching Humane Existence (T.H.E.), sponsor of The Watch House project, a residential campus facility for repeat sex offenders.
Congratulations to Metzger Associates, whose client The Denver Metropolitan Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure raised more than $2 million this past weekend at its annual Race for the Cure event.
Filed under: Wins
Guttau Public Relations has been hired by BellaLu Home & Design to handle the company’s public relations.
Filed under: Events
Fresh off his capitol dome-licking demonstration, Denver sports author Rick Reilly will be the keynote speaker at the Asian Pacific Development Center’s Gala Dinner on Friday, October 9 at 6:30 p.m. Reilly will be joined by his 20-year old daughter, Rae, who was adopted from Korea as an infant. Details about the event are here.
Among those hiring this week are CSG|PR, The Farm Credit System, Karsh\Hagan, Cherry Creek Shopping Center, Sandy Puc’ Portrait Design, CH2MHill, Hunter Douglas, Child Health Corp of America (Shawnee Mission, Kans.), Midstream Energy (Salt Lake City), Valley of the Sun United Way (Phoenix) and Cargill Meat Solutions (Wichita, Neb.).
Filed under: Politics
Lawyers never ask questions they don’t already know the answer to, and PR people never send CEOs to fancy award events if they don’t already know the CEO is the winner. Why? Because unless you are a kid, surprises almost always suck. Why risk your political capital or credibility when the upside is so small compared to what the downside could be?
I note this because of President Barack Obama’s trip this week to lobby for Chicago to host the 2016 Olympics. After sticking his political capital on the line to lobby in person for Chicago, he was stiffed in the first round of voting by the IOC today. Seriously, did Air Force One even land back in Washington before they rejected Chicago? Tokyo – where the 50M swim events would probably require 60 laps in a pool the size of a hot tub – made it farther than Chicago in the balloting process. Ouch.
Remember Iraqi Information Minister Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf (a.k.a Baghdad Bob)? He achieved new heights in propoganda during and after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, proclaiming on TV that no American troops were in Baghdad and that American soldiers instead were “committing suicide by the hundreds at the city’s gates.” For about a week, he had more face time on CNN than Wolf Blitzer.
Anyway, AT&T spokesman Mark Siegel apparently went to the same school as Baghdad Bob. Here’s is Mark’s statement to C/NET on the vast and increasing number of complaints about AT&T’s pathetic service quality:
“We have a strong, high-quality mobile broadband network. It is the nation’s fastest 3G network, now in 350 major metropolitan areas.”
Here’s a free PR tip to all of you starting out in the business: Don’t – repeat, DO NOT – grab the nearest brochure and start reading from it when an unexpected question from a reporter causes you to panic. Instead, do what GBSM’s Steve Silvers does: pretend your building’s fire alarm is going off and tell the reporter you’ll have to call them back in a few minutes.
Filed under: Advertising
T-Mobile wins the “Ad of the Week” award for its commercial featuring both Yusuf Islam (a.k.a. Cat Stevens), who called for author Salman Rushdie’s death for writing The Satanic Verses, and Whoopi Goldberg, who argued that director Roman Polanski’s guilty plea to statutory rape charges shouldn’t be pursued because the then-44-year-old Polanksi’s sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl wasn’t really “rape-rape.”
Filed under: Johnston Wells
Congratulations to GG Johnston and the crew at JohnstonWells, who are celebrating the agency’s 38th birthday today.
Turner PR is seeking “recent graduates or current students majoring in journalism, communications or public relations” for its unpaid fall internship program. Duties include media relations assistance, drafting press materials, creating and updating media lists and editorial calendars, media monitoring, research, measurement assistance, and social and emerging media outreach. To be considered, email Charlotte Smith a cover letter and resume (no phone calls).
Filed under: Public Relations
Media Orchard compiles the list.
Come see some of Denver’s biggest names in politics and media, onstage in the Denver Press Club’s annual Gridiron Show – a hilarious night of political and cultural satire and songs. The details are:
Denver Press Club’s 2009 Gridiron Dinner
Friday, Oct. 23 (silent auction at 5:30 pm, dinner at 6 pm and entertainment at 7 pm)
Marriott Center City
1701 California Street, Denver, CO 80202
Click here to purchase tickets
Congratulations to Denver-based Cohn Marketing, which was among the winners in PR Week’s first annual “Top Places to Work in PR.”
Metzger Associates has been selected by Denver-based start-up company NextWave Performance to launch its web-based SaaS platform.
Voca PR has unveiled its new Web site and landed two new clients: Boca Raton, Fla.-based Revelex and Boulder-based Boulder Creek Life and Home.
Filed under: Events
B2B technology marketing strategy and design firm Market Creation Group is showcasing its expanded office by hosting a bra art exhibit to benefit the Denver Metropolitan Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. The networking event and exhibit will be held in the Art District on Santa Fe from 6-9 p.m. this Friday (Oct. 2) at the MCG studios, 910 Santa Fe Drive, Studios 11 and 12, as part of the district’s First Friday Art Walk.
The Second Annual PRSA chapter retreat is Friday, Oct. 16, at the Curtis Hotel. Events include morning sessions for young professionals, a luncheon with keynote speaker Dana Perino, former White House Press Secretary, afternoon workshops covering topics for all types of professionals, an all-day resource fair, and a cocktail and networking reception. The early registration deadline ends Oct. 2. Click here for details.
Filed under: 5280
5280 magazine editor and publisher Daniel Brogan has been elected president of the City and Regional Magazine Association’s (CRMA) board of directors. The national organization represents more than 80 local and regional lifestyle magazines throughout the United States and Canada.
Filed under: Marketing
The Wisconsin Tourism Federation held out as long as it could, but the rebrand to the Tourism Federation of Wisconsin was inevitable.
Among those hiring this week are Amelie Company, Remax, Department of Energy, Entercom Denver, Longmont Times-Call, Adrenaline Garage (Winter Park), American Public Health Association (Washington, D.C.), Monster.com (Maynard, Mass.) and the United States Agency for International Development (Afghanistan).
Filed under: Denver
A Denver parking enforcement vehicle, courtesy of the Rocky Mountain Independent.
Denver’s loss is Toronto’s gain. David Milstead, the talented business and financial columnist for the Rocky Mountain News, has accepted a reporter position with Toronto-based Globe and Mail. Milstead would have been a strong addition to the Denver Post, but his candid coverage of the events surrounding the Rocky’s closing – and the Post’s own less-than-solid financial footing – seemingly cost him that chance.
Here is Milstead’s email announcing the news to friends and colleagues:
From: David Milstead
Date: September 22, 2009 3:44:43 PM MDT
To: undisclosed recipients
Subject: Milstead updateI will be joining the Globe and Mail, Canada’s Toronto-based national newspaper, as a reporter in its Report On Business section. I’ll be doing something similar to what I did at the Rocky Mountain News – specialty finance coverage. (No column, however.)
The Globe and Mail competes directly with The National Post, which describes itself as a national newspaper, but fails to distribute in some provinces and has suspended publication of its Monday paper. The Toronto Star and The Sun provide local news in the market.
I consider myself fortunate to find a full-time job with benefits with an excellent newspaper that has a serious commitment to business journalism. The Report On Business has about three dozen reporters; the day I interviewed, it was 20 broadsheet pages. All told, the Globe and Mail has more than 300 newsroom employees and circulates about 330,000 copies a day.
My first day will be Nov. 2.
I believed from the beginning that I would face the choice of leaving journalism or leaving Denver, and thought it more likely I’d leave journalism. I had prepared myself for that possibility, and am somewhat shocked to be heading right back into the newspaper business.
It was not our goal or preference to leave Denver, and we will miss all the wonderful people we’ve met in the last eight years. We will keep in touch.
The Bawmann Group has been retained by the Colorado Egg Producers for PR, social media, advertising and interactive services.
- GBSM has added Becky Karlin as an associate. Karlin formerly served as a senior policy advisor to Gov. Bill Owens on health care, insurance and higher education issues. She also worked in the corporate communications department of Frontier Airlines.
- The Humane Society of Boulder Valley named Kim Sporrer as director of communications. Sporrer most recently was with Linhart PR.
