The gambling towns of Black Hawk and Central City will hold an event Thursday to raise awareness of the $1.1 billion gambling has contributed to the state since it was legalized in 1991. The Denver Post’s Andy Vuong suspects the PR “dog-and-pony show” is designed to influence state legislators who will decide whether to raise the betting limits.
Day: March 4, 2008
Journalists Regaining Their Faculties …
The continued death spiral for traditional daily newspapers such as the Post and News has been a gold mine for the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the school recently has snagged three Pulitzer prize winners.
PR Week Promotes Hood, O’Brien
PR Week has promoted Julia Hood to publishing director and appointed Keith O’Brien editor-in-chief.
Why the Colorado Press Awards Are Like the Special Olympics
Everybody wins! You’d think it would be hard not to win a lot when you are one of only three entrants and there are literally dozens of categories of awards, but that hasn’t stopped the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News from going into overdrive to congratulate themselves. Westword has the details here and here.
