Metropolitan Washington, DC — Addis Communications President & CEO Karen Addis, APR, was elected to the 2020 Public Relations Society of America-National Capital Chapter (PRSA-NCC) Board of Directors, the largest and most active PRSA chapter in the country. Addis will serve a two-year term, beginning in January 2020 and ending in December 2021. “I’m looking […]
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Metropolitan Washington, DC — Addis Communications welcomes University of Maryland rising junior Kiara McMahon as its summer 2019 intern. McMahon is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication on the Public Relations track with a minor in Spanish. She will be responsible for producing social media content, writing several weekly news digests, and conducting […]
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Metropolitan Washington, DC — Addis Communications, a full-service strategic communications agency, has won three awards for its work on behalf of national science clients. The agency was honored with two gold awards from Hermes, one for its white paper, “Promote or Perish: Sharing Your Research to Advance Your Science and Your Career” on behalf of […]
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Whether you work for a corporation, association, nonprofit, or government agency, PR professionals are busy! Addis Communications recently interviewed senior-level health and science communications professionals and asked them about their favorite PR hack — an app, a resource, or something they do that makes their work life a bit easier. Here’s what they said. John […]
Addis Communications, an award-winning, woman-owned, boutique PR agency, is seeking a 2019 spring intern to work between 10-15 hours per week for course credit. The virtual internship will include bi-monthly in-person meetings and the opportunity to attend events at the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), National Capital Chapter — the largest PRSA chapter in the country […]
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Mass layoffs in the news media continue. Buzzfeed, Gannett, HuffPost, and VICE are just a few of the latest outlets in 2019 to lay off reporters. Despite this, every day journalists around the world put their lives on the line doing their jobs — telling the stories that need to be told. One of those […]
Addis Communications welcomes University of Maryland senior Shadee Nowrouzi as its Spring 2019 intern. “I’m delighted to have Shadee join Addis Communications,” says Karen Addis, APR, president and CEO of Addis Communications. “What stood out most about Shadee was her solid writing skills, which are so essential to PR, along with her strong initiative and […]
Conferences and Trade Shows, Media Relations, News
3 Tips to Help Ensure Your Trade Show Gets Media Coverage
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Fresh off my second year of handling media relations for CES, one of the world’s largest trade shows, reinforced two things: 1) media relations is not dead and 2) you’ve got to have news if you want media coverage. Easier said than done. I’ve handled PR and media relations for dozens of trade shows, conferences, […]
Addis Communications, a full-service strategic communications agency specializing in health and science communications, has won several awards for agency branding and work on behalf of two national science clients. Addis Communications won three awards from MarCom, one of the largest, most-respected creative marketing and communications competitions in the world, which receives an estimated 6,000 entries […]
Addis Communications, an award-winning, woman-owned, boutique PR agency, is seeking a 2019 spring intern to work between 10-15 hours per week for course credit. The virtual internship will include bi-monthly in-person meetings and the opportunity to attend events at the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), National Capital Chapter — the largest PRSA chapter in […]