NEW YORK: Volunteer service groups that sponsored a forum on September 11 in New York, attracting presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama, planned to build on the grassroots interest from the event.

DETROIT: General Motors has launched gmfactsandfiction.com, which disputes what the company says are "myths" about it.

As the son of two high school teachers - his mom taught English, his dad history - and, as of June 2008, the director of George Washington University's masters program in strategic PR, Larry Parnell likes to say, "Those who can, do; those who care, teach."

Though economic woes in the US have led such well-known companies as Bennigan's, Mrs. Fields, and Mervyns to file for bankruptcy, financial PR experts say that they are not currently dealing with more bankruptcy-related clients than usual.

The tragedy of domestic violence against women and children is unfortunate, and occurs largely outside the awareness of the media and general public.

Handwritten notes might be seen as an old-fashioned way to communicate - or at least a less obvious way to communicate if you are a communications professional. But people in PR say that's not always the case. Everybody gets numerous e-mails a day, but how many handwritten notes do they receive, apart from relatives?

Ted McKenna studies how economic woes impact the PR workforce

BAGHDAD: The US military expects to hire a firm to provide "information operations" support in Iraq to counter insurgent misinformation tactics. The bids were due on Friday, August 22.

Russia and Georgia have both hired PR firms to help tell their story and gain foreign support

'Green' initiatives aren't just a fad for the fast-food chain, itÕs the basis of its philosophy, messaging