Chicago

Elasticity opens Chicago office

Lindsay Stein May 24, 2012

CHICAGO: Digital marketing and PR firm Elasticity has opened its first office outside of its St. Louis headquarters, expanding to the Chicago market.

Biederman joins Publicity Club of Chicago

Lindsay Stein March 15, 2012

CHICAGO: The Publicity Club of Chicago has appointed Kim Biederman executive director.

Video: PRWeek visits Chicago

Lindsay Stein November 07, 2011

PRWeek's Lindsay Stein met with PR executives in Chicago last week.

Michelle Obama commends Walgreens

Lindsay Stein October 26, 2011

More than 23 million people in the US, 6.5 million of which are children, live in "food deserts," or parts of the country that have little to no access to stores with fresh produce. Today, first lady Michelle Obama spoke about the importance of improving these statistics.

Verakis hired to head PR at Cramer-Krasselt

Lindsay Stein August 17, 2011

CHICAGO: Cramer-Krasselt has chosen Dan Verakis as SVP and director of public relations in its Chicago office, following a competitive one-year long search process.

Winer to head Fleishman's Chicago office

Lindsey Siegriest October 19, 2010

CHICAGO: Fleishman-Hillard named Maxine Winer the general manager of its Chicago office.

Bury to head comms at Chicago building association

Kimberly Maul October 18, 2010

CHICAGO: The Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago hired Edward Bury as director of marketing and communications, effective immediately.

Twilight Traffic Control expands work with Zapwater

Kimberly Maul September 13, 2010

CHICAGO: Twilight Traffic Control, which owns Chicago's Bull & Bear restaurant, hired Zapwater Communications for its latest restaurant Public House.

Fleishman's Chicago GM retires

Kimberly Maul July 26, 2010

CHICAGO: Cynthia Hardie, GM of Fleishman-Hillard's Chicago office, retired last week after 13 years with the agency.

Porter Novelli hires Randolph Pitzer in Chicago

Kimberly Maul March 30, 2010

NEW YORK: Porter Novelli hired Randolph Pitzer as MD of its Chicago office.

Zapwater adds three clients

Kimberly Maul February 19, 2010

CHICAGO: Zapwater Communications added three clients to its hospitality division: restaurants Duchamp and Zealous, and bar and lounge Lumen.

H&K top contractor for Chicago's Olympic bid

Rose Gordon August 31, 2009

Chicago's 2016 Committee to bring the Olympic and Paralympic Games to the city released a report detailing its expenditures for the bid from 2006 through...

'Chicago Tribune' pitches trades, local media about new daily tabloid

Frank Washkuch January 15, 2009

The Chicago Tribune’s internal PR staff is conducting media outreach this week and the next for the launch of a tabloid-size commuter edition that will...

That first job

Rose Gordon December 30, 2008

The days between Christmas and New Year's Day are of course notoriously slow news days. The Washington Times, though, found a way to fill that...

PRWeek hosts Consumer Panel in Chicago

Nicole Zerillo July 15, 2008

PRWeek hosted its annual Consumer Roundtable, last Thursday, in Chicago, along with a panel discussion featuring Audrey Reed-Granger, director of PR and...