I'm pleased to announce that Erica Morris has joined PRWeek's staff as a reporter, covering financial PR, IR, corporate communications, and PR services.

Recently I had a conversation with an agency CEO about the firm's outlook for 2010.

Though there now seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel that has been this recession, when the books close on 2009 it will go down as one of the worst financial years in history.

Executive editor Erica Iacono interviews The NewsMarket's CEO Jim Lonergan about the company's recent acquisition of Medialink, and the growing video opportunities in financial communications.

On Wednesday, the Dow crept over 10,000 for the first time in more than a year.

To say that social media has changed the jobs of PR practitioners would be the understatement of the decade.

It's impossible to talk to anyone in the PR Industry these days without the subject of social and digital media dominating the conversation.

Yesterday, Ford publicly backed proposed legislation that would ban text messaging while driving.

A good idea is always bound to draw copycats. Since the success of the government's "Cash for Clunkers" program to boost auto industry sales, companies such as Amazon, HP, and even high-end department store Barney's have launched similar programs, giving customers cash or discounts for turning in old products.

Last month's call by a mommy blogger for a "PR blackout" by her peers was troubling.