DETROIT: Automakers took a serious blow last night when the Senate rejected the industry's bailout plan. Although help could still come from the the White House, Detroit's Big Three continue to depend on their communications departments and PR agencies to help them navigate a particularly uncertain future.

 

“At the moment, we're completely focused on the Washington, DC, effort [of] communicating to all of our constituent groups, and it's been changing every day,” said Katie Hepler, manager of corporate communications for Chrysler.

 

In the past few ...