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. She previously worked at The London Jewish Times and at the Tribune Group in Florida. She can be reached at erica.morris@prweek.com and 646-638-6189.

Joining PRWeek for a summer editorial internship is MacAdam Smith - or just Adam, as we call him. He'll be helping out with PRWeekus.com, and other tasks.

Adam is a creative writing graduate student at the City College of New York with a strong interest in learning the media business.  He previously worked in production for Abrams Books and taught a workshop on creative expression for underprivileged young adults through St. Johns in the Village.

Today our newsroom was focused completely on one thing around 10:30 this morning: The new monthly print edition of PRWeek. Word got out early that our copies were floating around a floor above where circulation sits, and immediately reporters and editors wanted to know one thing - "Where's my copy?"

The whole staff has spent an incredible amount of time and energy putting together this more than 50-page, dense magazine that brings with it some of the biggest names in the industry, and certainly some of its most well-spoken.

While our publisher, Julia, and executive editor, Erica, along with senior editor, Gideon, and the art and advertising departments have been wholly focused on this new offering, here at the news desk, I was absorbed with our new online weekly edition, along with the daily Breakfast Briefing newsletter. Creating three new products in one month has kept the entire staff humming along.

As you head into the slower summer months, I hope you'll take a pause and check out some of these new offerings - as well as provide us with feedback on them as we adjust to it all.

Drops on Monday. Be sure to check it out.

On May 11, our main feature will be the Leadership Special, an article profiling industry professionals who are showing outstanding examples of leadership. This can be within their agency/company, as an industry thought leader, or even beyond the PR industry. If you have someone you'd like to suggest, please send an e-mail to features@prweek.com.

Tonight is the night for our 10th edition of the PRWeek Awards. If you will be with us, or you just want to follow along - the hashtag for tonight will be #PRWeekAwards - you can already read about people gearing up for the night here.

We have finally run through most of our op-ed queue, and are looking for new thought leadership pieces. If you had previously sent one that did not run (and it is evergreen), send again. If you have had an idea banging around in the back of your head, send it on.

PRWeek is now accepting agency financial information for its 2009 Agency Business Report, including rankings. The rankings will appear in the April 27 issue of PRWeek. All agencies are encouraged to submit information. This year's process has been moved entirely online. Submissions must be received by February 27, 2009 at 6 pm EST. To submit your information, click here.

We're getting ready for our Agency Business Report 2009, which will publish in the April 27 issue. This year, we're bringing the process completely online. Look for announcements on our Web site, magazine, and blogs in the next week or so on how to submit your agency's rankings form.