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Remembering how 9/11 Changed the World – and Communications

wiredPRworks

On September 9, 2001, we celebrated a child’s birthday party. On September 11, 2001, I got up and went through the usual motions of a working mother with three children – ages 12, 9, and 7 – to get off to school. Producing a letter took time to write, print or copy and mail. In 2001, the theme was “No Place Like Home.”.

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The crisis gets personal

Stephen Waddington

This isn’t virtual working that people write about on Twitter and LinkedIn. Ritson is bullish citing the recovery of the livestock industry in aftermath of mad cow disease or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) crisis in 1996 and Foot and Mouth disease in 2001. We’re both working harder than ever.

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Remembering how 9/11 Changed the World – and Communications

wiredPRworks

On September 9, 2001, we celebrated a child’s birthday party. On September 11, 2001, I got up and went through the usual motions of a working mother with three children – ages 12, 9, and 7 – to get off to school. Producing a letter took time to write, print or copy and mail. In 2001, the theme was “No Place Like Home.”.

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Meltwater Quietly Goes IPO [PR Tech Sum]

Sword and the Script

As I write this piece, it’s currently trading at about $6.50 However, the exchange posted an announcement and YouTube video , which contained some interesting facts: Jørn Lyseggen founded Meltwater “in shack number 15 on Tjuvholmen, Oslo in 2001.”. billion on its second day of trading. The stock price at debut was approximately $5.30.

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The writings on the wall

Mark My Words

The slab cranks the same point up to eleventy stupid and creates an image of overblown iconicity – Exodus and 2001 via the Thick of It – that no press office can control. They’d already used the commitment gimmick to sell themselves as reformed economic stalwarts with their Manifesto’s budget responsibility lock.

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Behind the Headlines With Howard Stutz

Cision

I oversaw corporate communications for Anchor Gaming – a publicly traded slot machine developer – before the company was sold to International Game Technology in 2001. How did you get your start in corporate communications? What advice do you have for those looking to begin a career in communication?

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Behind the Headlines with Sharon Hoffman

Cision

I’ve been fortunate enough in my career to have a few of those… but among the most memorable for me was writing and producing a documentary for Dateline NBC on the heroes of Flight 93, three weeks after 9/11. Jane Pauley anchored it, and the team won an Emmy for Best News Magazine Report of 2001.