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Allison Peltz, '06, has been part of the small-by-intent agency Hello LLC since its inception. In addition to using her public relations degree, as a leader, she has learned to become "everything to everybody."
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Chris Baldwin, '94, is the founder of True Digital Communications. He employs a team of mostly ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ JMC grads, who work with clients to develop a strong digital presence.
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He planned on being a sportswriter, but a degree from JMC led Chas Withers, '87, to become president of Dix & Eaton, a long-standing public relations firm in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Ben Brugler, '00, is President of AKHIA, a full-service communications agency in Northeast Ohio, where he landed his first job after graduation.
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Elizabeth Bartz, '80, M.A., '82, CEO of State and Federal Communications, used her public relations and political science degrees to build a lobbying compliance business in Akron, Ohio.
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Partner, Director of Client Development
Ketchum, Global PR Firm
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The media industry has been no stranger to change and innovation in the past several decades.
Within that time, advertising alumnus Mark Ford, ’79, has been a strategic force within Time Inc., leading the company in its transformation from a magazine company to a multimedia…
People tend to have a stereotyped view of public relations, even if they don’t fully understand the scope of the profession. Assistant Professor Cheryl Ann Lambert, Ph.D., wants to figure out why.
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On a summer weekend for each of the past 10 years, Northeast Ohio filmmakers have risen to the 48 Hour Film Project’s challenge: to write, shoot and edit a short film in 48 hours.
Through the competition, ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ alumni and students from the digital media production major (…
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ÌÇÐÄVlogÆƽâ°æ alumnus Tyler Pina, ’14, recently teamed up with fellow alumni to create a film focusing on the stories of inmates’ lives, post-incarceration. Pina graduated from the digital media production major three years ago, and works in San Francisco as a video director…