PEOPLE & PLACES
Que Public Relations has opened new offices at 678b Bandit Trail in Fort Worth. The boutique agency specializes in corporate communications, strategic communication planning and branding, and serves a range of clients, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Principal Linda Jacobson began the agency in 2006 while finishing her master's degree at the University of North Texas. ...
Star-Telegram reporter Heather Landy has won the Gerald Loeb Award for Beat Writing, one of the highest honors in business journalism, for articles revealing that Dave Edmondson, the former RadioShack chief executive, lied on his résumé about his academic credentials. Landy received the award June 25 in New York at a dinner celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Loeb Awards. Other winners included reporters for "60 Minutes," The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Boston Globe. "Landy's piece is testament to how quality beat reporting can serve as an effective public watchdog," the judges wrote. "Displaying remarkable ingenuity, the reporter discovered the résumé inflation of RadioShack's chief executive officer and tenaciously pursued leads until the truth came out and the CEO resigned." The Loeb Awards, named for a founding partner of E.F. Hutton, are administered by the UCLA Anderson School of Management. ...
The Hondo Group is reaching out to the community with event sponsorship and other marketing for two nonprofit organizations. The DFW-based Alliance for Infant Survival supports research to understand and someday eliminate sudden infant death syndrome. Hondo will assist with the North Texas Golf for SIDS tournament in October; more than 140 golfers, sponsors and donors are expected. Hondo also is helping increase awareness of the National Dairy Shrine. Founded in 1949, the organization has more than 18,000 members who share a desire to preserve dairy heritage and keep the industry strong. The group gives more than $40,000 in scholarships per year.
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GET A JOB
CoServ, a growing electric cooperative with more than 120,000 residential, commercial and industrial members in parts of Denton, Collin, Tarrant, Wise, Cooke and Grayson counties, seeks a PR communications specialist to be responsible for all internal and external communications related to CoServ's image and reputation. More at coserv.com. Fax résumé to 940-270-6688, or e-mail humanresources@coserv.com. ...
A consumer-based PR firm is looking for a VP. Send résumé and salary history to Cheryl McCue at ckmccue@att.net. ... The Powell Group in Dallas seeks a senior account executive with at least four years' PR experience in corporate or agency work but a preference for agency. E-mail résumé and salary history to acctex@pro-hiring.com.
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NEW MEMBERS
PRSA ... Maiya Hollie, Reach Media ... Faye Crabtree, Cash America International ... Yolanda Yvette Walker, Cash America International ... Andrea Rosier, Child Study Center ... Liz Heck, The Hondo Group ... Natalie Parish, Stockyards Station ... John Smith, Lockheed Martin
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