AvreaFoster, a downtown Dallas ad agency, seeks an account executive with at least five years agency experience and a college education in a field related to advertising or marketing; master's degree strongly preferred. More at avreafoster.com/careers.html. ... The Knight Foundation is funding a chair in broadcast journalism at Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Résumé deadline is Dec. 1. E- Abe Peck, search committee chair, a-peck@northwestern.edu, or Donna Kwiatkowsi, committee staff, d-kwiatkowski@northwestern.edu. ... Nov. 8 is the postmark deadline for applications to the Boston Globe summer program for interns in general assignments, sports, living/arts, business, the Washington bureau, photo, graphics and copy desk. More at bostonglobe.com/newsintern. ...
They're hiring at Tarleton State U. (public information specialist; more from Nancy Pricer, public information director, pricer@tarleton.edu) and at UNT (News and Information associate director, a senior marketing specialist, a senior writer and a public information officer; send résumé and cover letter to UNT Human Resources Office, attn: Employment, P.O. Box 311010, Denton 76203-1010). ... Cedar Park is hiring a public information officer. Minimum qualifications include a bachelor's degree in communication, journalism, PR, public administration or related field, plus at least three years experience in public relations, with municipal government experience preferred. Monthly salary starts at $3,750 or higher, depending on qualifications. Submit a résumé and salary requirements by Nov. 8 to City of Cedar Park Human Resources, 600 N. Bell Blvd., Cedar Park 78613 or hr@ci.cedar-park.tx.us. ...
Rhumb Designs in Dallas has an immediate opening for a production artist, 1-3 years experience, proficient in QuarkXPress 6.0 for Mac. Position will work primarily on the Neiman Marcus account. Salary $27,000-$35,000 plus benefits. E-mail résumé and PDF samples to Robyn Rutledge, principal and senior designer, at robyn@rhumbdesigns.com. ... The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Health Plan seeks an executive director for marketing and communications. A minimum of five years experience in the health insurance or managed care industries is required, as is a bachelor's degree in business administration or related field, with an M.B.A. preferred. Contact David Reusser, The Ransom Group, 8803 Brecksville Road, Suite 7-101, Cleveland, Ohio 44141, (216) 901- 0265, reusser@theransomgroup.com.
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RESOURCES
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PRESIDENT'S CORNER
Pamela Smith, Greater Fort Worth PRSA
It's hard to believe that 2004 is almost over and a new board of directors will be taking charge. I have enjoyed getting to know many of you. We have a membership rich in personality and talent. I hope everyone has enjoyed the fabulous programming and services that our chapter leadership made possible this year.
Thanks to your support, a new board will take the helm in January -- president Heather Senter, APR, president-elect/membership Holly Ellman, VP/programs Marc Flake, secretary Krista Brown, treasurer Glenda Thompson, treasurer-elect Laura Van Hoosier and past president Pamela Smith; directors Gary Morey (term ending 2005), John Hoffmann ('06) and Theresa Davis ('07) and National Assembly delegates Kristie Aylett, APR (term ending 2005), and Mary Dulle, APR, Fellow PRSA ('07).
I have no doubt that good things are in store for the chapter under Heather's direction. If you are interested in becoming an active volunteer for 2005, please let her know as soon as possible. Committee chairs will be selected later this year.
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PRESIDENT'S COLUMN
Tim Tune, IABC/Fort Worth
How important is straightforward communication to success? It was crucial for the builders of the Tower of Babel. Everyone spoke the same language then (Genesis, Chapter 11) and had adopted the common goal to build a tower "so that we may make a name for ourselves." (Isn't that what public relations is all about?)
Looking down on this "aligned" group of people working toward a single goal, the Lord observes: "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them." Ever since, we've known that when there is good communication, the potential for common goals to be met goes up. So it follows that accomplished goals prove the value of communication ... right? We all know it's not that easy.
That's why IABC/Fort Worth's workshop and luncheon Tuesday, Nov. 2, represents a great opportunity to learn how to demonstrate the value of what you do for your company or organization. Lou Williams, an expert on a wide range of measurement techniques, will lead the discussion. You can find out all about the workshop and luncheon at iabcfortworth.com. Hope to see you there!
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OVER & OUT
John Dycus, Fort Worth SPJ
I was too young to work with Jack Tinsley the reporter and not paying attention in the Gridiron Show's heyday featuring Tinsley the producer. But he always spoke when we passed in the Star-T hall, always took time to hear me out on those occasions when some rogue notion led me to his wood-paneled office. He was a good listener. Jerry Cabluck praised Jack at his funeral as "a true friend ... the kind of friend who advises you, and you value his advice." CBS's Dan Rather called Jack "the best Texas newsman of his generation." Bob Ray Sanders has a nice remembrance here. The Fort Worth SPJ board will make a donation in Jack's name to the endowment that he helped bring about, and anyone wishing to join in can do so with a check to P.O. Box 3212, Fort Worth 76113. Everyone has a favorite memory. For me, it was feeling in the presence of royalty during those few times in Jack's office. Maybe it was also the ghost of Amon Carter, but Jack made me feel welcome. Cradled in all that "Where the West Begins" history two floors above Seventh Street, I thought I had arrived, even if I was only passing through. ...
The holiday party and JPS book benefit -- back in a free-beer place where it belongs -- will be 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 2, at the Coors hospitality room, 2550 McMillan Parkway, and surely you're coming. Same great cause, same robust raffle (with celebrity auctioneer!), same low cost -- $15 or the equivalent in children's books -- plus brand new barbecue catered by the next Cowtown barbecue hot spot, Wilson's Barbecue on Lovell off Camp Bowie. RSVP to Kay Pirtle, mkpirtle@yahoo.com. ...
Don't know anything about horse racing? Don't want to know? Read Gary West anyway, for moments like "Ghostzapper sprang away in the stretch like a bar of soap in a shower" and " ... flush with pride, a smile took possession of his demeanor." Deemed expendable in the Dallas Morning News' Cue Cat and ad penance empty-purse purge, he landed almost immediately at the Star-Telegram. Welcome, Gary. Good job, DMN. Fort Worth-Arlington already has the trifecta of Large D coveted attractions -- Texas Motor Speedway, the Rangers and Galloway -- and if Gary stays, that's the quadrophena. Land the Cowboys, and it's the, uh, quintanilla?
Closing words: "My job is to beguile the time." -- mystery writer J.A. Jance (with gratitude to Charles Dickens) at the October Fort Worth SPJ meeting ... "Karen Hughes accused me of lying. And so I called Karen and asked her why she was saying this, and she had this almost Orwellian rap that she laid on me about how things she'd heard -- that I watched her hear -- she in fact had never heard, and she'd never heard Bush use profanity ever. It was insane. I've obviously been lied to a lot by campaign operatives, but the striking thing about the way she lied was she knew I knew she was lying, and she did it anyway. There is no word in English that captures that. It almost crosses over from bravado into mental illness." -- conservative TV talker Tucker Carlson
