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Arkansas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America

Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

The Peacock Group Takes Top PR Prize, the Bob Sells Award

The Peacock Group of Little Rock won 15 of 21 communications industry awards Sept. 19 from the Arkansas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. read more >
Natalie Ghidotti, president and CEO of Ghidotti Communications
Education / Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

Nonprofits Find PR Work Can Be a Real Gift

Nonprofit organizations don’t have stockholders, but they do have revenue and benefactors, which means they often need professional public relations. read more >
Allyson Pittman Gattin
Media & Marketing

A Tight Family’s Ties in Public Relations

Allyson Pittman Gattin represents a rare third generation in one family to gain accreditation from the Public Relations Society of America, a first in Arkansas and perhaps in the nation. read more >
Nikki Heck
Media & Marketing

You Can’t Spell Super Bowl Without PR

Tom Brady was the hero and 30 seconds of commercial time still sold for about $5.5 million, but in most ways Super Bowl 55 on Sunday was like no other. read more >
A few weeks ago, the Arkansas Chapter announced APR accreditation success by Shira Kelley of the Arkansas Commissioner of Lands office and Lamor Williams of the city of Little Rock. 

Arkansas PRSA Chapter Accredits 2 More, Building on Tradition

When Kristen Vandaveer Nicholson was promoted in February to vice president of public relations at Mangan Holcomb Partners/Team SI in Little Rock, she had a special request for the story about it on ArkansasBusiness.com. read more >
Seated, from left, are Angel Galloway, Jason Brown, Nikki Heck, Adena H. White. Standing, from left, are Heather Haywood, Denver Peacock, Lamor Williams, Cozetta Jones and Mary Claire Hill. 

Jason Brown to Lead PRSA Chapter

The Arkansas Chapter of the Public Relations Society of American installed its officers Friday in a meeting at the Little Rock Club, including Jason Brown as president. read more >
Mandy Hull of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Education / Investments / Legal

Mandy Hull Takes Over Adviser’s Role at UA Little Rock (Movers & Shakers)

Mandy Hull, associate general counsel for the University of Arkansas System, has been named associate vice chancellor of human resources and human resources policy adviser to the chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
Small Business

MHP/Team SI Leads List of ARCom Award Winners

Mangan Holcomb Partners/Team SI of Little Rock was a top winner at the recent ARCom Awards for public relations excellence, with finalist entries in 35 of 41 categories and 32 total prizes. read more >
Craig O'Neill
Education / Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

What’s in a Name? 47 Years of Craig O’Neill

Being Craig O’Neill is not always easy, Randy Hankins says, but somebody had to do it. read more >
Donald Trump speaks to a 2014 luncheon at the National Press Club.
Government & Politics

Donald Trump Calls Out The Enemy, and It Is Us

Trump is hardly the first president to quarrel with the press, of course. But he’s surely the first to label government statistics phony, then trumpet them as true as soon as they make for good press. read more >
One of the ads that Culturally Connected Communications reinvisioned for Black History Month.
Education / Media & Marketing / Retail

Pam Jones Puts Ad Twist on Black History Month

To address a lack of advertising diversity and “stereotypical representation,” Little Rock marketing firm Culturally Connected Communications is taking a different ad every day and reimagining it with brown and black subjects. read more >
The 2017 officers and board members for the Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America are (standing, from left) Heather Haywood, Adena White, Allyson Johnson, Nikki Heck, Jason Brown and Becca Green. Seated (from left) are Stella Prather, Sarah Kinser and Kristen Nicholson.
Government & Politics / Legal / Media & Marketing

Sarah Kinser Takes Top Post in Arkansas PR Society

The state chapter of the Public Relations Society of America installed its 2017 officers, including Kinser, of the Arkansas Community Foundation, as president. read more >
Jason Schechter
Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

From Clinton to Bloomberg, Jason Schechter Traces PR Path

Jason Schecter has been with Bloomberg for four years, and he spoke on his role there to dozens of local PR professionals, along with a group of UALR PR and mass communications studentsr. read more >
Natalie Ghidotti of Ghidotti Communications and Philip Mann of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.
Media & Marketing

Ghidotti, Mann Honored by Public Relations Society (Movers & Shakers)

Natalie Ghidotti, owner of Ghidotti Communications in Little Rock, and Philip Mann, musical director of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, have received awards from the Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. read more >
Becca Green.
Media & Marketing

Becca Green of Rock Region Metro Becomes President of Arkansas PR Chapter (Movers & Shakers)

Becca Green, director of public engagement at Rock Region METRO, is now president of the Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Green succeeds Brandi Hinkle, who is the public information manager for the Arkansas Department of Human Services. read more >
Becca Green.
Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

PRSA Elects 2016 Officers

Taking over the top leadership role for PRSA is Becca Green, director of public engagement at Rock Region Metro. read more >
April Baker
Media & Marketing

April Baker Takes on Mornings for KFSM

April Baker is the new weekday morning anchor at KFSM, Channel 5, in Fort Smith/northwest Arkansas. She comes to Arkansas from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. KFSM, by the way, is looking into moving more of its operations to NWA. read more >
Media & Marketing / Nonprofits

Arkansas Chapter of Public Relations Society Turns 50 With Women in Ranks

When Kearney Dietz, a veteran of the Little Rock public relations world, took the podium at a December meeting of the Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, one of his first comments was on the number of women in the room. read more >