47th Annual Awards Will Celebrate LA's Outstanding Achievements in Public Relations
Contact phone number for Steve LoCascio in release dated Oct. 6, 2011, should read: 310-890-7810 (sted 310-890-6810).
PR Professional of the Year, Mr. Michael Roth, Vice President, Communications, AEG (Photo: Business Wire)
The corrected release reads:
PRSA-LA ANNOUNCES FINALISTS AND SPECIAL HONOREES FOR 2011 PRISM AWARDS SHOW
47th Annual Awards Will Celebrate LA's Outstanding Achievements in Public Relations
The Public Relations Society of America, Los Angeles Chapter (PRSA-LA), announced today the Finalists for the 2011 PRism Awards Show, to be presented on November 9, at the Renaissance Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland.
The PRism Awards recognize public relations excellence and is the largest gathering of leaders from Los Angeles public relations agencies, corporations, non-profit and government organizations.
In addition to presenting PRism Awards and Awards of Excellence for strategic and tactical campaigns, PRSA-LA will honor the achievements of these public relations, publicity and news professionals:
PR Professional of the Year |
Mr. Michael Roth |
Vice President, Communications |
AEG |
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PR Team of the Year |
NBC Entertainment – Publicity Division |
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Outstanding Achievement in Publicity |
Ms. Leslie Unger |
Director of Communications |
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences |
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Outstanding Achievement in Public Affairs |
Mr. Hal Dash APR, CEO |
Cerrell Associates, Inc. |
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Outstanding News Professional |
Ms. Sharon Waxman |
Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief |
TheWrap.com |
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Joseph Roos Community Service Award |
Mr. Kim Hunter |
Founder/President/CEO |
Lagrant Communications / The Lagrant Foundation |
Additionally, each year PRSA-LA honors a corporation for their philanthropic work towards impacting their community. This year the Corporate Citizen of the Year Award will be presented to Panda Restaurant Group for their Panda Cares Program, which was established in 1999 and brings hope to children in need by promoting the spirit of giving with Panda by directly serving the health and education needs of underserved children.
"The PRism Awards honor the talents of professionals throughout Greater Los Angeles who represent companies in industries including automotive, healthcare, travel, entertainment and non-profits," said Brian O'Connor, president of PRSA-LA. "We also recognize individuals who have demonstrated leadership and achieved excellence through their creative work and commitment to their communities," added O'Connor.
Winners and special honorees will be celebrated in true Los Angeles award show style as Michael Seel, producing director for the Hollywood Awards and American Cinema Editors Awards, returns as producer /director for the chapter's 2011 PRism Awards Show. He is joined by Art Arellanes, a respected producer of network and cable award show specials and sporting events including the highly rated CMT Music Awards, popular MTV Video Music Awards in America, Latin America and Europe, the MTV Sports and Music Festival and numerous VH1 Music Specials. Together Seel and Arellanes bring more than 45 years of award show producing experience to the PRism Awards.
Tickets for the PRism Awards are on-sale now. Visit www.prsala.org for complete details.
Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=50020158&lang=en.
Contacts:
PRSA-LA
Shari Mesulam, 310-663-0056
shari@prsala.org
or
Steve
LoCascio, 310-890-7810
steve@prsala.org