ADVISORY/Iran-Contra Editor to Address Students, Pros at PRSA's Annual Student Day on November 17 -- James Wieghart, Journalist and Senior Consultant.Business Editors, News & City Desks ADVISORY...for November 17 (Friday) CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000 Northeast Ohio public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most professionals will offer one-on-one guidance for successful career starts to the next generation of professional communicators when the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), based in New York City, is the world's largest organization for public relations professionals. The organization has more than 30,000 professional and student members, and is organized into 112 chapters nationwide. (PRSA PRSA Public Relations Society of America PRSA Personal Retirement Savings Account PRSA Puerto Rican Student Association PRSA Puerto Rican Studies Association PRSA Park and Recreation Service Area PRSA President of the Royal Scottish Academy ) hosts its Student Day 2000 on Friday, November 17, at the Holiday Inn Select, 1111 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland. James G. Wieghart, senior consultant to The Dilenschneider Group in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , will deliver the keynote address to students and professionals. Wieghart has a long and distinguished career in journalism, journalism training and government service. He is former editor and Washington Bureau chief of the New York Daily News New York Daily News Morning daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson and his cousin Robert McCormick as a subsidiary of the Tribune Co. of Chicago. The first successful tabloid-format newspaper in the U.S. . In addition to his services with The Dilenschneider Group, he teaches journalism at Central Michigan University Central Michigan University, at Mount Pleasant, Mich.; coeducational; est. 1892 as a normal school, became Central State Teachers College in 1927, achieved university status in 1959. The university maintains a forest that is used for botanical and biological research. , where he is chairperson of the Journalism Department. In 1987, Wieghart was appointed public information officer for the Iran-Contra Independent Counsel. He was a principal writer and co-editor of the Final Report of the Independent Counsel for Iran-Contra Matters, of which a one-volume copy was published by Times Books in 1994. During the full-day program, representatives from area organizations involved in agency, corporate, institutional and community service PR will advise students in workshops and break-out sessions, and will review portfolios and resumes one-on-one with students. Invitations have been sent to students at more than 40 colleges and universities in Ohio The State of Ohio is the home of a number of public and private institutions of higher learning. Several of these institutions are ranked among the top national universities (in order), including Case Western Reserve University (private), The Ohio State University and neighboring states. The keynote address and luncheon, from noon to 1:30 p.m., is open to the public. Cost of the luncheon is $25 for PRSA members; $35 for nonmembers. For students, the full-day program, including lunch, is $18. For more information, contact Michael Anderson or Rebecca Boroff at (216) 696-0229, or e-mail to manderson@robertfalls.com. Organizations that would like to sponsor a session or a student for the event, should contact Judy Tyreman at (216) 241-8673. PRSA thanks the 26 local companies sponsoring Student Day 2000, including Edward Howard & Co., which is making Mr. Wieghart's appearance possible. |
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