Agency Participates in Seven-City Live-Streaming Event, #journchat
PITTSBURGH, Pa., August 20, 2009 — Seven cities across the U.S. and Canada brought Twitter to life on Monday, August 17 – and WordWrite Communications, one of the region’s fastest growing public relations agencies, brought the “#journchat” event to Pittsburghwith partners Point Park University and The Pittsburgh Business Times.
The mission of #journchat, founded by Chicago PR professional Sarah Evans, is to improve relationships between public relations professionals, journalists and bloggers.During the weekly moderated chat on the social networking service Twitter, participants tag each message or “tweet” with#journchat and explore their common interests and the impact of social media. #journchat reinforces the importance of these conversations.
WordWrite, an active participant on Twitter and other social media networks, joined groups in Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Toronto to host #journchat LIVE sessions. In Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Business Times and Point Park University School of Communication co-sponsored, with Point Park hosting the event on campus. 30 attended in person, while 55 joined on a live-streamed video channel. Among the Point Park students and faculty, journalists, and PR professionals who attended in person were anchor Andrew Stockey of WTAE-TV Pittsburgh, reporter Steve Twedt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Editor Lauren Lawley Head of the Pittsburgh Business Times and Business Times web editor Kim Lyons.
“We were thrilled with the success of #journchat here in Pittsburgh and received great feedback,” said Paul Furiga, President and CEO of WordWrite Communications. “Social media is having a tremendous impact on public relations and journalism, and we were honored to facilitate a discussion designed to strengthen the relationships between bloggers, journalists and PR pros both online and in person.”
For a recap of the event online, visit http://search.twitter.com and enter search “#journchatpgh,” visit http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/2002389 to watch the video, and visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/wordwritepr/show/ to see photos.
About WordWrite Communications LLC
WordWrite Communications LLC helps its clients share their great, untold stories with everyone who needs to hear them. WordWrite specializes in crisis, employee, executive, and media communications with particular expertise in health care, manufacturing and technology. WordWrite clients range from small start-ups to Fortune 1000 and global firms. WordWrite clients share a fundamental belief in the value of two-way communications and authentic stories told by fluent storytellers. Among WordWrite’s clients are: KIT Solutions, Koppers Inc., MEDRAD, Inc., Pfizer, Inc., Redstone Highlands, Regency Global Transportation and Tenzing Consulting. For more information on WordWrite, visit www.wordwritepr.com, www.facebook.com/wordwritepr, or http://twitter.com/wordwritepr.
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