PR Week (US) articles from January 2005

PR Week (US) archives from January 2005

Airlines attempt to win back consumer trust after holiday delays.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... NEW YORK: Comair's three-person communications team struggled last week to fight back against a surge of bad press following a computer meltdown that left more than 30,000 passengers stranded over the holiday weekend. Nick Miller, manager...

Tsunami disaster triggers worldwide press outreach.
January 3, 2005... NEW YORK: The tsunamis that devastated Asia and East Africa last week had relief organizations around the globe and at least one US PR agency scrambling to inform people how best they could provide assistance. Carol Miller, a senior...

WPP Group scores first-ever PRWeek Who to Watch title.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... NEW YORK: WPP Group has been named by PRWeek's editorial team as Who to Watch in 2005. The annual feature makes its debut in this week's issue. The holding company was chosen chiefly for its stance in the debate over the reputation,...

EPA begins search for agency to handle its Energy Star account.(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... WASHINGTON: The coveted account to handle PR duties for the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Energy Star program is up for review. Hill & Knowlton, which was charged with rebranding the program in 2000, is currently the incumbent...

New Elvis owners keep old PR team for new initiative.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... LOS ANGELES: The new owners of Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE) are hoping to expand the rock icon's brand globally while retaining the marketing team that has helped keep the King alive for consumers over the past two decades. Robert...

Bacon's allowing clients to track blogs.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... CHICAGO: Beginning next week, Bacon's Information will offer all clients the opportunity to track relevant information from news blogs through MediaSource's monitoring module. Ann Ertsas, director of marketing and PR for Bacon's, said the...

Euro RSCG clarifies role in Ukraine clinic's PR efforts.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... VIENNA: Euro RSCG has become a part of the unfolding scandal surrounding the poisoning of the now-victorious Ukrainian presidential challenger, Viktor Yushchenko. On December 17, the Financial Times reported that a Euro RSCG team had...

New multicultural WS agency offers integrated service.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... LOS ANGELES: Weber Shandwick is launching a boutique multicultural firm in LA that will take an integrated marketing approach to reaching niche audiences. Dubbed Axis, the firm opened on the first of the year. It's headed by WS EVP Armando...

News Brief: Fleishman-Hillard venue change.(in a case against Department of Water and Power on overbilling)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... LOS ANGELES: Claiming that it would be difficult to find an impartial jury in LA, Fleishman-Hillard has asked for a change of venue in the city attorney's lawsuit against the firm, which charges the firm with overbilling on an account with the...

News Brief: Waggener Edstrom AOR.(agency of record for Regus Group)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... NEW YORK: Waggener Edstrom has been named AOR for Regus Group, a provider of workplace outsourcing solutions, including office space, business meeting places, virtual office services, and video conferencing.

News Brief: FirstLab picks Schubert.(Schubert Communications)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... DOWNINGTOWN, PA: FirstLab, an independent, third-party administrator of substance-abuse testing programs, has picked Schubert Communications as its agency of record.

News Brief: M Booth & Associates AOR.(agency of record for Siemens Hearing Instruments )(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... NEW YORK: M Booth & Associates has been appointed AOR by Siemens Hearing Instruments to promote the technology behind Acuris hearing instruments. The account team will be led by Joyce Yaeger, SVP/director, healthcare group.

News Brief: Ant Hill to handle marketing.(Ant Hill Marketing for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... PORTLAND, OR: Ant Hill Marketing has been charged with handling the marketing for the Out of the Darkness Overnight fundraising event, a 20-mile overnight walk benefiting the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, which will be held in...

News Brief: Blackboard appoints Hill.(Tim Hill)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... WASHINGTON: Blackboard has appointed Tim Hill as SVP of marketing, where he will oversee product and solutions marketing, corporate brand strategy, marketing communications, market analysis and evaluation, and conferences and events. Before...

News Brief: C-SET names director.(Carolinas Sports Entertainment Television appointed John Halpin )(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... NORTH CAROLINA: C-SET (Carolinas Sports Entertainment Television), the regional sports and entertainment network serving the states of North and South Carolina exclusively, has named John Halpin as director of marcomms. Halpin comes to C-SET...

News Brief: Seid opens Fat Dot.(Weiman Seid)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... LOS ANGELES: Weiman Seid, most recently with Miramax Films, has left that studio to open his own New York-based entertainment agency, Fat Dot. Its clients include Sundance film Loggerheads and actor Sissy Spacek.

News Brief: KFC selects LevLane.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... PHILADELPHIA: KFC has selected LevLane, a full-service marketing communications agency, as AOR for its restaurants in Portland and Bangor, ME.

News Brief: GraficaGroup retained.(Synchronoss Technologies)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... CHESTER, NJ: Synchronoss Technologies, which provides telecom business process outsourcing to large service providers, has retained GraficaGroup as its agency of record.

News Brief: RC Auletta & Co selected.(FEI Women's Health)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... NEW YORK: FEI Women's Health, manufacturer and distributor of the ParaGard IUD, has selected RC Auletta & Co. to develop a national PR program for the product. Hill & Knowlton and Ruder Finn also competed. Ogilvy previously held the account.

News Brief: Factory Design Labs PR.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... DENVER: Factory Design Labs, holding company for Factory Design, Beatport.com, and Outlook Music, has announced the addition of PR, e-public relations, and e-marketing to its client service offerings.

News Brief: CooperKatz wins accounts.(CooperKatz & Company won FiberNet Telecom Group, PubSub Concepts and Topix.net)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... NEW YORK: CooperKatz & Company has won three new accounts in the tech/telecoms sector: FiberNet Telecom Group, a provider of managed network services; PubSub Concepts, a company that develops internet-scale publish/subscribe systems; and...

News Brief: Schwartzman hires Smoot.(Schwartzman & Associates appointed Hillary Smoot)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... LOS ANGELES: Schwartzman & Associates, a boutique entertainment, media, and technology firm, has hired Hillary Smoot as VP. Smoot was most recently based in Las Vegas, representing Tropicana Resort & Casino, Planet Hollywood's Official All Star...

Hyperion selects B&O in effort to up focus on products.(Hyperion Solutions)(Blanc & Otus)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... SUNNYVALE, CA: Enterprise software company Hyperion Solutions has retained Blanc & Otus as its AOR for product and tech PR. The dollars 544 million company had previously relied on a network of communications counselors to service those areas....

British Embassy to create new public affairs operation.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... WASHINGTON: The British Embassy is forming a new public affairs team, separate from its existing press office, to better push the priorities of the UK and Prime Minister Tony Blair. Like many foreign embassies, Britain's press office has...

Celebrex and Aleve enter FDA's crosshairs.(Food and Drug Administration)
January 3, 2005... NEW YORK: Just months after the Vioxx recall, two more painkillers have to answer questions about whether they raise the risk of heart problems. Within a three-day period, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that two separate...

Dems unveil DC war room to combat GOP messages.(democrats)(grand old party)
January 3, 2005... WASHINGTON: In an effort to improve message delivery and counter Republican attacks, incoming Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is implementing the first permanent communications war room for Democrats on Capitol Hill. Dubbed the...

Media groups team up for Sunshine Week campaign.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... WASHINGTON: Alarmed by a trend toward secrecy at all levels of government, media organizations are coming together for a nationwide week-long effort to educate the public about freedom of information. The effort, dubbed 'Sunshine Week,'...

Beverly Hilton taps Cohn & Wolfe's LA office as new AOR.(agencies of record)(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles office of Cohn & Wolfe has been named AOR for the Beverly Hilton, best known for hosting The Golden Globe Awards. The six-figure account was won after a competitive RFP that involved four other agencies,...

Editorial: PRWeek looks to initiate new PR discussions in debuting its new annual fixture, Who To Watch.(public relations)(Editorial)
January 3, 2005... In-house communicators often ask PRWeek for guidance on how other teams are structured or measure success. Agency leaders frequently say, 'I don't know what goes on in other firms.' The lack of competitive insights these statements reveal is...

Op-Ed: Managers must emphasize CSR's value in '05.
January 3, 2005... The past is instant prologue. That is the lesson public affairs pros should take with them from 2004 as they step gingerly into the new year. Consider what we learned over the past 12 months. Corporate reputation is eroding faster than...

Op-Ed: Pharma should prepare for more criticism, scrutiny.
January 3, 2005... About the last thing the pharmaceutical industry needed was for the Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the agency providing an essential imprimatur on pharma brands critical in gaining public trust, to have its credibility called to the carpet...

Analysis: Corporate Governance Practices - Governance units evolving to suit new business needs.
January 3, 2005... After the many corporate scandals of 2002, PR agencies simply could not launch CSR practices quickly enough. Where are they now? Beth Herskovits reports. In the two years since Enron's bankruptcy cast a pall of suspicion across American...

Paul Holmes: A trio of resolutions to help the PR industry's prospects for the coming year and beyond.
January 3, 2005... As we enter another new year, I have three resolutions to propose. First, PR people should resolve to listen better. I have a friend who is fond of telling me that PR people are capable of holding one half of a good conversation. By...

Market Focus: Credit Cards - Creditable cobranding.
January 3, 2005... Joint marketing programs can often mean big rewards for both the credit-card companies and their partners. Hamilton Nolan reports. There was a time when Americans carried wads of mostly green, printed pieces of paper called 'cash' to...

PR Technique: Media Leaks - Plugging the hole in your bucket.
January 3, 2005... In business, even the tightest of ships can occasionally spring a leak. The key factor is how you fix it, and how quickly. Andrew Gordon reports. Media leaks are simply a part of the cost of doing business. But if they are handled well,...

Campaign: Outreach to press improves patient-doctor interaction.
January 3, 2005... PR team: American Healthways (Nashville, TN) and Johns Hopkins Medicine (Baltimore) Campaign: Defining the Patient-Physician Relationship Time frame: January to November 2004 Budget: dollars 50,000 In the past, these summits had...

Campaign: Artistic approach boosts beverage maker's US profile.
January 3, 2005... PR team: 5W Public Relations (New York) and United States Beverage (Stamford, CT) Campaign: Grolsch Pop Art Time frame: July 20 to October 24, 2004 Budget: dollars 2,500 Because the brand's swing-top bottle is so out of the...

Campaign: NJ seniors unite to build support for housing complex.
January 3, 2005... PR team: Spring, O'Brien (Morristown, NJ) and Clark Developers (Short Hills, NJ) Campaign: L'Oreal vs. Clark Township Senior Citizens - corporate interests threaten affordable senior-housing project Time frame: October 28 to November 12,...

The Publicist: DVDs are beginning to steal the show from box-office releases.
January 3, 2005... Along with fruitcake, you likely received a DVD for the holidays. Americans prefer watching films at home, where the popcorn is cheaper. In fact, 2004 disk revenues are expected to more than double box-office tallies. With DVDs...

PR Play of the Week: Grove's world has no more room for Hilton.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... You have to admire a guy who bites the hand that feeds him, especially when that guy is a gossip columnist who gets no respect and that hand belongs to the greatest source of trashy news since Bill Clinton. Lloyd Grove, who left the prim,...

Toy Box: Cruzer makes noise in the MP3 market.(Brief Article)
January 3, 2005... There are many occupants in the ever-expanding universe of MP3 players that want to take a chunk out of iPod's market. You can now add the SanDisk Cruzer Micro MP3 Companion to the list. The device is small, shorter in fact than the space...

Book Review: Levit teaches a great deal to young pros.(Book Review)
January 3, 2005... It's true: Nothing you learned in college will prepare you for the corporate world. Office life is a long way from the simple equation of hard work plus book smarts equals good grades. A former Edelman account manager, Alexandra Levit...

Fleishman, Dowie sever ties in wake of DWP billing controversy.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... LOS ANGELES: Doug Dowie, general manager of Fleishman-Hillard's office in Los Angeles and the figure at the center of the overbillings controversy, is no longer with the agency as of last Wednesday. Two other executives who managed the...

WPP beats out Omnicom in bid for Hitachi Data Systems.
January 10, 2005... SANTA CLARA, CA: Storage technology firm Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) has selected WPP to handle its PR around the world, with Blanc & Otus (B&O) leading the dollars 2.5 million account as global AOR. The work will be split by region between...

Vivendi Universal taps Golin to head corporate comms.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... LOS ANGELES: Vivendi Universal has chosen Golin Harris for internal and external corporate PR work after an extensive RFP process. Vivendi's director of corporate communications, Flavie Lemarchand-Wood, confirmed that the New York office of...

Krispy Kreme enlists crisis comms aid.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... NEW YORK: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, facing a Securities & Exchange Commission investigation and declining stock price, has hired Gavin Anderson & Co. to handle its financial crisis communications. Amy Hughes, communications director at Krispy...

Swedish company gains Medialink's Delahaye for dollars 8m.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... NEW YORK: Medialink Worldwide has sold its research unit, Delahaye, to Swedish PR services company Observer AB for dollars 8 million. Delahaye will report to Bacon's Information, a division of Observer. 'We saw other elements of...

PR firms advise clients on ways to tout tsunami relief.
January 10, 2005... NEW YORK: As companies of all stripe rushed to raise or donate funds to Southeast Asia last week, much of the PR industry advised clients on how they should - and often, should not - publicize such efforts. Cone Communications, a firm...

Tsunami aid - how the PR community is helping.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... The PR community did more than advise clients last week on how to promote their donations. Many acts of generosity were their own; below are just a few. Holding company Interpublic Group donated a lump sum of dollars 300,000. Omnicom...

Volvo emphasizes power of new V8-equipped SUV.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... IRVINE, CA: Volvo, which for years has stressed safety, is adding a new message to PR efforts for a new version of its XC90 SUV: power. The XC90 will be sold with a V8 engine in the US for the first time beginning next month. The...

McEwen picks up principal, MD jobs at Dilenschneider.(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... CHICAGO: Bob McEwen has become a principal and managing director of the Chicago office of The Dilenschneider Group. In 2003, McEwen left a senior post with Burson-Marsteller to pursue playwriting. He had been Midwest president of Burson,...

News Brief: Howard Penn Hudson has died.(Obituary)
January 10, 2005... RHINEBECK, NY: Lt. Col. (Ret) Howard Penn Hudson died on January 1. A former president of the Washington, DC, PRSA chapter, he founded the Public Relations Quarterly in 1955, and remained editor-publisher until his death. He joined Ruder and...

News Brief: MWW Group unveils blog practice.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ: MWW Group has unveiled a blog practice, promising to help clients integrate the online journals into their marketing efforts. Its first client is Acatris USA, a producer of healthcare items. Full story at PRWeek.com.

News Brief: Ogilvy hires Jane Gordon Mazur.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... NEW YORK: Ogilvy has hired Jane Gordon Mazur as SVP and director of media relations. She joins from Edelman, where she served as SVP and group manager in the media services division. Full story on PRWeek.com.

News Brief: Alexandra Kirkman to join Sloane & Company.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... NEW YORK: Former senior Forbes reporter Alexandra Kirkman will join Sloane & Company as an account supervisor later this month. Full story on PRWeek.com.

News Brief: Widmeyer establishes first enhanced professorship.(Widmeyer Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... MORGANTOWN, WV: Widmeyer Communications has established the first enhanced professorship in PR at West Virginia University. The contribution is one of the first of its kind in the nation to PR education.

News Brief: Plesser Associates names partner.(Andrew P. Plesser Associates Inc partners with Kent Holland)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... NEW YORK: Plesser Associates, a Manhattan-based PR firm, has named Kent Holland, 40, partner. The firm is now Plesser Holland Associates. Holland joined the firm in 1995.

News Brief: Warschawski retained as AOR for Chima Group.(Warschawski Public Relations)(agency of record )(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... BALTIMORE: Warschawski, a full-service PR, marketing, and branding agency, has been retained as AOR for The Chima Group of SunTrust Securities, a division of the bank's private client-services group.

News Brief: Brighton hires Sally Behringer.(Brighton Agency Inc.)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... ST. LOUIS: Brighton has hired Sally Behringer, former communications specialist for Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO), as managing supervisor of its PR group, and Jean Brodshaug Dugan, former senior PR manager for Osborn & Barr Communications, as...

News Brief: Nallatech names Topaz Partners as its AOR.(agency of record )(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... ELDERSBURG, MD: High-performance computing system company Nallatech has named Topaz Partners as its AOR. Topaz will work with the Scotland-based company to build its presence in the US, as well as raise the visibility of its technology.

News Brief: Greenough named AOR of Marlboro, MA-based Egenera.(Greenough Communications Group, Massachusetts, agency of record )(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... BOSTON: Greenough Communications has been named AOR of Marlboro, MA-based Egenera, a provider of a data-center computing platform.

News Brief: MWW Group announces four new clients.(LA County Fire Museum Association, Del Amo Fashion Center, Thever and Associates, and St. Francis Medical Center)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... LOS ANGELES: MWW Group announced four new clients in its LA office: LA County Fire Museum Association, Del Amo Fashion Center, Thever and Associates, and St. Francis Medical Center.

News Brief: Peri Marketing retained by Six Flags Theme Parks.(Peri Marketing & Public Relations)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... DENVER: Peri Marketing & Public Relations has been retained by Six Flags Theme Parks to conduct its Spring Spin-One Good Turn to Benefit Another charity benefit day at parks in Houston, San Francisco, Denver, and Lake George, NY.

News Brief: Environics chosen as new national PR agency.(100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... WASHINGTON: Environics Communications has been chosen as the new national PR agency for the 100% Recycled Paperboard Alliance, which pioneered the 'chasing arrows' symbol to help consumers identify recycled paperboard.

News Brief: Marino Organization adds six accounts.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... NEW YORK: The Marino Organization has added six accounts, including the Center for American Progress, a DC-based, nonpartisan research and educational institute led by former Clinton Chief of Staff John Podesta.

News Brief: ENC Marketing hires Amber Campbell Allman.(ENC Marketing and Communications)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... MCLEAN, VA: ENC Marketing & Communications has hired Amber Campbell Allman for the newly created post of PR director. Allman joins from the American Red Cross. For more briefs, visit prweek.com.

Evian nearing end of its search for US PR representation.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... ATLANTA: Evian is in the final stages of finding a US PR agency to represent its water. The brand, owned by France's Groupe Danone and distributed in the US by Coca-Cola, does not currently have a PR agency in the states, said Ray...

Business Wire first to launch office in Japanese market.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... TOKYO: Business Wire has opened an office in Japan, becoming the sole US-based newswire to have a direct presence in the country. Business Wire Japan will eventually serve as a hub for a network of satellite sales offices in the Asia-Pacific...

Finn resigns top comms position at Oracle.(Resignation)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... REDWOOD SHORES, CA: Global corporate communications VP Jim Finn has left Oracle just as the enterprise-software giant is on the verge of finalizing its acquisition of rival PeopleSoft. 'I've been doing this for three-and-a-half years,'...

DC rallies as President calls for Social Security reforms.
January 10, 2005... WASHINGTON: President Bush's initiative to drastically reform Social Security has a small army of public affairs pros, lobbyists, and advocacy groups mobilizing across the nation's capital to support or defeat the initiative. Leading the...

Watchdogs look to color Gonzales before hearing.
January 10, 2005... WASHINGTON: A host of public-interest groups and liberal PR agencies went on the offensive last week to influence, if not block, the Senate confirmation of attorney general nominee Alberto Gonzales. Anti-torture group Human Rights First...

Zehnder becomes corporate comms EVP with Conseco.(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... CHICAGO: Once-troubled insurance company Conseco has hired Tony Zehnder as its new EVP of corporate communications. Zehnder is creating a new communications department at Conseco, pulling together PR people who have worked for the company's...

Office Depot renews slogan with integrated push, NASCAR alliance.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... DELRAY BEACH, FL: Office Depot has launched an integrated marketing campaign in support of its revived slogan, 'Taking Care of Business.' The campaign includes significant advertising and internal relations elements, as well as a new...

Software firm BEA taps O'Donnell for marketing VP post.(Appointment)(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... SAN JOSE, CA: Enterprise software firm BEA Systems has named Dick O'Donnell its VP of corporate marketing. BEA had a rough year in 2004 because of a string of executive departures; the overall sluggishness of the enterprise-software market;...

WS unveils film trailers for LAPD recruitment initiative.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... LOS ANGELES: Weber Shandwick is producing an unorthodox recruitment campaign for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), now running in select California cinemas, that some say highlights the converging nature of entertainment and marketing -...

Good Technology appoints Horn its agency of record.(Brief Article)
January 10, 2005... SANTA CLARA, CA: Wireless software developer Good Technology has named the Horn Group its new AOR as it tries to take down the popular BlackBerry. Good Technology lets users access information, such as e-mail and other data on corporate...

Op-Ed: Drug approval worth the wait for FDA, pharma.
January 10, 2005... Upton Sinclair's novel The Jungle exposed the unscrupulous practices of the American meat-packing industry and the perils of poisoned and tainted beef from the slaughterhouses of Chicago at the start of the 20th century. Written nearly a...

Op-Ed: How senior execs can guide companies out of crises.
January 10, 2005... One of the more powerful weaknesses in crisis response is the lack of specific roles and assignments for top management. The result of this crucial gap in crisis management planning is the mismanagement, lack of management, or paralysis that...

Editorial: Any company that uses an auction process to select its agency is selling itself woefully short.(Editorial)
January 10, 2005... Rumor has it a large corporation is preparing to consolidate its agencies through a process that is euphemistically known as 'dynamic bidding' or 'reverse auction.' Though somewhat acquainted with this process following last year's Dupont...

Analysis: Freedom of Information - Government secrecy irks the press, and no one else.
January 10, 2005... As media outlets seek access to more government information, they must convince the public that doing so will benefit - not harm - Americans. Erica Iacono reports. Ask a journalist about government secrecy since 9/11, and you'll likely be...

Paul Holmes: Clinic should focus on teaching healthy diet habits, not slamming its on-site McDonald's.
January 10, 2005... There's a school of public relations thought that says McDonald's should cut its losses and close its restaurant in the lobby of the Cleveland Clinic that has become the subject of so much controversy since it was attacked by the clinic's new...

Corporate Case Study: YMCA spreads word about its community outreach.
January 10, 2005... Though most Americans have heard of the YMCA, few know that the organization provides a number of heath and social services. Craig McGuire finds that raising awareness is its PR team's main objective. Sure, everyone knows that the local...

The Agency Business: Keeping confidential relationships from leaking to the media.
January 10, 2005... When clients want to keep their agency relationships under wraps, PR firms must ensure that staff know the consequences of spreading information, though at times it's best to be up front. It could be the worst-case scenario: a phone call...

Media Roundup: Security places airports in spotlight.
January 10, 2005... Though coverage often focuses on their security efforts, airports have other stories to tell, including community outreach and business development. While the airport disaster movies of the 1970s and the recent NBC show LAX employed...