In 2001, Stroupe handled 167 different media market contacts including the Los Angeles Times, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, NBC Dateline, New York Times, 60 Minutes II, Discovery Channel, Good Morning America, History Channel, BBC, and the Learning Channel.
Stroupe undertook several major media projects in 2001. For example, "The Miracle of the Pentagon" was a 14.5-minute segment aired on 60 Minutes II on Nov. 28. It profiled ERDC's antiterrorism building design measures that saved lives during the Pentagon attack on Sept. 11.
Immediately after the Sept. 11 attacks, Stroupe volunteered to assist emergency operations in New York city. He averaged more than 100 media calls a day during his deployment, and wrote articles about the Corps' response to this federal emergency.
http://www.hq.usace.army.mil/cepa/pubs/may02/story15.htmYou will recall that that Cote & D'Ambrosio is very closely linked to the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).
CHALLENGE: Working for a client in the protective glazing industry, Cote & D'Ambrosio recognized as a serious problem the lack of awareness about protective glazing technologies. This product protects against flying glass hazards, most dangerous when caused by terrorist bombings or natural disasters.
SOLUTION: Cote & D'Ambrosio recognized the Oklahoma City bombing as a focal point in American history as well as a painful example of the deadly role played by flying glass. To help raise awareness of the deadly effects of flying glass and to promote greater preparedness for terrorist attacks, Cote & D'Ambrosio created the Protecting People First Foundation. The agency enlisted the support of Aren Almon-Kok, mother of Oklahoma City bombing victim Baylee Almon, one of 19 children killed in the attack. Knowing that the image of her daughter being carried from the Murrah Federal building will forever be associated with the Oklahoma City bombing, Almon-Kok joined the foundation as its national spokeswoman to ensure that some good comes out of her daughter's tragic death. With the support and direction of Cote & D'Ambrosio, Almon-Kok travels the country, meeting with elected officials, and building grass-roots awareness of flying glass hazards and the remedies available to protect the public from this danger. Through her work with the Foundation, Almon-Kok hopes to transform the image of her daughter from a symbol of the Oklahoma City bombing into a symbol of enhanced safety in America.
http://www.30brownst.com/publicrelationpgT.html This public realtions firm is EXTREMLY well connected.
CHALLENGE: N.W. Ayer was hired by the U.S. Government to help the Army reshape its image. Since President Nixon had ended the draft, voluntary enlistment, the only source of new soldiers for America's largest military branch, was falling.
SOLUTION: N.W. Ayer brought in Ken D'Ambrosio to serve as a key leader on the creative team developing the Army's new image. As a former Army combat photographer, D'Ambrosio was deeply familiar with the Army and its culture. D'Ambrosio and his creative team quickly observed that the Army's recruiting methods were off target. By featuring soldiers with blackened faces in combat gear, the Army contributed to the prevailing perception that it was an institution solely devoted to waging war. The fundamental shift D'Ambrosio and his team convinced the Army to make involved changing the Army's image from solely a training ground for fighting men into a military force that also offered unlimited opportunity for new soldiers. The ultimate success of the, "Be All You Can Be" campaign, came nearly two years after its launch, when Army recruiters began to turn away prospective recruits because enlistment targets had been met.
http://www.30brownst.com/consumerpgT.htmlhttp://www.30brownst.com/partnerpgT.htmlListen closely to them and you could very easily end up disabled, homeless and despised.
Now, Mr. Wayne Stroupe is cut of the same cloth.
He recieved his award basically because he ensured that 167 media contacts all said the same thing at the same time. Now we have a few links above pertaining to the "fact' that cell phones can be used within aircraft flying at high altitudes. A quick look will show that two of the sites are quoting the same author and are basically the same article. This is how Wayne Stroupe earns his keep.
The author hails from the Wall Street Journal which is one of the media contacts known to be on the rolodex of Wayne Stroupe.
http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/dowjones.aspOne of the other articles is put out by a person from Reed Elsevier.
Take a look at what that company controls.
http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/reed.aspBecause public relations people work so closely with the media there is often a great deal of exchange between these fields. Many PR people become journalists to exercise more creativity;
(AS IN CREATIVE WRITING=PURE FICTION)
a number of journalists turn to public relations for better money. (AKA MEDIA WHORES)
PR people also often go into marketing, particularly at the more senior levels.
(AS IN MADAM LaPIMP-DU-JOUR)
http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=171Therefore people, you are MUCH better off looking through scientific materials and talking to people who actually conduct experiments. Don't bother listening to nice stories and be extremely suspicious of anything that is nicely packaged with a definte beginning, middle, and end and has all the answers in the back.
And above all USE YOUR HEAD.
Those of you aho have followed The Pentagon Thread know that many of the September 11th articles look very plausible until you put them next to other articles.
Then the whole thing falls apart like a soap opera where a child born in April is drinking and driving by Thanksgiving.