Pacific Forest Trust

​Since 1993, Pacific Forest Trust has created economic incentives that reward private forest owners for conserving their lands and practicing sustainable forestry. Pacific Forest Trust has helped shape state and national forest conservation and climate policies, all in an effort to create effective climate change solutions, save wildlife and their habitats, conserve intact forested landscapes, and protect natural water sources. For more information, visit

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Pacific Forest Trust in The Week

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 28, 2023

As part of its weekly column highlighting positive news, It Wasn’t All Bad, The Week Magazine highlighted Working Forest Conservation Easements, which Pacific Forest Trust pioneered, as an innovative way to enlist private landowners in the climate fight.

Pacific Forest Trust co-founder Laurie Wayburn tells The Week:  “Conserving and managing forests to be more naturally climate-resilient and carbon-rich is the most immediate and scalable thing we can do to address climate change…In five to 10 years, we can make a huge difference — literally millions of tons of increased, secure sequestration.”

Permalink | Posted on Aug 28, 2023 at 5:56 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fine Arts Work Center

The Fine Arts Work Center is an international home for artists and writers in Provincetown, Massachusetts —  the country’s most enduring artists’ community. Founded in 1968 by a group of luminary creators including Stanley Kunitz, Robert Motherwell, Josephine and Salvatore Del Deo, and Hudson and Ione Walker, the Work Center has given artists and writers the space and time to pursue their work within a community of peers for more than half a century. The artist-led Work Center supports emerging artists and writers through its world-renowned Fellowship program, and also offers summer workshops and year-round virtual learning opportunities to advance creative practice. Fine Arts Work Center Fellows who have arrived in Provincetown as emerging writers have gone on to win Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, MacArthur Fellowships, and the Nobel Prize in Literature. Visual Arts Fellows have presented their work at the Venice Biennale, The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and at other venues around the globe. The Fine Arts Work Center supports artistic freedom, nurtures creative connections, and makes possible artistic achievements important to the larger culture.

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FAWC on WGBH and Art New England

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 16, 2023



Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Cunningham (The Hours) started his career as a Fellow at Provincetown’s Fine Arts Work Center in 1980. For the publication of his acclaimed new book, Day, Cunningham discussed how the Work Center and Provincetown shaped his career and life in an in-depth profile in Art New England and in an interview on The Culture Show on WGBH (NPR-Boston).

 

Permalink | Posted on Nov 16, 2023 at 8:48 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fine Arts Work Center in Architect’s Newspaper

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 21, 2023

Fine Arts Work Center, the Provincetown birthplace of countless modern masterpieces, has received a stunning makeover that honors its bohemian roots while continuing to support future generations of artists and writers. The renovation of the campus, which was initially a lumber yard, was led by Flansbrugh Architects. Check out the article in The Architect’s Newspaper.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 21, 2023 at 8:59 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fine Arts Work Center on MSNBC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 20, 2023

When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the so-called Don’t Say Gay bill into law, he displayed “Call Me Max,” a story about a young trans boy by author Kyle Lukoff, onstage.

In an op-ed for MSNBC, Lukoff discusses his weariness about being constantly asked to discuss book banning rather than his writing and he highlights his partnership with Fine Art Work Center on the first-ever Youth Lit Week this July in Provincetown. 

He concludes: “Youth Lit Week will overlap with Family Week, the largest annual gathering of LGBTQ+ families in the world. My hope is that more institutions and organizations follow this model, allocating resources for writers and artists to thrive, so we can continue to do what we do best: create stories that will outlive us even in the face of opposition.

Some people study Shakespeare or Gerard Manley Hopkins or Wordsworth. I study picture books. Here’s to the day all my invitations are to talk about them — and not the governor of Florida.”

Permalink | Posted on May 20, 2023 at 8:57 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

DMC

The DMC Group aims to become the world’s leading destination for needlecraft inspiration, education, and supplies.  The group invests in and nurtures brands loved by needlecrafters including:
* DMC (Dollfus-Mieg et Compagnie): a global embroidery brand founded in France in 1746 and still manufacturing on its historic site in Mulhouse, supplying craft chains, haberdashery departments, and fashion houses around the world;
* Wool and The Gang: a fast-growing, trend-led knitting brand, launched online in 2008 and renowned for its high-fashion collaborations and celebrity endorsements;
* Rowan: an aspirational yarn brand with a devoted following for its premium yarns and much-anticipated seasonal collections from celebrated knitwear designers;  and
* Sirdar: a much-loved British hand-knitting brand established in 1880, with a market-leading position in the UK and a growing global presence.

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DMC in Architectural Digest, Seventeen

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 20, 2022

For the 2022 holiday season, PKPR implemented a comprehensive gift guide strategy for DMC’s new Gift of Stitch collection of 24 needlecraft kits that include everything you need to create gorgeous, achievable gifts. Coverage included Architectural Digest, Seventeen, Moms & Crafters, and Sustain My Craft Habit.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 20, 2022 at 8:32 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Gil Gershoni

Gil Gershoni is the founder and creative director of Gershoni Creative, a creative agency, and the founder of of Dyslexic Design Thinking, which teaches people how to leverage strategies that come naturally to dyslexics to enhance how they work, think, create, and problem-solve.

Visit the Gil Gershoni Website →


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Dear Dyslexia in The Hill, Education Week

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 17, 2023

Dear Dyslexia made its national debut on October 17th at a pop-up exhibit and press conference on Capitol Hill sponsored by Representative Julia Brownley (D-CA), co-chair of the House Dyslexia Caucus. Dear Dyslexia founder Gil Gershoni and Representative Larry Bucschon (R-IN) were among the speakers who highlighted the importance of changing perceptions of dyslexia from a disability to a hyper-ability. Coverage included The Hill (“Dear Dyslexia Project plastering Capitol with postcards with a message”) and Education Week (“Disability or ‘Superpower’? The Push to Change Mindsets About Students With Learning Differences”).

Permalink | Posted on Nov 17, 2023 at 8:11 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Dear Dyslexia on Scripps News Network, KTVU

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 10, 2023

Actress Alyssa Milano, Olympic legend Greg Louganis, Captain Underpants children’s author Dav Pilkey, and Justice League director Zack Snyder are among the high-profile people with dyslexia who have contributed to a global art project that launched this week for Dyslexia Awareness Month. The brainchild of Dyslexic Designing Thinking founder Gil Gershoni, Dear Dyslexia aims to reframe perceptions of the learning difference by showcasing postcards created by more than one thousand people who have drawn or illustrated one word or phrase that encapsulates experience with dyslexia. Check out interviews with Gershoni about Dear Dyslexia on Scripps News Network and KTVU-TV (Fox-San Francisco).

Permalink | Posted on Oct 10, 2023 at 7:47 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Gil Gershoni dissects “Will Trent” for Salon

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 10, 2023

In an essay for Salon, Dyslexic Design Thinking founder Gil Gershoni explored what the new ABC series “Will Trent” gets wrong and gets right about people with dyslexia.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 10, 2023 at 8:24 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Dyslexic Dictionary Exhibit Premieres in San Francisco

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 19, 2022

California Governor Gavin Newsom, Twitter logo designer Martin Grasser, and British author Sally Gardner are among a diverse group of artists who have reinterpreted everything from books to words through the lens of their dyslexia for Dyslexic Dictionary, an exhibition in San Francisco executive produced by artist and Dyslexic Design Thinking founder Gil Gershoni. Coverage of the exhibit included San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Standard, and 48 Hills.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 19, 2022 at 8:49 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Jeff Speck

Jeff Speck is the co-author of the landmark bestseller Suburban Nation and Walkable City, and an urban planner who advocates internationally for more livable cities. As the former director of design at the National Endowment for the Arts, he oversaw the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, where he worked with dozens of American mayors on their most pressing city planning challenges. He leads a design practice based in Boston. His TEDTalks and YouTube videos have been viewed more than five million times.

Visit the Jeff Speck Website →


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Jeff Speck on CNBC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 24, 2023

CNBC talked with urban planner Jeff Speck about how cities like New York City and London can become more walkable, livable, and affordable.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 24, 2023 at 5:58 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Jeff Speck Op-ed in The Hill

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 11, 2023

In an op-ed published in The Hill today, Walkable City author Jeff explains why Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s new $800 million Safer Streets program won’t succeed if civil engineers continue to design roads that are deadly for pedestrians and cyclists.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 11, 2023 at 8:19 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Roto

Roto is an interdisciplinary creative design agency offering planning, experience design, immersive media, interactive engineering, and custom fabrication for museums, brands, attractions, and architectural placemaking. Its clients include the National Museum of American History, the Legacy Museum, the Columbus Center of Science and Industry (COSI), the Northern Virginia Science Center, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and the National Museum of Military Vehicles.

Visit the Roto Website →


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Roto founder profiled in Attractions Management

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 16, 2022

Check out this in-depth interview with Roto founder Joseph Wisne in Attractions Management Magazine.

Permalink | Posted on May 16, 2022 at 9:05 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Op-ed by Roto founder in SEGD

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 12, 2022

PKPR placed this op-ed in SEGD by Roto founder Joseph Wisne on how museums and attractions looking to achieve greater commercial success and cultural impact need to become “supersensory”. 

In the article, Wisne discusses how supersensory experiences like Meow Wolf and Van Gogh Alive magnify not only Big Five senses like touch and sight but also the sense of temperature, pain, balance, and danger. Rather than just aiming to wow visitors, Wisne argues that museums should create supersensory experiences that bring visitors closer to pressing topics like climate change and racial injustice.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 12, 2022 at 9:13 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

The Telly Awards

The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council—an industry body of over 200 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks, reflective of the multiscreen industry The Telly Awards celebrates. Partners of The Telly Awards include NAB, StudioDaily, Stash Magazine, and Digiday.

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Telly Awards Unveil New Branding and Mission

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 03, 2017

The Telly Awards unveiled new branding and leadership, the first steps in a series of significant changes to revitalize the 38-year-old award for the multi-screen era. As part of the kickoff of this new chapter, The Telly Awards revealed a new mission statement: “Honoring excellence in video and television across all screens.”

Coverage included Animation World Network, Studio Daily, and Reel Chicago

Permalink | Posted on Nov 03, 2017 at 8:49 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

RSG Group

With 6.4 million customers across gyms, sports nutrition, lifestyle brands, and digital services, RSG Group is the global leader in fitness. Founded in 1997 by Rainer Schaller and still owner-operated, RSG Group has become an internationally operating business with 41,000 employees, including franchisees, at around 1,000 locations in 48 countries. With a renewed emphasis on health and a determined focus on sustainability, RSG Group’s extensive and future-oriented portfolio comprises 20 innovative brands, including fitness powerhouses such as Gold’s Gym, McFIT, the JOHN REED family of clubs, and the world’s first concept fitness club HEIMAT.

Visit the RSG Group Website →


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Maxim calls Heimat “L.A.‘s coolest new health club”

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 20, 2023

The January 2023 issue of Maxim features a 2-page spread on Heimat, the new fitness concept club opened in Los Angeles by RSG Group. Reporter Nic Stecher writes: “In some ways Heimat is a Soho House, WeWork and Equinox all rolled into one, with the possible caveat that it does some silos better than any of them. Until now you either had a social club or a gym or a spa or a workspace, but no one had combined them in such a seamless, organic way. Heimat has established a new gold standard.”

Permalink | Posted on Jan 20, 2023 at 2:48 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

RSG Group unveils new Gold’s Gyms in Texas

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 29, 2022

In August 2020, at the height of the pandemic, when many gyms were closing or struggling, RSG Group purchased Gold’s Gym after it had filed for bankruptcy a few months earlier. Two years later, with six new Gold’s Gyms opening in Texas, RSG Group is delivering on its promise to preserve the iconic gym’s legacy while moving the brand forward with a new look inspired by its Venice Beach roots, a new business model, and a laser-like focus on serious fitness. Check out the coverage in the Houston Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News, and The Real Deal.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 29, 2022 at 6:06 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Tiger Party

Tiger Party creates viral interactive and experiential digital out-of-home (DOOH) campaigns for leading brands like Pepsi and Disney and manages several of Times Square’s biggest billboards including the ABC Supersign, the Disney Spectacular sign, and the American Eagle sign.

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Tiger Party

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 28, 2021

While Times Square may have been nearly empty on New Year’s Eve for the first time since 1907, an estimated one billion people worldwide watched the 2021 ball drop and countdown.

For the 11th year in a row, The Tiger Party was in charge of supervising the famed countdown clock, which was synchronized live on three of Times Square’s most iconic billboards and then transmitted worldwide. One of the highlights: The Tiger Party supported the first-ever Livestream interview via a billboard when President-elect Joe Biden and Jill Biden were interviewed live by Ryan Secrest on the Times Square American Eagle sign.

Check out the behind-the-scenes stories in Untapped Cities (”Meet the man behind the New Year’s Eve countdown clock”), AV Interactive, and Sound + Video Contractor

Permalink | Posted on Jan 28, 2021 at 6:49 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Razan Al Mubarak

Razan Al Mubarak was elected President of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for a term from 2021 to 2024. A native of the United Arab Emirates, Ms. Al Mubarak is the second woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history and its first president from West Asia. A progressive conservationist for more than 20 years, she is currently Managing Director of the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (MBZ Fund) and Emirates Nature. She served as managing director of Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) from 2010 to 2018.

Visit the Razan Al Mubarak Website →


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Razan Al Mubarak in Beautiful News

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 08, 2022

For International Women’s Day, Beautiful News looks at Razan Al Mubarak’s efforts to support the work of female conservationists worldwide.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 08, 2022 at 2:40 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Razan Al Mubarak elected IUCN President

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 09, 2021

Razan Al Mubarak was elected President of IUCN this week. She is the second woman to lead the organization in its 75-year history and its first president from West Asia.Watch her acceptance speech.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 09, 2021 at 2:39 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Razan Al Mubarak in Mongabay’s “Conservation Players”

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 30, 2021

Razan Al Mubarak was interviewed by Mongabay editor-in-chief Rhett Butler as part of the news outlet’s Conservation Players. The series explores nature and sustainability issues and trends with notable conservation leaders from around the world such as The Nature Conservancy’s Jennifer Morris, WWF Africa’s Alice Ruhweza, and Jinfeng Zhou of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 30, 2021 at 2:25 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Razan Al Mubarak op-ed in Eco-Business

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 11, 2021

In an op-ed published in Eco-Business, Razan Al Mubarak argues that addressing the biodiversity crisis requires long-term research, field projects, advocacy, and education, as well as institutional overhead like rent and salaries, that can best be maintained through unrestricted monetary donations.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 11, 2021 at 2:22 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Women conservationists spotlighted in World Atlas

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 03, 2021

World Atlas interviewed Razan Al Mubarak and four women who have received grants from the Mohamed Bin Zayed Conservation Fund for a special series of articles on the critical role that women play in biodiversity conservation.

Permalink | Posted on May 03, 2021 at 2:18 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Razan Al Mubarak op-ed in World Economic Forum

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 28, 2021

In an op-ed published today in the World Economic Forum’s Agenda, Razan Al Mubarak discusses why it is essential that women are fully engaged and equally represented in biodiversity conservation — at the grassroots level and in the leadership of governments and NGOs.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 28, 2021 at 2:16 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Razan Al Mubarak profiled in Financial Times

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 13, 2021

In an interview with the Financial Times, Razan Al Mubarak discusses why she believes the existential twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss are the greatest challenges of our time.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 13, 2021 at 2:10 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Razan Al Mubarak op-ed in Sustainability Times

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 26, 2020

For more than a decade, scientists like Luis Ortiz-Catedral have been working to protect the Galápagos pink land iguana. The species faces a range of threats including feral cats and rats, which prey on eggs and young reptiles. Their scientists’ work, however, came to a halt in April when the COVID-19 lockdown in Ecuador went into effect.

In an op-ed published in Sustainability Times, Ms. Al Mubarak looks at how the pandemic has impacted the conservation sector and proposes a plan of action for ensuring a sustainable recovery.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 26, 2020 at 2:05 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Razan Al Mubarak Calls For Wildlife Recovery Plan

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 03, 2020

While the global lockdown has led to unprecedented reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, there is increasing evidence that the pandemic is bringing critical conservation efforts to a halt, harming efforts to prevent biodiversity loss worldwide.

In an op-ed written for Mongabay, the global conservation and science news outlet, Razan Al Mubarak calls for a post-COVID recovery plan for wildlife conservation.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 03, 2020 at 1:57 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Razan Al Mubarak op-ed in The Ecologist

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 30, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is a wake-up call that a seemingly innocuous event in one part of the world can have a profound effect on the other side of the planet in just a matter of days.

In an op-ed written for The Ecologist, Razan Al Mubarak makes a powerful case for the need for conservationists to work more closely with global health and trade authorities in order to prevent future pandemics, economic crises, climate catastrophe, biodiversity loss and other existential threats.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 30, 2020 at 12:58 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Albany Law School

Albany Law School, founded in 1851, is the nation’s oldest independent school of law. Albany Law shares a 54-acre campus with three other colleges in the heart of New York’s capital.

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Albany Law School in USA Today

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 18, 2023

Albany Law School professor penned an op-ed in today’s USA Today revealing how complacency of the sexualization of children - from Balenciaga’s recent ad campaign to Disney’s treatment of child stars - contributes to the epidemic of child sex trafficking by fueling demand to purchase minors for sexual purposes.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 18, 2023 at 7:46 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Albany Law School op-ed in New York Daily News

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 07, 2022

With NY state’s eviction moratorium set to expire on Jan 15th, Professor Ted de Barbieri of Albany Law School penned an op-ed for the New York Daily News on how to avoid a housing crisis this winter

Permalink | Posted on Jan 07, 2022 at 10:20 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Albany Law School op-ed in Washington Post

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 03, 2021

As Biden’s Commission on Supreme Court structural reform prepares to present its final report on December 6th, Albany Law School professor Ray Brescia penned an op-ed for the Washington Post looking at how the cases on the docket this term — more so than the commission report — will shape the future of the court.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 03, 2021 at 10:40 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Albany Law School Dean on CNN

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 26, 2021

Albany Law School Dean Alicia Oullette, an expert on COVID-19 law, was interviewed by CNN Supreme Court reporter Ariane de Vogue on the likelihood of the Supreme Court taking on a case challenging the legality of vaccine mandates.

“I think it is very likely that the Supreme Court will take on a case challenging a state vaccine mandate that does not allow for a religious exemption, especially if the state allows for medical exemptions,” Ouellette told CNN.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 26, 2021 at 10:57 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Brooklyn Public Library 28th Amendment Project

In 2020, hundreds of people across Brooklyn participated in 32 town halls to discuss, debate, and develop a proposed 28th Amendment as part of a project spearheaded by Brooklyn Public Library.

Visit the Brooklyn Public Library 28th Amendment Project Website →


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BPL op-ed in NY Daily News

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 24, 2021

In 2020, hundreds of people across Brooklyn participated in 32 town halls to debate and develop a new amendment as part of Brooklyn Public Library’s 28th Amendment Project. 

For Constitution Day 2021 (September 17th), PKPR worked with BPL to give the initiative a national boost. Highlights included placing an op-ed by “framer” Susan N. Herman in the New York Daily News and organizing the presentation of the “Brooklyn Amendment” to the office of Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus. Stay tuned for an op-ed by BPL’s László Jakab Orsós on how other libraries can replicate the project in the January 2022 issue of Library Journal.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 24, 2021 at 7:55 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

The Times of Bill Cunningham

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Bill Cunningham exhibit on NBC New York Live

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 20, 2021

Check out this awesome tour of the Experience the Times of Bill Cunningham exhibit with NBC New York Live’s Joelle Gargulio.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 20, 2021 at 8:28 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Associated Press TV previews Bill Cunningham exhibit

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 15, 2021


Associated Press TV previews the Experience the Times of Bill Cunningham exhibit.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 15, 2021 at 8:19 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Bill Cunningham Exhibit to Open for NY Fashion Week

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 27, 2021

New Yorkers will be transported into the vibrant world of the legendary street photographer and fashion historian Bill Cunningham at an immersive exhibition opening in The Seaport during New York Fashion Week. Coverage of the exhibition announcement included Women’s Wear Daily, Time Out New York, Forbes, Daily Front Row, Fashion Network, MR, Untapped Cities, 6sqft, and Broadway World.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 27, 2021 at 7:18 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

On Air Fest

On Air Fest takes inspiration from creative conferences, performance art and music festivals, bringing creators, artists, and fans together to explore the sounds, voices, and ideas that are pushing the boundaries of audio culture.

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On Air Fest Returns for 2021

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 12, 2021

The Nod’s Brittany Luse & Eric Eddings (above), Fresh Air’s Terry Gross, mxmtoon, Open Mike Eagle, Adia Victoria, Code Switch’s Shereen Marisol Meraji and Gene Demby, Song Exploder’s Hrishikesh Hirway, Switched on Pop’s Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding are among the headliners of On Air Fest 2021. Previews of this year’s festival included Time Out New York, The Root, Thrillist, Inside Radio, Billboard, All Access,  and Brooklyn Based.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 12, 2021 at 8:24 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

On Air profiled on PBS All Arts

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 08, 2020

Check out this awesome PBS All Arts profile of On Air Fest featuring interviews with festival founder Scott Newman, writer Farina Roisin, comedian Wyatt Cenac, and musician John Forte.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 08, 2020 at 8:12 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

On Air Fest profiled in Publishers Weekly

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 24, 2020

Publishers Weekly reporter John Maher took an in-depth look at how this year’s On Air Fest prominently featured a number of literary groups and figures in its lineup including writers Ocean Vuong, Hanif Abdurraqib, Ashley C. Ford, The Paris Review, and The Believer.

Other coverage highlights include a fantastic interview with Abudrraqib in Document Magazine and a Q&A with comedian Negin Farsad in Forbes.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 24, 2020 at 10:53 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

On Air Fest in New York Times

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 05, 2020

The New York Times selected On Air Fest as one of its top six things to do this weekend in New York City.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 05, 2020 at 10:44 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

On Air Fest in NY Mag cover story

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 18, 2019

This week’s New York Magazine cover story on the podcast boom features reporting by writer Boris Kaschka from the Hot Pod Summit at On Air Fest.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 18, 2019 at 7:57 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

On Air Fest Draws Standing Room Only Crowds

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 11, 2019

On Air Fest drew standing room only crowds at The Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn this past weekend. Highlights included the first public talk with executives from Spotify and Gimlet and sessions with Roxane Gay, Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad, Tina Brown, Jenna Wortham, and Amber Tamblyn.

The Verge (”Spotify’s Grand Plan for Podcasts is Taking Shape”). Fast Company (”Why Podcasts Fans Will Always Reject ‘Netflix for Podcasts’”), Forbes (”Lessons Learned About Podcasting and Life From Last Weekend’s On Air Fest”), Book Riot (”18 Things I Learned About Roxane Gay at On Air Fest”), Media Village, and Bklyner (”Preserving the Sounds of Brooklyn at On Air Fest”).

Permalink | Posted on Mar 11, 2019 at 6:22 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

On Air Fest in Forbes, Time Out, NYMag, and more

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 01, 2019

Tickets are almost sold out for this weekend’s On Air Fest at The Wythe Hotel with Roxane Gay, Jad Abumrad, Tina Brown, and Tracy K. Smith. Check out some of the preview stories in:
Time Out New York, NYMag, HyperAllergic, Forbes, Bello Collective, Metro, am New York, PureWow, Brooklyn Paper, Untapped Cities, What Should We Do?, Bklyner, and Brightest Young Things.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 01, 2019 at 7:39 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

FastCo: On Air Fest is “a podcast fan’s dream”

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 17, 2018

Tina Brown, Jenna Wortham of the The New York Times’ Still Processing, United States poet laureate Tracy K. Smith, and Missing Richard Simmons’ creator Dan Taberski are among the headliners announced today for On Air Fest 2019. Taking place at Brooklyn’s Wythe Hotel from February 28 - March 3, 2019, On Air Fest brings audio fans and creators together to explore the art of sound through performances, conversations, listening parties, art installations, live podcasts, and more.

PKPR placed an exclusive story today in Fast Company, which called the 2019 lineup “a podcast fan’s dream.”

Permalink | Posted on Dec 17, 2018 at 2:25 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Sonos Radio’s Object of Sound

Sonos Radio’s Object of Sound logo

Sonos’ brand’s ad-free signature station, Sonos Sound System, launches Object of Sound, a weekly radio show and podcast hosted by poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib. The show will take a dive deep into the music of the moment and the stories surrounding the songs of today and culminate with a curated playlist with Abdurraqib. Guests will include Moses Sumney, Jenna Wortham, Kimberly Drew, Sudan Archives, Jeff Tweedy, and Open Mike Eagle.

Visit the Sonos Radio’s Object of Sound Website →


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Hanif Abdurraqib profiled by NBC News

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 25, 2022

In an age where algorithms drive most music discovery, MacArthur “genius” and 2021 National Book Award finalist Hanif Abdurraqib is using books, a new season of his radio show Object of Sound, and a new NYC concert series to open listeners’ ears to music by Black artists of all genres. Check out the profile of Abdurraqib on NBC News.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 25, 2022 at 11:48 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Object of Sound in Vanity Fair

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 06, 2021

Sonos Radio’s Object of Sound with Hanif Abdurraqib continues to win raves. PKPR secured an awesome profile of Abdurraqib by Justine Goode of Vanity Fair, who said the podcast “features fascinating, insider conversations with musicians, but deliberately operates outside the churn of a press cycle, or the coldness of the algorithm.” Other recent interviews include OkayPlayer, HyperAllergic, and InsideHook.

 

Permalink | Posted on Apr 06, 2021 at 8:03 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Sonos Radio launches Object of Sound podcast

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 26, 2021

PKPR is handling publicity for the launch of Object of Sound, a new music and culture podcast from Sonos Radio hosted by poet and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib. Combining the intimate storytelling of a podcast with the genre-jumping joy of freeform radio, Object of Sound offers multiple ways to discover new music in an age of algorithmic playlists.

The New York Times, The Guardian, and Stuff have all hailed it as one of the best new podcasts of 2021. PKPR has also secured interviews for Hanif in Flaunt, Forbes, and Under the Radar, while outlets like BoingBoing, The Fader, and BookForum have sung the praises of individual episodes.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 26, 2021 at 8:53 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Author Cris Ramos Greene

Embrace That Girl is the heartfelt and humorous story of first-time author Cris Ramos Greene’s search for meaning, love, and a fulfilling career. Greene’s writing about relationships, travel, and Miami culture have been published in Thought Catalog, The New Tropic, and BuzzFeed Community.  Publishers Weekly’s Booklife selected it as “Editor’s Choice”, calling it a “well-crafted post-college memoir [that]will appeal to young readers and those looking for insightful humor on the journey to self-acceptance.”

Visit the Author Cris Ramos Greene Website →


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By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 22, 2020

Embrace That Girl is the heartfelt and humorous story of first-time author Cris Ramos Greene’s search for meaning, love, and a fulfilling career. Greene’s writing about relationships, travel, and Miami culture have been published in Thought Catalog, The New Tropic, and BuzzFeed Community.  Publishers Weekly’s Booklife selected it as an “Editor’s Choice”, calling it a “well-crafted post-college memoir [that]will appeal to young readers and those looking for insightful humor on the journey to self-acceptance,” and GenTwenty named it one of the best new books to read this fall.

Check out these great interviews with Cris about Embrace That Girl on the podcasts First Gen Burden and How to Talk to Mami and Papi about Everything.

 

Permalink | Posted on Oct 22, 2020 at 9:23 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Panthera

Panthera, founded in 2006, is devoted exclusively to preserving wild cats and their critical role in the world’s ecosystems. Panthera’s team of leading biologists, law enforcement experts and wild cat advocates develop innovative strategies based on the best available science to protect cheetahs, jaguars, leopards, lions, pumas, snow leopards and tigers and their vast landscapes. In 50 countries around the world, Panthera works with a wide variety of stakeholders to reduce or eliminate the most pressing threats to wild cats—securing their future, and ours.

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CBS News Covers Birth of Rare Senegal Lion Cubs

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 17, 2023


In a thrilling sign of recovery for the Critically Endangered West African lion, Panthera and Senegal’s Department of National Parks (DPN) this week released breathtaking footage and photos of a West African lioness and her three cubs as they nurse, play, and feed in Senegal’s Niokolo Koba National Park (NKNP). The videos and photos feature ‘Florence,’ a 9 to 10-year-old GPS-collared lioness that scientists believe has now given birth to three litters — nine cubs in total — in her lifetime. Now considered the matriarch of Niokolo Koba, this lioness has contributed to approximately one-third of the park’s lion population.

Coverage of the birth included CBS News, The Guardian, New York PostGood News Network, Miami Herald, Africa News, and Mongabay.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 17, 2023 at 7:27 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Panthera in People

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 25, 2022

This week, Panthera and Senegal’s Department of National Parks (DPN)  announced that the lion population in Senegal’s Niokolo Koba National Park has more than doubled from 10 to 15 in 2011 to an estimated 40 today, thanks to concerted anti-poaching and monitoring efforts. In a first for the nation of Senegal, scientists also announced they have successfully GPS-collared six lions, which will provide critical data for the protection of the species.

While collaring the six lions, the scientists also found a lone young skinny female lioness, who had become separated from her pride and was not able to hunt on her own. Upon closer inspection, they discovered she had a face full of porcupine quills preventing her from eating. Recognizing that her chances for survival were low, they decided to dart her with tranquilizers so they could remove the quills from her mouth and face, disinfect her wounds, and give her antibiotics.

See the story in People.

Permalink | Posted on May 25, 2022 at 9:42 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Panthera study in Science, Treehugger

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 21, 2022

For the first time, Panthera scientists have documented evidence that female jaguars use tactics similar to female lions to prevent their cubs from being killed by adult males. The tactics include hiding their offspring while they distract males by flirting and indulging their sexual attention. See coverage of the Panthera study in Science and Treehugger .

Permalink | Posted on Jan 21, 2022 at 10:13 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Panthera in The Guardian

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 04, 2021

The Guardian’s Liam Miller takes an in-depth look at a program supported by Panthera that is using sheepdogs to keep pumas from preying on sheep in Patagonia, offering a new model for protecting livestock and diffusing conflict with ranchers.
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Permalink | Posted on Jul 04, 2021 at 11:49 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Panthera in Barron’s, Inside Philanthropy

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 11, 2021

In May 2019, IDEXX CEO Jonathan Ayers appeared on CNBC’s Mad Money, where host Jim Cramer called the veterinary diagnostics company “one of the hottest stocks on the market.” Just one month later, Ayers suffered a nearly fatal cycling accident that left him a quadriplegic,. Ayers is now embarking on his next chapter. In April, he pledged at least $20 million over the next 10 years to Panthera’s Global Alliance for Wild Cats, an ambitious initiative to protect the world’s most threatened wild cats.

PKPR secured coverage in a wide range of outlets including Barron’s, Inside Philanthropy, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Ability Magazine, Today’s Veterinary Business, Good News Network, and World Atlas

Permalink | Posted on Jun 11, 2021 at 12:20 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Panthera on NPR’s Science Friday

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 16, 2021

An innovative audio monitoring initiative that records gunshots, barking dogs, and poacher conversations is helping authorities more effectively track and curtail jaguar poachers in Central American jungles. PKPR placed a segmhttps://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/soundscape-justice-jungle/ent on NPR’s Science Friday which features some unintended audio symphonies of birds, monkeys, and other wildlife that erupt into chorus when people are absent.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 16, 2021 at 8:04 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Panthera in Smithsonian Magazine

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 21, 2021

25 years after gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, and just weeks after the Trump administration’s removal of the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act, Smithsonian looks at a new study from Panthera providing the first evidence that gray wolves, not hunters, are the primary drivers of the decline in puma populations in Northwest Wyoming. While wolves have previously been shown to affect pumas’ prey selection and habitat use.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 21, 2021 at 12:32 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Panthera on The Weather Channel

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 15, 2020

Mark Elbroch, the director of Panthera’s Puma Program, appeared on The Weather Channel tonight to discuss how how wildfires are impacting pumas and what someone should do if they encounter a puma.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 15, 2020 at 5:04 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Panthera in CNN, People, Al Jazeera

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 31, 2020

In a hopeful sign that the Endangered tiger is on the rebound, Panthera’s remote camera traps have captured spectacular new footage and photos of numerous new tigers in the western Thailand for the first time in four years. Checkout the coverage in outlets including CNN, People, Lonely Planet, and Al Jazeera

Permalink | Posted on Jul 31, 2020 at 5:14 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Ground News

Designed to bust political news bubbles, Ground News lets users instantly compare how the same news event is covered by outlets from across the political spectrum (from Breitbart to Mother Jones) and around the world.

Visit the Ground News Website →


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Ground News launches Blindspotter

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 25, 2021

Ground News this week launched Blindspotter, a bot that analyzes the interactions of any Twitter account to produce a profile of their media diet and the degree of their political news slant. Check out the coverage in Mashable, Financial Times, The Daily Wire, and Unherd.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 25, 2021 at 12:45 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Ground News in Voice of America

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 19, 2020

In this Voice of America segment on election misinformation, Ground News founder Harleen Sukh discusses their new Bias Checker browser extension, which shows who else is covering the same news story and compares how other sources from across the political spectrum are reporting on it.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 19, 2020 at 4:43 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Ground News aims to bust political news bubbles

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 01, 2020


Aiming to counteract the rise in misinformation, sensationalism, and biased news, Ground News enables users to easily compare how sources from across the political spectrum and from around the world are covering the same news event.

PKPR secured coverage for the launch of Ground News in a range of outlets - from Digital Trends and Editor & Publisher to MediaVillage, Screen Shot, and Reclaim the Net .

Ground News founder Harleen Kaur was also interviewed on Digital Trends Live. Watch the interview here.

 

 

Permalink | Posted on Apr 01, 2020 at 10:04 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

The Future of Change by Ray Brescia

Ray Brescia is the author of The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions by Ray Brescia (Cornell University Press; April 15, 2020). The book explores how the most successful social movements in U.S. history—from New Deal labor reforms to the civil rights movement—used new technologies like radio and TV to create broad national movements powered by grassroots organizations.

Visit the The Future of Change by Ray Brescia Website →


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Ray Brescia op-ed in The Washington Post

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 17, 2020

PKPR placed an op-ed in The Washington Post by author Ray Brescia looking at how the United States Postal Service has been a crucial pillar of American democracy from the abolition movement to the Reagan Revolution.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 17, 2020 at 7:28 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Next City: Saving Homes to Save the Nation

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 24, 2020

Next City today published an op-ed by Ray Brescia, author of The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions, highlighting why housing insecurity is a public health issue - and how the COVID-19 pandemic will only worsen unless we ensure people are not evicted from their homes.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 24, 2020 at 11:09 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Ray Brescia op-ed in The Hill

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 08, 2020

Ray Brescia, author of the new book, The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions, wrote an op-ed for The Hill on how today’s demonstrations for racial justice can leverage technology to build a broad national movement.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 08, 2020 at 6:50 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

How to Protest During a Pandemic

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 04, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed massive cracks in America’s health, labor, and economic systems, spurring essential employees, gig workers, and tenants mobilizing for long-overdue protections and reforms. But how do these emerging movements organize in a time of social distancing?

PKPR has secured coverage for Ray Brescia’s new book, The Future of Change: How Technology Shapes Social Revolutions, including interviews with BuzzFeed News (”Social Distancing Made May Day Protests Look a Lot Different This Year”), Off-Kilter hosted by Rebecca Vallas of The Center for American Progress, and The Rick Smith Show, as well as an op-ed in The New York Daily News (”How Rent Strikes Work”).

Permalink | Posted on May 04, 2020 at 7:13 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Charlotte McCurdy

Charlotte McCurdy is an interdisciplinary designer and researcher whose work focuses on making existential threats, such as climate change, more tractable through design. Her goal: counteract the narrative of climate change as a problem without a solution.

Visit the Charlotte McCurdy Website →


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Charlotte McCurdy in BuzzFeed News

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 20, 2020

BuzzFeed News profiles Charlotte McCurdy. Watch the video profile here.

Permalink | Posted on May 20, 2020 at 12:36 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Charlotte McCurdy: Inverse Future 50

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 24, 2020

Inverse features Charlotte McCurdy as one of its Future 50 innovators.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 24, 2020 at 12:44 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Charlotte McCurdy on NowThis

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 22, 2020

PKPR client Charlotte McCurdy talks to NowThis about how she developed a material from algae, a renewable source that pulls carbon directly from the atmosphere. This is how she created a carbon-negative raincoat.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 22, 2020 at 8:57 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Matty Davis

Described as “fearless” by The New Yorker and named one of Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch in 2019, Matty Davis uses intense physical research to generates drawings, photographs, sculptures, books, and films

Visit the Matty Davis Website →


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Matty Davis in Artspace

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 24, 2019

Following exhibitions in New York and Arkansas. an art project by Matty Davis about covert arms and drugs smuggling by the CIA in the 1980s has culminated in a book titled
“Until it reached into our lives and destroyed the tranquility that we had.”

The book features original photographs, drawings, and essays by Davis and other contributors. PKPR secured interviews for Davis in outlets including Artspace and Burnaway.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 24, 2019 at 8:47 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Columbia Care

Columbia Care Inc. is one of the largest fully integrated operators in the global medical cannabis industry with licenses in 16 jurisdictions in the US and the EU. With over 1.4 million in sales transactions since its inception, Columbia Care is a patient-centered organization setting the standard for compassion, professionalism, quality, caring and innovation in cannabis, working in collaboration with some of the most renowned and innovative teaching hospitals and medical centers in the world. The Company is committed to providing the type of education and transparency patients deserve and quality of product that clinicians expect.

Visit the Columbia Care Website →


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Columbia Care co-founder profiled on NPR in DC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 20, 2019

Listen to this great profile of Columbia Care co-founder and CEO Nicholas Vita that aired today on WAMU-FM, the NPR affiliate in Washington DC. The story is pegged to the opening of Columbia Care’s first dispensary in Montgomery County, Maryland, where Vita was raised and went to school.

Other coverage of the opening included WTOP-AM, WUSA-TV, DCist, Bethesda Magazine, and Patch DC.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 20, 2019 at 9:18 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ByKids

A nonprofit dedicated to teaching kids citizenry and empathy, BYkids uses documentaries created by young filmmakers as a starting point for conversations on complex global issues—in schools, on public television, and at festivals worldwide.

Visit the ByKids Website →


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2021 season of ByKids premieres on PBS

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 14, 2021

Sixteen-year-old Faith Guilbault loves skydiving and has walked the runway at New York Fashion Week. She also has cerebral palsy. The Baltimore teen was one of four young filmmakers who directed documentaries about their lives for the new season of ByKids airing on public television stations nationwide.

PKPR secured coverage of the new season in a range of outlets including The Baltimore Sun,, The Forward, WYPR-FM (NPR Baltimore), Kaiser Health News, and US News & World Report.

Permalink | Posted on May 14, 2021 at 1:02 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ByKids New Season Premieres on PBS

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 25, 2019

A 17-year-old Syrian refugee chronicles his new life in Germany. A Harlem teen documents how incarceration on Rikers Island changed his life. A young Nicaraguan reveals the impact of climate change on her family’s livelihood. A Senegalese girl shows how her village was transformed after it ended the practice of child marriage. These four powerful stories are part of the new season of Films BYkids, a collaboration between THIRTEEN and BYkids.

Coverage of the new season included Metro, The 74 Million, Fair Planet, and CleanTechnica

Permalink | Posted on Mar 25, 2019 at 10:09 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Echoing Green

For more than 30 years, Echoing Green has been on the front lines of solving the world’s biggest problems, raising up the transformational leaders willing to speak truth to power and challenge the status quo. The organization finds emerging leaders with the best ideas for social innovation as early as possible, and sets them on a path to lifelong impact. Echoing Green’s community of nearly 1,000 social innovators includes past Fellows like First Lady Michelle Obama, the founders of organizations like Teach For America and One Acre Fund, and public figures like Van Jones. Built and refined over three decades, Echoing Green discovers tomorrow’s leaders, today, and then funds, connects, and supports a new generation of social impact leaders.

Visit the Echoing Green Website →


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Echoing Green on The Today Show

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 06, 2019

A 2019 Echoing Green Fellow, Antoine Patton is a 32-year-old father who taught himself to code while he was incarcerated and then developed an app with his 13-year-old daughter that makes it easier for kids to communicate with their incarcerated parents.

As a result of PKPR’s work, Antoine and his daughter Jay Jay, as well as Echoing Green President Cheryl Dorsey, were featured in an amazing segment on The Today Show. It was part of Lester Holt’s Justice for All series looking at the state of justice in America.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 06, 2019 at 6:29 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Echoing Green announced 2019 Fellows

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 01, 2019

PKPR helped facilitate the announcement of the 2019 Echoing Green Fellows, the Fellowship program that counts former First Lady Michelle Obama, CNN host Van Jones, and Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp.

The Echoing Green Fellowship provides unrestricted seed funding of up to $90,000, training, and programmatic support for two years, as well as lifelong access into a global network of leading philanthropists, investors, and entrepreneurs.

PKPR secured coverage for Black Male Achievement category fellow Antoine Patton in Black Enterprise, Colorlines, and WNYC . Other fellow coverage included Philanthropy News Digest, Inside Philanthropy, Revolt TV4, Impact Alpha, and Crain’s Cleveland Business

Permalink | Posted on Jul 01, 2019 at 5:51 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Live in the Grey

Live in the Grey helps executives and employees at companies like Pepsi and IEX boost their emotional intelligence and work from a more authentic place through experiential learning and development.

Visit the Live in the Grey Website →


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Live in the Grey in Fast Company

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 04, 2016

PKPR secured an opportunity for Live in the Grey to host a workshop during the Fast Company Innovation Festival. At the event, festival-goers used Live in the Grey’s custom-designed deck of 72 cards to identify what they value most in their personal and professional lives. Check out the FastCo coverage of the event: This Card Game Can Help Make Your Work More Meaningful.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 04, 2016 at 7:28 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Life@Work in PSFK, The Muse

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 12, 2016

PKPR worked with Live in the Grey on the first-ever Life@Work Culture Conference, a two-day retreat in rural Hudson Valley that brought together workplace innovators from Warby Parker, Google, Johnson & Johnson, VaynerMedia, SumAll, and more.

Coverage included:

- PSFK: How Professional Development Gets Personal
- The Muse: How the Best Companies Out There Attract the Talent They Want
- EFC: Don’t be fake: How IEX’s “Flash Boys” boost employee morale
- New York Business Journal: Life@Work attendees to talk workplace culture around the campfire
- Business News Daily: Summertime Slump: Keeping Employees Motivated

Permalink | Posted on Aug 12, 2016 at 7:52 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Alexander Heffner

Alexander Heffner is the host of the PBS series The Open Mind and the co-author of “A Documentary History of the United States,” a collection of the most important speeches and documents in American history that has sold more than one million copies.

Visit the Alexander Heffner Website →


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Alex Heffner talks 2020 on MSNBC Live

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 17, 2019


PKPR booked PBS Open Mind host Alexander Heffner on MSNBC Live with Kendis Gibson today for a discussion on how the differences in how the media is covering the female and male candidates for 2020.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 17, 2019 at 6:47 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Alex Heffner on MSNBC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 09, 2019

PKPR secured an appearance for Alexander Heffner, host of PBS’ The Open Mind, on PoliticsNation to discuss Elizabeth Warren’s presidential kickoff and the leadership crisis in Virginia.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 09, 2019 at 8:38 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Alexander Heffner on Morning Joe

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 04, 2018

PKPR booked Alexander Heffner on Morning Joe to discuss his new book, A Documentary History of the United States, and how Trump’s presidency is testing democratic norms.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 04, 2018 at 8:53 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Keepsake Frames

Keepsake lets you easily turn any photo on your phone into a beautiful, professionally framed print for as low as $25. It is the highest-rated photo framing app in the App Store, The New York Times calls Keepsake framed photos “fast, affordable and good-looking.”

Visit the Keepsake Frames Website →


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Keepsake in Real Simple

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 12, 2019

Keepsake is featured in the February 2018 issue of Real Simple as one of the month’s most clever items to simplify your life.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 12, 2019 at 7:14 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Keepsake Scores a Trifecta in BuzzFeed

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 03, 2018

PKPR secured not one, not two, but three placements for Keepsake in BuzzFeed’s holiday gift guides. 

Permalink | Posted on Dec 03, 2018 at 7:46 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Keepsake Rave Review in Business Insider

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 19, 2018

PKPR secured a rave review for Keepsake in Business Insider with reporter Brandt Ranj writing: “Keepsake is the first service I’ve tried that makes getting professionally framed photos as simple as uploading them on social media, except the physical prints will last a lifetime.”

Permalink | Posted on Oct 19, 2018 at 10:42 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

work x work

work x work is a creative agency working with brands at the forefront of audio culture including NPR, Stitcher, and WNYC. It also produces On Air Fest, the only festival of its kind where audio and podcast fans, creators, and industry leaders come together to explore the art of sound through performances, conversations, listening parties, art installations, live podcasts, and more.

Visit the work x work Website →


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On Air Debuts in Los Angeles

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 15, 2019

On Air Fest presented its first West Coast edition last week at KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio. Creators of boundary-pushing podcasts like Song Exploder, The Memory Palace, Moonface, Strangers, and The Shadows were among the headliners. Coverage included The Hollywood Reporter, LA Weekly, LAist, Time Out Los Angeles, SoCal Pulse, Inside Radio, All Access, Podcast Business Journal, and Podcast Review. 

Permalink | Posted on Nov 15, 2019 at 6:27 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Excelencia in Education

Excelencia in Education accelerates Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies, and advancing institutional practices while collaborating with those committed and ready to meet the mission. Launched in 2004 in the nation’s capital, Excelencia is building a network of results-oriented educators and policymakers to address the U.S. economy’s need for a highly educated workforce and engaged civic leadership.

Visit the Excelencia in Education Website →


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Seal of Excelencia Launches

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 18, 2018

More than 60 leaders of higher education and Latino advocacy institutions and organizations this week endorsed The Seal of Excelencia, a major national initiative announced today by Excelencia in Education aimed at significantly increasing the number of Latino students attaining college degrees by 2030. Coverage of the announcement included Inside Higher Ed, Dallas Morning News, Community College Daily, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, The Hechinger Report, and Hispanic Outlook on Education.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 18, 2018 at 10:27 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Examining Life Outcomes Among Graduates of Hispanic Serving Institutions

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 15, 2018

A report released by Excelencia in Education and Gallup revealed that Latino graduates of Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) with inclusive environments and strong support systems are more likely than the general college-education population to have fulfilling professional, personal, and social lives.

Coverage of the announcement included The Chronicle of Higher Education, NBC News, Inside Higher Ed, The Hechinger Report, Education Dive, Hoy Los Angeles, Diverse, Issues in Higher Education, and Working Nation

Permalink | Posted on Sep 15, 2018 at 12:12 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Reimagine End of Life

Reimagine End of Life is a week of asking big questions about life and death.

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Reimagine in The New Yorker

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 14, 2019

At a Reimagine End of Life workshop, writer Mallory Rice discovered the secrets of composing the perfect condolence letter. She shared them in a Talk of the Town piece in this week’s issue of The New Yorker.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 14, 2019 at 7:38 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Reimagine in December issue of World Magazine

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 05, 2018

Check out this in-depth feature story in the December issue of World Magazine - “Memento mori: A citywide reckoning with death in New York shows Americans may be ready to talk about a topic they once sought to avoid

Permalink | Posted on Dec 05, 2018 at 11:57 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

At Reimagine: an art installation at 9/11 Memorial

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 02, 2018

As part of Reimagine End of Life, artist Day Schildkret and New Yorkers of all ages created a large scale art installation made of natural and man-made items collected from around the 9/11 Memorial Plaza. Check out the beautiful photos and interview with Schildkret in today’s am New York.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 02, 2018 at 7:26 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

NYC Hosts a Festival About Death

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 27, 2018

A weeklong festival exploring big questions about life and death will unfold not just in theaters and concerts halls across New York City’s five boroughs next week, but also in hospitals, libraries, houses of worship, senior centers, and even cemeteries as part of the first Reimagine End of Life New York.

PKPR secured preview stories in national, international, and local media including Quartz, La Vanguardia, Time Out New York, The New York Times, BrooklynVegan, and Untapped Cities.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 27, 2018 at 12:20 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Reimagine End of Life on WNYC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 26, 2018

Brad Wolfe, the founder of Reimagine End of Life, appeared on WNYC’s All of It with Alison Stewart today to discuss the weeklong festival that kicks off tomorrow in NYC. Listen here.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 26, 2018 at 4:54 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Reimagine in amNewYork, Metro

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 11, 2018


Check out stories today on Reimagine End of Life in New York City in Metro (Reimagine End of Life celebrates all things death and dying ) and amNewYork (Citywide Reimagine End of Life festival ask hard questions about life and death).

Permalink | Posted on Oct 11, 2018 at 10:05 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Reimagine in artnet

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 03, 2018

artnet’s Sarah Cascone took an in-depth look today at the dozens of visual and performance art events taking place during the Reimagine End of Life festival in New York City.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 03, 2018 at 3:35 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Reimagine End of Life in NY Times

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 24, 2018

PKPR placed an exclusive in The New York Times announcing the first Reimagine End of Life, a citywide festival exploring questions about life and death taking October 27 - November 3. Check out the article - Festival in New York will look at death from many angles - and this preview video for what’s in store.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 24, 2018 at 9:45 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Waave

Waave logo

Created for New Yorkers by New Yorkers, Waave is the first ride-hailing app that enables New York City yellow and greeen taxis to provide upfront fares, surge-free pricing, and an estimated time of arrival before passengers hail a trip via their the Waave smartphone app. By choosing Waave, New Yorkers who care about the future of their city can play a vital role in reducing congestion and pollution while enhancing the well-being of the city’s taxi drivers and public transit system.

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Waave expands citywide

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 28, 2018


Waave this week expanded to all five boroughs. Check out the coverage in amNew York, Metro, Curbed, and Patch.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 28, 2018 at 10:17 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Waave launches in NYC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 29, 2018

Starting this month, New York City yellow taxis in Manhattan will offer upfront fares before passengers hail a trip via Waave, the first smartphone app of its kind approved by the Taxi and Limousine Commission as part of a two-year pilot program.

PKPR secured coverage in The New York Post, Crain’s New York Business, WCBS-TV News, Cheddar, PIX 11 News, News 12 - The Bronx, Curbed, El Diario, and 6 Sq. Ft..

Permalink | Posted on Aug 29, 2018 at 7:10 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Parcast

Since 2016, Parcast has launched ten hit podcast series including Cults (on NPR’s 2017 Ultimate Holiday Podcast Wishlist) and Unsolved Murders (named one of the best true crime podcasts of 2017 by BuzzFeed).

Parcast produces scripted podcasts that explore topics ranging from true crime to history to unadulterated fairy tales. This model has enabled the network to scale quickly, streamline production, keep overhead costs low with just a full-time staff of 13, and stay on track to hit 100 million downloads in 2018. Parcast was co-founded by Max Cutler, 27, and his father Ron Cutler, a veteran radio producer who started Cutler Comedy Networks, the number one comedy service for radio morning shows in America in the 1990’s, carried by 2000 stations in all of the top 200 markets.

 

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Parcast’s Max Cutler on Forbes 30 Under 30 2019

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 13, 2018

Congratulations to Max Cutler, founder of Parcast, who was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2019.

Forbes writes: “Max Cutler launched Parcast in 2016, aiming to give a mainstream audience an alternative to the podcast market’s quirky comedians and NPR imitators. Parcast’s first two series, “Unsolved Murders” and “Remarkable Lives, Tragic Deaths,” quickly found success, and the network plans to have launched at least 21 shows by the end of March, with 20 being active.”

Permalink | Posted on Nov 13, 2018 at 8:27 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Parcast profiled by New York Times

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 16, 2018

PKPR placed an exclusive profile in The New York Times on how upstart podcast network Parcast has become a true crime and history podcast hit factory rivaling big players like NPR and Gimlet. The headline says it all: Pulp Nonfiction: Podcasts Go Mass-Market.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 16, 2018 at 11:16 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Parcast Profiled in LA Weekly

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 31, 2017

Check out this great profile in LA Weekly on Parcast - “Serial Killers and Unsolved Murders About on New L.A.-based Podcast Network.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 31, 2017 at 6:49 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Designing Justice + Designing Spaces

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Designing Justice+ Designing Spaces engages communities in the design and development of new buildings, spaces, and tools to attack the root causes of mass incarceration: poverty, racism, lack of access to resources.

Visit the Designing Justice + Designing Spaces Website →


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DJDS in Shondaland

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 10, 2022

Deanna Van Buren, the founder of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, is profiled today in Shondaland as part of their Black History Now series.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 10, 2022 at 8:44 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

DJDS in Bloomberg CityLab

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 09, 2021

Bloomberg CityLab’s Zach Mortice talked to DJDS’s Deanna Van Buren about the challenges of transforming closed jails into spaces that benefit communities devastated by mass incarceration.

Deanna Van Buren tells Bloomberg: “When you have a system that at its root is structurally racist, your beautification of the infrastructure is not actually dealing with the real issues. As designers, we have to be critical of what systems we’re propping up and what we’re supporting, because architects have always just supported and propped up systems of power.”

[In the photo above: DJDS organized public meetings where community members came together to imagine a new future for the Atlanta City Detention Center.]

Permalink | Posted on Nov 09, 2021 at 8:15 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

DJDS co-founder profiled in Financial Times, NBC News

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 07, 2021

Check out the latest profiles of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces co-founder Deanna Van Buren in NBC News (“How Oakland architect Deanna Van Buren’s passion for restorative justice manifests in her work”) and the Financial Times (“Meet the architect imagining a world without prisons”).

Permalink | Posted on Mar 07, 2021 at 12:22 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Deanna Van Buren on WNYC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 15, 2020


Deanna Van Buren of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces was a guest on WNYC-AM (NPR in NYC) today to discuss how architects are taking the lead in building alternatives to prisons. For more, check out Deanna’s interview with Forbes about the the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects’ decision to call on architects to halt designing projects that support the current criminal justice system.
     

Permalink | Posted on Oct 15, 2020 at 1:34 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

DJDS on Monocle Radio + Scratching the Surface

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 04, 2020

DJDS founder Deanna Van Buren how design can on Monocle Radio’s Monocle on Design and Scratching the Surface, named one of the best design podcasts by Architectural Digest.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 04, 2020 at 8:03 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Designing Justice in Ms., Fast Company, AD

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 10, 2020

As the debate grows for defunding police and shifting financing to other critical community services, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces is helping to show the nation what a world without prisons would look like.

Recent coverage includes: Politico (How to re-design the world for Coronavirus and beyond), Ms. Magazine (”Deanna Van Buren Is Building a World Without Prisons”), Architectural Digest (“Why Justice in Design Is Critical to Repairing America”), and Dezeen (“A whole lot has to get built to end mass incarceration” says Deanna van Buren).

Permalink | Posted on Jul 10, 2020 at 12:06 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

DJDS in Fast Company

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 15, 2020

Reimagining The Jail from One Atlanta on Vimeo.

Check out the story in Fast Company today: This Atlanta jail will transform into a center for justice and equity. The article looks at how the project—which proposes to remove space for 1,300 inmates and replace it with services, reentry programs, classrooms, and an urban garden—is the latest work of reimagining the spaces of criminal justice by architect Deanna Van Buren of Designing Justice + Designing Spaces.

 

Permalink | Posted on Jun 15, 2020 at 12:29 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Designing Justice profiled by the New York Times

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 08, 2020

Check out today’s print issue of The New York Times for a full-page profile of architect Deanna Van Buren in the Arts & Leisure section. The article explores how her firm, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces, is showing it is possible to build alternatives to prisons that heal and restore rather than punish and destroy.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 08, 2020 at 8:26 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

DJDS is Designing an End to Mass Incarceration

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 30, 2019

On the heels of the opening of Restore Oakland, the social justice campus designed by Designing Justice + Designing Spaces (DJDS), PKPR has secured a series of profiles looking at how the firm is using design to end mass incarceration.

Recent profiles include The Architect’s Newspaper (”Designing Justice + Designing Spaces builds infrastructure to end mass incarceration”), Curbed (”Can a building help end mass incarceration?”), and Archinect (”Architect Deanna Van Buren on Designing Beautiful Spaces That Amplify Self-Care, Love, Restoration, and Respect”).

Permalink | Posted on Oct 30, 2019 at 10:30 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Restore Oakland in CityLab, Architectural Digest

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 05, 2019

In 2017, PKPR client Deanna Van Buren delivered a TED Talk - What a World Without Prisons Could Look Like— that has been viewed more than one million times. This month, her vision moves closer to reality with the opening of Restore Oakland, a 20,000 square foot center in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood that is home to one of the nation’s first spaces dedicated to restorative justice.

Restorative justice brings together the victim and the perpetrator to resolve the harm caused. Restore Oakland will work with the Alameda County District Attorney’s office to divert cases involving people aged 15 to 24 into the restorative justice program. The process takes place outside of traditional courthouses and government buildings, which tend to be windowless, oppressive, and punitive. At Restore Oakland, the Restorative Justice Rooms are painted in a peaceful and calming sky blue, there are multiple large windows, and chairs are arranged in a circle in the tradition of peace circles used by many Native American cultures.

PKPR secured coverage for the opening in The Atlantic’s CityLab, Architectural Digest, YES! Magazine, and Common Dreams.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 05, 2019 at 6:47 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Designing Justice’s TED Talk

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 28, 2018


Stop what you are doing and watch Deanna Van Buren’s TED Talk: What a World Without Prisons Could Look Like.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 28, 2018 at 10:46 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Economic Hardship Reporting Project

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The Economic Hardship Reporting Project, a journalism nonprofit founded in 2012 by Barbara Ehrenreich, aims to change the national conversation around poverty and economic insecurity. The stories that EHRP commissions—from narrative features to photo essays and video productions—put a human face on financial instability. EHRP has placed its contributors’ reportage and photojournalism at The New York Times, NBC News, Politico, The Verge, Vox, Vogue, The Atlantic, The New Yorker and many others.

Visit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project Website →


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NYLON profiles EHRP’s Jackson doc

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 05, 2018


NYLON’s Kristin Iversen sits down with Economic Hardship Reporting Project’s Alissa Quart and director Maisie Crowe for an in-depth look at Jackson, the 2018 Emmy Award-winning documentary about how abortion restrictions affect three women in rural Mississippi. Jackson might not have been made without crucial initial funding from EHRP, the journalism nonprofit dedicated to changing the way economic disparity is covered in the U.S.

 

Permalink | Posted on Nov 05, 2018 at 5:59 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

EHRP in American Prospect fall issue

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 18, 2018

PKPR placed a 3,000-word feature on the Economic Hardship Reporting Project in the fall 2018 print issue of The American Prospect. You can read the article here.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 18, 2018 at 3:54 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

EHRP’s Ehrenreich and Quart in Vogue

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 18, 2018

Check out this awesome interview with Barbara Ehrenreich and Alissa Quart about the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 18, 2018 at 7:54 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

EHRP editor Alissa Quart on Morning Joe

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 02, 2018

PKPR booked Alissa Quart, executive editor of Economic Hardship Reporting Project, on Morning Joe this morning to discuss her new book Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America. Watch her segment here.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 02, 2018 at 9:49 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

EHRP Launches Fund For Laid Off Journalists

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 24, 2018

In the wake of major layoffs at The Denver Post, The Economic Hardship Reporting Project (EHRP) announced a fund to enable reporters and photographers laid off by the newspaper to produce feature-length stories about growing economic inequality, both in Colorado and America.

Coverage included stories in Columbia Journalism Review, Poynter, NiemanLab, The American Press Institute, and Westword

Permalink | Posted on Apr 24, 2018 at 6:55 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Ukrainian Institute of America

The Ukrainian Institute of America, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the art, music and literature of Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora. It serves both as a center for the Ukrainian-American community and as America’s “Window on Ukraine,” hosting art exhibits, concerts, film screenings, poetry readings, literary evenings, children’s programs, lectures, symposia, and full educational programs, all open to the public.

Visit the Ukrainian Institute of America Website →


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Putin portrait grabs global headlines

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 05, 2018


A seven-foot-high portrait of Vladimir Putin composed of thousands of spent bullet casings from the Eastern Ukraine war front was among the highlights of a large-scale multimedia exhibit at the Ukrainian Institute of America debuting last week. Coverage of the exhibit included CNN, Newsweek, Time Out New York, am New York, Untapped Cities, Secret NYC, and Metro New York.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 05, 2018 at 12:10 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

SWAAY Media

SWAAY is a fast-growing online platform for women entrepreneurs. Iman Oubou launched SWAAY in April 2017 to provide a fresh and stylish voice that speaks directly to today’s generation of women entrepreneurs and leaders. Over the past six months, Oubou has steadily built an audience for SWAAY, putting it on track to hit 500,000 unique monthly visitors by December 2017. Oubou’s podcast, Entrepreneurs En Vogue, syndicated by the WestWood One network, draws over 200,000 listeners each week.

Visit the SWAAY Media Website →


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SWAAY founder named Rising Star by Ozy

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 15, 2018

PKPR placed a profile of SWAAY Media founder Iman Oubou in Ozy, which highlighted her as one of its Rising Stars.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 15, 2018 at 9:48 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

SWAAY founder on Harry Connick Jr. Show

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 07, 2017


SWAAY Media founder Iman Oubou appeared on the Harry Connick Jr. Show today to discuss how she set out to change the way women are portrayed in the media.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 07, 2017 at 9:45 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

The Tenement Museum

The Tenement Museum logo

The Tenement Museum tells the story of American immigration. It has become one of New York City’s preeminent cultural and educational institutions, welcoming more than 238,000 visitors in 2016. Its two historic tenements on Orchard Street were home to an estimated 15,000 people from more than 20 nations between 1863 and 2000. Educators guide visitors and help them understand how immigrants weathered hard times and built new lives.

Visit the The Tenement Museum Website →


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Tenement Museum launches Your Story, Our Story

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 16, 2018

The Tenement Museum launched Your Story, Our Story, an online exhibit featuring 3,000 family objects shared by Americans that tells their personal stories of immigration and migration. PKPR secured coverage for this launch in outlets including EdScoop, Food52, The Asbury Park Press , and Eater.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 16, 2018 at 5:12 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Tenement Museum shapes immigration debate

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 22, 2017

With immigration dominating the national debate, PKPR worked with The Tenement Museum to develop a thought leadership strategy positioning the museum as a voice providing historical context on immigration. Over the past four months, we have placed two op-eds by the museum’s President Kevin Jennings in The Hill (Trump must not break America’s tradition of immigration and Thank Immigrants for your “American” Christmas), as well as The Daily News (”Italy was once a ‘s**thole’ country”) and Newsweek (A War on Christmas? What Christmas Are You Talking About?)  The museum’s Vice President of Marketing and Communications, David Eng, also wrote a powerful first-person essay for Vice News (I Forgot I Was A Refugee).

Permalink | Posted on Dec 22, 2017 at 4:04 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Tenement Museum Opens New Exhibit

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 07, 2017

With immigration dominating the national conversation, a major new permanent exhibit opening at The Tenement Museum this month is immersing visitors in the lives of three immigrant and migrant families from different corners of the world—China, Puerto Rico, and Poland—who all lived in the same New York City apartment building during the 1950s to 2014.

PKPR organized a press preview tour of the exhibit attended by 20 journalists. Coverage highlights include: NBC News, CityLab, Tablet, Untapped Cities, The New York Times, The Forward, Sinovision, Splinter, am New York, Bowery Boogie, and Viewing NYC.

 

Permalink | Posted on Nov 07, 2017 at 10:55 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Tenement Bedrooms in am New York

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 06, 2017

Check out reporter Stav Ziv’s terrific preview in today’s am New York of the Tenement Museum’s new evening series offering an intimate look at what happened in the tiny tenement bedrooms, the setting for sex, childbirth, prostitution, and more.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 06, 2017 at 9:04 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Tenement Museum names new president

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 21, 2017

The Tenement Museum announced this week that Kevin Jennings, the co-founder of GLSEN and a Department of Education official under President Obama, has been named the new president of the cultural and educational institution dedicated to telling the story of American immigration through the personal accounts of immigrant families.

PKPR placed an exclusive on the announcement in The New York Times and secured stories in outlets including the Associated Press, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Forward, and Crain’s New York Business.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 21, 2017 at 10:50 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla Foundation

Mozilla Foundation logo

Mozilla is a nonprofit that believes the Internet must always remain a global public resource, open and accessible to all. Its work is guided by the Mozilla Manifesto. The direct work of the Mozilla Foundation focuses on fueling the movement for an open Internet. Mozilla does this by connecting open Internet leaders with each other and by mobilizing grassroots activists around the world. The Foundation is also the sole shareholder in the Mozilla Corporation, the maker of Firefox and other open-source tools.

Visit the Mozilla Foundation Website →


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Mozilla’s Future Wake in Fast Company

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 14, 2022

Law enforcement relies on AI systems that purport to predict crime — but have proven to be biased against Black Americans. Two artist-technologists supported by an award from Mozilla have turned the “predictive policing” model on its head when with “Future Wake,” an interactive website that uses AI trained on real law enforcement data to predict police killings. PKPR secured coverage for the project in Fast Company, ZDNet, Surface, and an op-ed by its creators for It’s Nice That.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 14, 2022 at 9:18 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla YouTube Investigation in NBC, Marketplace, Politico

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 23, 2021

YouTube’s controversial algorithm is recommending videos considered disturbing and hateful by users and which often violate the platform’s very own content policies, according to a crowdsourced investigation released today by Mozilla. The study also found that people in non-English speaking countries are far more likely to encounter videos they considered disturbing.

Coverage of the study included NBC News, NPR’s Marketplace, Politico, Business Insider, Techcrunch, The Verge, Mashable, Adweek, and Fortune.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 23, 2021 at 8:50 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla on NPR’s Morning Edition

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 02, 2019

Ashley Boyd, Mozilla’s Vice President of Advocacy, appeared on NPR’s Morning Edition this morning to discuss this year’s Privacy Not Include holiday shopping guide with host Scott Simon. Listen here.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 02, 2019 at 12:10 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla in USA Today, CNN, Business Insider

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 29, 2019


To help consumers choose gifts that protect the privacy of their friends and family, Mozilla today unveiled its *Privacy Not Included report at a press event in New York City. The report identifies the smart devices and toys that are secure and trustworthy — as well as those that may be spying on your friends and your family.

Coverage included CNN, USA Today, Business Insider, Wired, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, The Next Web, CNET, BoingBoing, and Tom’s Guide.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 29, 2019 at 10:17 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla’s MozFest Tackles Political Disinformation

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 04, 2019

In an age of deepfakes and disinformation, more than 2,500 activists, policymakers, and technologists gathered in London last week at Mozilla’s MozFest to work on creating a better, healthier, and more humane internet.

PKPR secured an appearance on CNN for Mozilla Fellow Camille François to discuss how she is using machine learning and data analysis to detect foreign interference in the 2020 U.S. election. Other coverage highlights included Quartz (”Did YouTube’s Algorithm Help China’s Anti-Hong Kong Propaganda Go Viral?”), PCMag (”Does YouTube’s Algorithm Lead to Radicalization”), and TechRadar (”Can Facebook ever be kept safe without hurting staff?”).

Permalink | Posted on Nov 04, 2019 at 10:07 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

This Mozilla-Funded Film Watches You

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 26, 2019

Over a year after the approval of a U.S. patent, Snapchat users still don’t know if the app is using facial emotion recognition technology to detect and profit off of their moods. To put pressure on Snapchat, Mozilla premiered “Stealing Ur Feelings,” a short documentary that uses the same technology to analyze viewers’ emotions as they watch it. Check out some of the coverage in Adweek, Engadget, and The Inquirer.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 26, 2019 at 11:05 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla Gets Creative to Highlight AI’s Impact

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 18, 2019

To raise awareness about the unintended consequences of artificial intelligence, Mozilla has funded a series of films, games, and art projects that will be launching over the next few months.

PKPR has secured coverage for the initial projects including:

- A simulation that reveals the hidden biases in dating apps (Wired - This Dating App Exposes the Monstrous Bias of Algorithms; Mashable - “A dating app for literal monsters exposes the bias in our swipes”)

- A whimsical tool that puts a spotlight on automated censorship (The Verge - “Designers built an AI penis detector to protest Google’s prudish doodles”)

- A film that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival exposing the dangers of facial recognition software (Engadget - “An AR film explores the worst tech companies could do with your face”).

Stay tuned for the worldwide launch of the film, Stealing Ur Feelings, online later this summer.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 18, 2019 at 8:06 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla unveils 2019 Internet Health Report on CBS

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 24, 2019

To launch Mozilla’s 2019 Internet Health Report, PKPR booked an interview for Mozilla Executive Director Mark Surman on CBS News this morning.

This year’s Report cited growing efforts to protect digital privacy, build more responsible artificial intelligence, and rein in the power of big tech companies as the most positive developments for the internet, while pervasive AI bias, biometrics abuse, and government censorship are named the most worrisome trends. Check out the Report here.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 24, 2019 at 6:48 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla on NPR’s Weekend Edition

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 01, 2018

Mozilla’s Ashley Boyd appeared on NPR’s Weekend Edition this morning to discuss Mozilla’s *Privacy Not Included shopping guide.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 01, 2018 at 5:42 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla press launch event for privacy study

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 14, 2018

PKPR organized a press event launch today in New York City for Mozilla’s *Privacy Not Included, a research report and shopping guide identifying which connected products are secure and trustworthy — and which aren’t. The goal: help consumers shop for gifts based on not just price and performance but also on how well they protect the privacy and security of their friends and family.

Launch day coverage included CBS News, Wired, Dow Jones MarketWatch, The Verge, Business Insider, Quartz, Gizmodo, Mashable, Techcrunch, Popular Mechanics, The Next Web, CNET, BoingBoing, Engadget, and Cheddar

Permalink | Posted on Nov 14, 2018 at 7:28 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla chats with The Guardian

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 12, 2018

At MozFest in London, The Guardian spoke with former Mozilla fellow Hang Do Thi Duc and Iranian internet researcher Mahsa Alimardani about what they think should be done to rebuild trust in the internet. Listen to their thoughts on The Guardian’s Chips with Everything Podcast here.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 12, 2018 at 2:05 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla unveils 2018 Internet Health Report

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 11, 2018

On the same day that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in Congress, Mozilla launched its 2018 Internet Health Report. The report puts a spotlight on three major issues impacting the health of the internet: the growing power of big tech companies like Facebook and Google; the broken online advertising economy and its role in propagating fake news; and the challenge of ensuring the securing of the estimated 30 billion connected devices coming online by 2020.

PKPR secured extensive coverage for the launch of the report including interviews for Mozilla’s Mark Surman on NPR’s Marketplace, The World, and CBC’s Spark, as well as in-depth coverage in Wired, Fast Company, Ars Technica, PCMag, Geek, San Jose Mercury News, VentureBeat, ExtremeTech, Salon, Entrepreneur, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Cheddar, Axios, Mediapost, The Next Web, and ZDNet.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 11, 2018 at 10:16 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla in Fast Company, TechCrunch

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 08, 2018

Mozilla and the National Science Foundation are awarding $2 million in funding for projects that will help get people online after disasters or that connect isolated rural, Tribal, and urban communities that lack reliable Internet access in the first place. Coverage ranged from a fantastic Fast Company profile of a Detroit project that is bringing broadband to low-income neighborhoods to TechCrunch to StateScoop.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 08, 2018 at 7:58 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla reveals gifts that snoop

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 22, 2017

 

Connected devices and toys like the Amazon Echo and Hello Barbie are on track to be this season’s hottest gifts. But how can shoppers make sure they’re buying gadgets that aren’t going to spy on their kids or get their friends hacked?

Building on its mission to help consumers protect their privacy and security, Mozilla released Privacy Not Included*, a first of its kind buyer’s guide that makes the privacy and security features of Internet-connected products as clear as their price. Check out coverage in CBS News, Slate, CSO, CNET, ABC News - San Francisco, and Albuquerque Journal.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 22, 2017 at 11:33 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla on Slate’s If Then Podcast

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 20, 2017

Mozilla Foundation’s Executive Director Mark Surman appeared on this week’s episode of Slate’s If Then podcast to how Mozilla is working to build a healthier Internet by engaging consumers in issues like Net Neutrality and encouraging manufacturers to build privacy features into connected devices.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 20, 2017 at 9:14 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla on BBC Marketplace Morning Report

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 30, 2017


Mozilla Foundation executive director Mark Surman appeared on BBC Marketplace Morning Report, which airs on public radio stations throughout the U.S., to discuss the state of Internet health and what Mozilla is doing to fight fake news, online harassment, privacy breaches, and more.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 30, 2017 at 2:00 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla leads Day of Action for Net Neutrality

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 12, 2017


For today Internet Wide Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality, Mozilla tapped into the oddly addictive Slow TV phenomenon with an epic, 9-hour video spoof. The offbeat but surprisingly effective video features 9 hours of real-time footage of ordinary things like chickens grazing and clouds rolling as a narrator reads a soothing and seemingly endless selection of the more than 40,000 messages that Mozilla has collected in opposition to the FCC’s efforts to gut net neutrality protections.

PKPR secured coverage in Vice (“This Video Features 9 Hours of Pro-Net Neutrality Comments Read in a Soothing Voice”), The Verge, CNET, International Business Times, and Inverse.

 

Permalink | Posted on Jul 12, 2017 at 11:59 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mozilla leads fight to save net neutrality

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 25, 2017

Mozilla has been leading the fight against FCC’s vote to repeal the net neutrality protections enacted in 2015. During the week of the FCC’s vote, PKPR secured interviews with Mozilla executive director Mark Surman and Director of Advocacy Ashley Boyd and coverage of Mozilla’s efforts in outlets including Vice News, AP, International Business Times, San Jose Mercury News, Cheddar, Deadline, and Law 360.

Permalink | Posted on May 25, 2017 at 11:03 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

eponym

eponym is a New York City-based company that empowers brands like Steven Alan, Alice + Olivia, Jason Wu, and Billy Reid to create, design, and distribute eyewear directly to consumers under their own label.

Visit the eponym Website →


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eponym in Digiday’s Glossy

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 22, 2017


Glossy, Digiday’s new site covering the fashion industry, published a terrific story today on eponym tied to the launch of the new eyewear collection it created for Alice + Olivia. The headline says it all: How Eponym is carving out a niche in the luxury eyewear market.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 22, 2017 at 11:00 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Ottavo in Quartz

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 21, 2017

The search for elegant, functional reading glasses is over thanks to the debut today of Ottavo, a new eyewear brand from Eponym specializing in high-quality, handcrafted reading glasses that offer the timeless and effortless chic of Italian design at an accessible price.

Check out this fun story in Quartz on how Ottavo epitomizes the Italian word “sprezzatura,” which can be translated to “studied carelessness.”

Permalink | Posted on Mar 21, 2017 at 12:50 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

eponym founder in WWD

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 06, 2017

eponym founder Andrew Lipovsky has been sharing his insight on the fashion industry in a series of op-eds for WWD’s Think Tank section. Topics have included why fashion brands must “diversify or die” and why the Luxottica and Essilor merger is bad for fashion brands and even worse for consumers.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 06, 2017 at 11:06 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Trint

Trint is an automated transcription tool that creates almost instant transcripts that can be quickly and easily edited for fast, accurate and affordable transcription. Backed by funding and support from the Knight Enterprise Fund, the Google Digital News Initiative, and BBC Worldwide Labs, Trint is the first service to combine a text editor and an audio/video player into one easy-to-use tool, making it possible to search recorded content by keywords, verify by re-listening to just that portion of an interview, and edit a transcript to perfection in minutes.

Visit the Trint Website →


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Trint scores 2020 candidates

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 13, 2019

Bernie Sanders’ accent may sound strange to some people outside of New York, but it doesn’t pose any comprehension problems for artificial intelligence.

In a Trint test of how well AI can understand the 2020 presidential candidates, Sanders landed a perfect score, with AI transcribing all of his words correctly, including recognizing “faw-tee” as “forty”  and “pov-a-tee” as “poverty.”

Check out some of the coverage in Metro, Axios, Washington Examiner, and Poynter

Permalink | Posted on Aug 13, 2019 at 7:41 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Trint unveils new features

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 02, 2019

Trint has unveiled a series of new features that takes automated transcription to the next level. These features include call recording, a host of new collaboration tools, and a brand new video player. Coverage in industry publications has included MediaPost, Poynter, Broadcast Bridge, Mobile Syrup, TechRadar, Podcast Business Journal, and Inside Radio.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 02, 2019 at 12:20 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Trint secures 4.5M in Series A funding

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 15, 2019


PKPR placed an exclusive with TechCrunch on Trint securing $4.5 million in Series A funding to further expand the company into a comprehensive transcribing, editing, and publishing platform for audio and video content. Other coverage included Fortune, PEHub, UK Tech News, Prolific London, Tech Market View, Slator, EU Startups, Silicon Canals, Pitchbook, and FINSMES.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 15, 2019 at 10:27 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Trint gets rave reviews in PCMag and Poynter

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 22, 2018

The critics have tested the competition and they are singling Trint out as the best transcription app on the market. Poynter said Trint is “the best all-around automatic transcription tool for journalists”, and PCMag called Trint a “slick automated transcription service with good editing software”.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 22, 2018 at 2:53 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Trint announces partnerships with AP, Adobe

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 08, 2018


Trint in on a roll. Associated Press video journalists across the globe will now use Trint to transcribe recorded interviews and events for use in the video and text news reports and Trint has partnered with Adobe to provide automated transcriptions and captions for video through Adobe Premiere Pro CC.

PKPR secured coverage of Trint’s new partnerships in The Drum, Digital Trends, Digital Photography Review, The Broadcast Bridge, and TV News Check

Permalink | Posted on Aug 08, 2018 at 7:31 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Trint founder in Lifehacker’s How I Work

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 17, 2018

PKPR secured a great interview with Trint founder and CEO Jeff Kofman for Lifehacker’s How I Work.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 17, 2018 at 11:08 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Trint reveals which politicians are best speakers

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 15, 2017

Which politicians are the best speakers?

To demonstrate how accurate automated speech recognition has become, Trint tested its speech-to-text algorithm on President Donald Trump and 14 other U.S. politicians. United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Senator Chuck Schumer topped the list, while Trump came in at #11. The results generated coverage in outlets including Business Insider, Fox News, Metro, The State, and more.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 15, 2017 at 9:17 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

David Pogue gives Trint a rave review

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 04, 2017


Trint gets a rave review from tech guru David Pogue on Yahoo! News, calling it “a welcome new weapon in the fight against the costly, time-consuming, soul-sucking act of transcribing the human voice.”

Permalink | Posted on May 04, 2017 at 11:19 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Trint in Wired, Quartz, Digital Trends

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 28, 2017

PKPR coordinated a New York City media day for our London-based client Trint, a startup that has created the first automated transcription tool.  Founder Jeff Kofman, a former on-air correspondent for ABC and CBS, met with New York reporters for interviews and demos of the product, which led to highly positive reviews and articles in Wired, Quartz, Digital Trends, Mediashift, and MediaFile.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 28, 2017 at 9:35 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Bernard-Henri Lévy

Bernard-Henri Lévy is a philosopher, activist, and filmmaker. His most recent book, The Genius of Judaism, was published in January 2017 by Random House. New York Times Bestsellers include American Vertigo, Barbarism with a Human Face, and Who Killed Daniel Pearl?

Visit the Bernard-Henri Lévy Website →


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Bernard-Henri Lévy on NPR’s The Takeaway

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 24, 2017


PKPR coordinated an interview today with author Bernard-Henri Lévy on NPR’s The Takeaway today to discuss the French presidential election and the rise of anti-Semitism in the U.S. and France.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 24, 2017 at 8:34 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Bernard-Henri Lévy in Newsweek and Mic

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 21, 2017

On the eve of the first round of the French presidential election this weekend, PKPR coordinated an interview with Bernard-Henri Lévy with Mic co-founder and editor at large Jake Horowitz and placed an op-ed by Lévy in Newsweek - Why I Shall Be Voting for Macron.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 21, 2017 at 8:49 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Bernard-Henri Lévy on CNBC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 30, 2017


Author Bernard-Henri Lévy talks with CNBC about the five empires he says will replace the U.S. and Europe on the global stage.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 30, 2017 at 8:43 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Bernard-Henri Lévy Op-Ed on CNN

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 23, 2017

PKPR placed an op-ed on CNN today by French author and philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy on the Trump administration’s response to the rise in anti-Semitism in the United States.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 23, 2017 at 8:27 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESC Games

ESC Games is the creator of ESC Game Theater, a first-of-its-kind, high-tech venue where up to 30 people play wildly fun, casual games on a massive screen in a room pulsing with lights, special effects, music and energy.

Visit the ESC Games Website →


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BuzzFeed visits ESC Game Theater

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 14, 2017


BuzzFeed visited the ESC Game Theater. Check out the segment that’s received over 109,000 views.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 14, 2017 at 7:51 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Media turnout for ESC Games Night

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 21, 2017


PKPR organized a Happy Hour and Press Preview night to give New York City-based journalists a chance to experience the testing lab for the ESC Game Theater. Along with pizza and beer, 30 journalists and play testers played games like Robot Basketball and Pixel Prison Blues on ESC’s massive screen.

Coverage included a Facebook Live segment by Mashable, video segments by PCMag’s Geek.com and Tom’s Guide, and stories by The Observer and New York Business Journal.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 21, 2017 at 9:51 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fox 5 visits the nation’s first video game theater

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 08, 2016

ESC Game Theater on WNYW FOX New York from ESC Games on Vimeo.

Fox 5’s Mac King came out tonight to the Garden State Plaza Mall to experience the nation’s first video gaming theater.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 08, 2016 at 11:42 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Artiphon

Designed for music lovers of any skill level, the INSTRUMENT 1 plugs into your iPhone, iPad, or laptop, where it pairs with the Artiphon iOS app and hundreds of music-making apps like GarageBand. In just a few seconds you can be tickling piano keys as if you are drumming, or strumming an otherworldly synth.

Visit the Artiphon Website →


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Artiphon: the must-have musical gift of 2016

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 20, 2016

Artiphon Shorts: Carol of the Bells from Artiphon on Vimeo.

This year’s must-have gadget for the music-lover on your list in the Artiphon INSTRUMENT 1, the first-ever instrument that allows you to strum a guitar, bow a violin, tap a piano, beat a drum, and more - all in a single device. 

PKPR secured coverage for INSTRUMENT 1 in some of the best tastemaking guides around - from New York Magazine’s coveted holiday issue and PCMag’s 19 Most Beautiful but Practical Tech Gifts to the Denver Post and the nationally syndicated tech show, The List .

Permalink | Posted on Dec 20, 2016 at 9:53 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Richard Attias & Associates

Richard Attias & Associates is a strategic consulting firm that helps countries strengthen their economies by attracting foreign investment, jobs and other support. Its founder, Richard Attias, produced the World Economic Forum in Davos from 1995 to 2008 and co-founded the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) and the Nobel Laureates Conference.

Visit the Richard Attias & Associates Website →


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Richard Attias discusses G7 Summit on Fox Business

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 11, 2018


Richard Attias appeared on Fox Business today to discuss the fallout from G7 Summit and the North Korea summit in Singapore.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 11, 2018 at 9:54 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Reuters, Crain’s cover women’s leadership initiative

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 02, 2018


More than 100 business leaders from Canada, France, and the United States gathered at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City for the Women in Corporate Leadership Initiative, a conference organized by the Consulates General of Canada and France in New York, the Economic Club of New York and Richard Attias and Associates. Coverage of the event, which focused on initiatives aimed at increasing women in corporate leadership roles, included Reuters, Crain’s New York Business, and Cheddar.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 02, 2018 at 11:44 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Richard Attias launches Global Positive Forum

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 03, 2017

Richard Attias + French economist Jacques Attali are the co-founders of the first-ever Global Positive Forum in Paris on September 1st. More than 1200 global leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron, are expected to attend this conference focused on generating long-term solutions to global challenges. Check out stories in Newsweek and HuffPost World Post.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 03, 2017 at 10:59 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Richard Attias on Bloomberg TV, Fox Business

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 29, 2017


PKPR booked Richard Attias on Bloomberg TV, Bloomberg Radio, and Fox Business Network to discuss the first round of the French presidential election.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 29, 2017 at 10:43 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Quartz: Richard Attias’ Africa 2017 economic forecast

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 09, 2017

Richard Attias, a Moroccan native who has spearheaded nation branding initiatives for African countries including Morocco, Egypt, and Congo, talked with Quartz about which African economies he forecasts will thrive in 2017.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 09, 2017 at 11:12 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

CNN: A plan to enhance security + prevent terrorism

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 05, 2016

PKPR placed this op-ed on CNN today by Richard and Cecilia Attias calling for a large-scale, public-and-private partnership to significantly enhance public safety and security and prevent terrorist attacks.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 05, 2016 at 6:05 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Studs Terkel Radio Archive

The legacy of Studs Terkel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning oral historian and influential broadcaster whose interviews drew insights more relevant than ever from a pantheon of the 20th century’s greatest leaders and thinkers, is being preserved and made accessible for free in The Studs Terkel Radio Archive, an ambitious initiative spearheaded by the WFMT Radio Network. The Chicago organization is part of local station WFMT, which served as Terkel’s professional home for 45 years.

Visit the Studs Terkel Radio Archive Website →


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Studs Terkel Radio Archive Surpasses Kickstarter Goal

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 26, 2016


Thanks in part to a comprehensive PR strategy implement by PKPR, the Studs Terkel Radio Archive raised $87,000 from over 700 backers in a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, surpassing its goal of $75,000.

PKPR’s strategy included offering historic Terkel interviews with guests like Gloria Steinem and Rosa Parks as exclusives to a wide range of outlets. Coverage include Time, Rolling Stone, Quartz, Slate, The Daily Dot, Brain Pickings, OUT, ColorlinesChicagoist, HistoryBuff, and Adweek’s Fishbowl DC.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 26, 2016 at 9:44 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

The Players

Founded in 1888 by actor Edwin Booth and colleagues like Mark Twain, The Players is New York City’s only social club for theatre, television, film, music, and publishing professionals and fans of the arts. Housed in the Booth mansion, a landmark Greek Revival townhouse on Gramercy Park, The Players’ past presidents include Jose Ferrer, Lynn Redgrave, and Timothy Hutton.

Visit the The Players Website →


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The Players celebrate artist Raymond Kinstler

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 23, 2017

The Players celebrated famed portrait artist Raymond Kinstler at one of its legendary Pipe Nights last week. With guests like Tony Bennett and Tom Wolfe it was an “only in New York” night we won’t soon forget. Check out the fantastic photos from the night in The New York Times Scene City and great write-ups in New York Post Page Six, The Observer’s Best Parties of the Week, artnet, and Art Nerd New York.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 23, 2017 at 9:42 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Crain’s New York on The Players’ comeback

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 07, 2016


Crain’s New York goes behind the scenes of The Player’s historic comeback in this week’s issue.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 07, 2016 at 8:22 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Wall Street Journal profiles The Players

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 13, 2016

Check out the fantastic feature in the Wall Street Journal today on the rebirth of The Players, the historic private social club for actors and artists on Gramercy Park.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 13, 2016 at 10:26 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

NYC Gets Inside Look at The Players

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 18, 2016


To introduce a new generation of New Yorkers to The Players, the historic private social club on Gramercy Park, PKPR has been arranging one-on-one tours for some of New York City’s top nightlife and culture tastemaking news outlets. Check out some of the highlights:

- Gothamist: Inside The Players, New York City’s 128-year-old Private Theater Club

- Guest of a Guest: A Look Inside One of New York’s Oldest and Most Theatrical Social Clubs

- Viewing NYC: I Spent an Evening Inside One of Manhattan’s Most Exclusive Private Theater Clubs

- Untapped Cities: The Edwin Booth Bedroom: Preserved in Time at The Players since 1893

Permalink | Posted on May 18, 2016 at 7:56 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

The Players Celebrate’s Clue’s 30th Anniversary

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 14, 2015

The Players celebrated the 30th anniversary of the film “Clue” with an all-star tribute performance honoring Jonathan Lynn, the film’s director and screenwriter, on Sunday, December 13th.

Released in 1985, Clue starred a who’s who of comedy greats including Tim Curry, Michael McKean, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Eileen Brennan, and Martin Mull, and went on to become a cult classic (Buzzfeed hails it as “one of the most beloved films of the 1980s”).

The one-night-only performance at The Players, starting Michael Urie and Zachary Levy, garnered coverage in outlets from People, New York Post, and Playbill to Stage Buddy, Broadway World, and Untapped Cities.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 14, 2015 at 12:30 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moogfest

The world’s most forward-thinking artists, musicians, and technologists—from Grimes, GZA, Miike Snow, Laurie Anderson, and Blood Orange to virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier, transhumanist visionary Dr. Martine Rothblatt, and cyborg artist Neil Harbisson – will be gathering in Durham, North Carolina for Moogfest 2016 this May 19 -22. Celebrating the legacy of Dr. Robert Moog and the influence his inventions have had on how we hear the world, Moogfest is unlike any other festival thanks to an intimate format where many artists not only perform in the evening, but also join panel discussions and lead workshops during the day. The New York Times said: “Moogfest, in its mom-and-pop technosophy and its insistence on immersive experiences in small, comfortable spaces, might have gotten something exactly right.” 

Visit the Moogfest Website →


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Forbes, Discovery News Preview Moogfest

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 18, 2016


With Moogfest set to kick-off May 19th, outlets like Forbes and Discovery took a look at how it is taking the best of traditional music festivals and technology conferences to create an entirely new type of festival experience.

Forbes wrote: “Moogfest stands apart in its ability to converge the intellectual and tactile, letting 30,000 attendees participate in hands-on, immersive events. It offers product demos without feeling like a big ad, making it a destination to display new inventions, collaborations and ideas.”  And Discovery News said “the four-day festival has become a popular destination for fast-forward thinkers across the country and the world.”

Permalink | Posted on May 18, 2016 at 10:03 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

New York Times exclusive on Moogfest

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 16, 2016


PKPR secured an exclusive interview for Dr. Martine Rothblatt, the nation’s highest profile transgender CEO, to discuss her keynote at the North Carolina festival in light of the state’s anti-LGBT “bathroom law.”

Permalink | Posted on May 16, 2016 at 8:42 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Huffington Post: Moogfest Fights NC Anti-LGBT Law

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 02, 2016

Moogfest CEO Adam Katz talked with the Huffington Post about how the Durham-based festival is combatting North Carolina’s anti-LGBT law and taking steps to ensure that all LGBT performers, speakers, and festival-goers are safe and supported at the four-day festival. This year’s festival will feature several notable appearances by trans women including Dr. Martine Rothblatt, founder of Sirius Radio, and hip-hop artist Mykki Blanco.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 02, 2016 at 9:33 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moogfest Press Preview in NYC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 04, 2016


To give New York City-based media a sneak preview of what’s in store for this year’s Moogfest in Durham, North Carolina, PKPR helped organize a press preview event at Ace Hotel New York on February 27th. Journalists from outlets like NPR’s Studio 360, Gizmodo, Quartz, The Verge, Dezeen, Inverse, Vice, and Hyperallergic had a chance to observe a synth building class, meet artists participating in the festival, and experience live performances.

The Verge and Inverse have already posted preview stories on the festival, which takes place May 19-22.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 04, 2016 at 8:13 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Financial Finesse

Financial Finesse helps companies provide unbiased financial coaching and education as a free employee benefit through live workshops, webinars, one-on-one financial counseling sessions and a financial helpline. A pioneer in in the financial wellness movement, Financial Finesse programs reach over 2.4 million employees at over 600 companies including Aetna, Nestle, Viacom, and General Mills,

Visit the Financial Finesse Website →


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Liz Davidson champions new consumer protections

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 08, 2016


Media outlets including USA Today, CBS Moneywatch, AP, and Business Insider turned to Liz Davidson, founder of Financial Finesses, for insight on the Obama administration’s new “fiduciary rule,” which aims to protect consumers by placing new limits on how brokers offer financial advice to people saving for retirement. The new rule was unveiled earlier this week by Secretary of Labor Tom Perez.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 08, 2016 at 6:30 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Financial Finesse profiled in New York Times

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 27, 2016

PKPR secured an in-depth profile in today’s New York Times looking at how Financial Finesse has helped companies like Aetna, the NFL Players Foundation, and The Gilman School offer financial coaching and retirement planning guidance as a free benefit for their employees. The article features interviews with Financial Finesse founder Liz Davidson and executives from those companies discussing how this new workplace benefit has helped both their employees and their companies.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 27, 2016 at 9:22 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Book by Financial Finesse founder wins raves

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 05, 2016


PKPR secured a wide range of coverage for the first book by Financial Finesse founder Liz Davidson - What Your Financial Advisor Isn’t Telling You.

Hightlights included ranged from interviews with The Wall Street Journal and a three-part video series for Money to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, Bankrate, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

 

Permalink | Posted on Feb 05, 2016 at 10:22 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ArtBuilt

ArtBuilt is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit that supports the creative sector in NYC and nationally through three programming initiatives: ArtBuilt Brooklyn provides long-term, affordable workspace for artists and arts-based businesses; ArtHome provides asset-building strategies and financial literacy training for individual artists and creative business people; and ArtBuilt Mobile Studios deliver needed programs and services to under-served communities by providing innovative mobile workspaces to artists, social-service providers, and micro-businesses.

Visit the ArtBuilt Website →


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ArtBuilt Brooklyn on front page of NY Times Arts

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 23, 2019

PKPR placed a major exclusive on the opening of ArtBuilt Brooklyn, the largest non-profit space for affordable, private artist studios to be built in New York City in 20 years, in today’s New York Times. Check out the story and amazing photos: Displaced Artists Open a New Front at the Brooklyn Army Terminal.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 23, 2019 at 7:06 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ArtBuilt on WNYC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 15, 2016

Not one, but two PKPR clients - ArtBuilt and Fractured Atlas - are featured in this great WNYC piece on innovative efforts to create affordable studio and performance space for New York City artists in today’s overheated real estate market.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 15, 2016 at 7:15 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ArtBuilt Mobile Studios Make NYC Debut

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 21, 2015

Skyrocketing studio rental costs is the biggest challenge facing New York City’s creative sector, according to the Center for Urban Future’s Creative New York Report released in June 2015. In the ten neighborhoods most closely associated with art and creativity, rents rose by at least 32 percent from 2000 to 2012.

This summer, ArtBuilt Mobile Studios demonstrated one potential solution to the crisis at the Queens Museum, where two artists participated residencies in the ArtBuilt Mobile Studio. Built at an extremely low price-point, the 8.5 X 19.5 studio on wheels showcases how artists that might never qualify for a commercial lease or even a home loan could potentially own their own workspace for as little as $13,000.

PKPR secured coverage in outlets including The Atlantic’s CityLab (”Forget tiny houses, it’s time for tiny artist studios”), Untapped Cities, Inhabitat, PSFK, and TrendHunter

Permalink | Posted on Aug 21, 2015 at 10:51 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

VuHaus

VuHaus is a non-profit, non-commercial organization comprised of public media’s leading Music Discovery radio stations. The curated national streaming video platform features performances from the studios of these participating stations, and is available via mobile and web.

Visit the VuHaus Website →


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Public Radio Launches Music Video Service & App

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 30, 2015

In public radio stations across the country every day, musicians like Chet Faker, Sylvan Esso, and Alt-J are delivering intimate, jaw-dropping, spine-tingling performances. Now, the best of these in-studio video gems, as well as no-holds-barred artist interviews and must-see live streamed concerts curated from the nation’s most influential public radio stations, can be found under one roof at VuHaus, a new video platform and mobile app for music fans seeking to experience and discover the best new artists and songs.

PKPR handled the launch of Vuhuaus, securing coverage in wide range of music including CMJ, International Business Times, Music Times, Adweek, AppAdvice, TechHive, Radio Ink, Current, Talking New Media, Indie Music, and RAIN News.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 30, 2015 at 11:24 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Hudson Square Connection

The Hudson Square Connection (HSC) is the Business Improvement District (BID) for the Hudson Square neighborhood, bounded by Canal street on the south, Houston street on the north, 6th Avenue on the east and Greenwich street on the west. Our mission, in part, is to put Hudson Square on the map by capturing the spirit of innovation that is thriving in the commercial spaces and bringing that energy into the public realm.

The Hudson Square neighborhood is home to more than 50,000 people working in more than 1,000 firms in advertising, design, media, communications and other cutting edge businesses.  Our daytime population is estimated to be almost 70,000 people.  We are adjacent to the densely populated neighborhoods of Soho, the West Village and Tribeca.


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Hudson Square Goes 3D

By Morghan Kusch

Jun. 19, 2015

This two-day event in Lower Manhattan’s Hudson Square neighborhood showcased its evolution from New York City’s historic printing district to a fast-growing hub for tech and design. Highlights included comedian Todd Barry headlining a panel on the podcasting boom, a free workshop where you could learn to compose music with modular synthesizers, an evening of rapid-fire talks with top designers, and live 3D printing of objects like benches and bird houses in lobbies across the neighborhood.

PKPR secured coverage from The New York Times, New York Daily News, Metro New York, 6sqft, DNAinfo, Downtown Magazine, New York Business Journal, am New York, and a special feature by Untapped Cities highlighting the history of Hudson Square’s historic buildings.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 19, 2015 at 10:45 AM by Morghan Kusch

Vintage Live

Vintage Live is the world’s most interactive musical revue. Showman Gregory Charles uses technology not as a gimmick but as a means to collect and monitor audience requests, data, and feedback in real-time to create a completely original and uniquely crowd-pleasing musical experience every night. The show makes it U.S. debut in New York City in it’s 800-person, state-of-the-art, pop-up theater from April 1 - May 2, 2015.

Visit the Vintage Live Website →


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Vintage Live on WPIX-TV

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 24, 2015


Andrew Ramos from WPIX-TV visits Vintage Live and perfectly captures what this incredibly unique musical experience is all about.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 24, 2015 at 10:47 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Vintage Live Wows NYC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 17, 2015


Vintage Live, the world’s most interactive, all-request musical revue, made its U.S. debut in New York City in a state-of-the-art, pop-up theater on Pier 97 earlier this month to rave reviews.  Highlights include:

“A human jukebox. This guys knows more songs than Spotify. Well, almost.”
New York Daily News

“One of April’s five best Off Broadway shows.”
- Huffington Post Arts

“The creativity is in the presentation as much as the music itself, making for an extreme rarity: a cover band that plays with genuine originality.”
The Wall Street Journal

“Request your favorite tunes and see if you can stump the man who says he can play anything in the American songbook – and beyond.”
NY1

“Vintage Live is electrifying fun.”
- Broadway World

“A one-of-a-kind musical experience.”
- Flavorpill

“We suggest grabbing a date and a pair of tickets tout de suite.”
- Inside Hook

Permalink | Posted on Apr 17, 2015 at 11:56 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Global Spa & Wellness Summit

The Global Spa & Wellness Summit (GSWS) is an international organization representing senior executives and leaders joined by a common interest in driving economic development and understanding of the spa and wellness industries. Delegates from diverse sectors, including hospitality, tourism, health and wellness, beauty, finance, medical, real estate, manufacturing and technology attend the organization’s annual Summit, which is held in a different host country each year and attracts attendees from over 45 countries. 

Visit the Global Spa & Wellness Summit Website →


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Media turn out for spa & wellness study briefing

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 06, 2014

PKPR organized a press briefing to announce new research from the Global Spa & Wellness Summit which found that the global spa and wellness industry is now worth an estimated $3.4 trillion.

More than 30 journalists attended the briefing resulting in coverage in outlets including Reuters, Yahoo! News, Business Insider, Quartz, Upstart Business Journal, Skift, and Travel Market Report.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 06, 2014 at 7:40 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Springboard for the Arts

Springboard for the Arts cultivates vibrant neighborhoods by connecting artists with the skills, resources, and opportunities they need to not only make a living but to make positive change in their communities. Through innovative programs like CSAs (Community Supported Art), Artists’ Health Fairs, Irrigate, and Ready Go, Springboard to the Arts helps communities collaborate with artists to solve local economic, social, and cultural challenges.  Its national initiative, Creative Exchange, enables communities everywhere to replicate Springboard for the Arts’ flagship programs as well as proven projects from across the country that mobilize the powerful, creative force of artists to build stronger cities.  Springboard for the Arts is based in St. Paul and Fergus Falls, Minnesota.

Visit the Springboard for the Arts Website →


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Using art for urban planning

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 22, 2017

Cities looking to engage the public in urban planning are ditching traditional town meetings in favor of eye-catching, artist-designed tools like a mobile sign shop, a really big table, transportable photo studio with built-in darkrooms, and a pop-up ping pong table.

It’s all part of Ready/Go, an online marketplace created by Springboard for the Arts where local governments, organizations and community groups can hire artists who have created whimsical art installations designed to engage people in conversations and interaction. 

PKPR secured coverage for the innovative program in a range of outlets including Governing Magazine, CityLab, and PSFK

Permalink | Posted on Dec 22, 2017 at 9:38 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Springboard highlights NEA’s rural impact

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 02, 2017

With the Trump administration proposing to eliminate funding for the National Endowment of the Arts, Springboard for the Arts wanted to help shape the national debate by highlighting how a $25,000 NEA grant helped a struggling rural Minnesota community leverage 10 times that amount in new private investments ($1.2 million) for an innovative artist-led economic development program.

PKPR placed in depth stories on Springboard’s powerful NEA case study in outlets including ThinkProgress, Vice’s Creators, and The Art Newspaper.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 02, 2017 at 11:47 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fast Company profiles Creative Exchange

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 20, 2016

Check out this amazing profile of Creative Exchange in Fast Company.

Permalink | Posted on May 20, 2016 at 10:14 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Creative Exchange launches Work of Art

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 12, 2016


Aiming to give artists the entrepreneurial skills they need to make a living and a life in the arts, Creative Exchange launched WORK OF ART, a free workbook and video series that guides artists of all disciplines through every facet of building a successful and sustainable career.

PKPR secured secured interviews with Creative Exchange founder Laura Zabel in Forbes (”How Entrepreneurship Can Save Starving Artists”), Backstage, Black Enterprise, and Metro New York and coverage in a wide range of arts industry outlets from Music Connection Magazine to Photo District News to Dance Magazine.

 

Permalink | Posted on Feb 12, 2016 at 11:53 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Creative Exchange in Quartz, DIY Network

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 10, 2015

Over the summer, PKPR has placed stories in outlets from Quartz to DIY Network to Food Republic on how Creative Exchange is helping communities nationwide replicate Community Supported Art programs.  The program is modeled after Community Supported Agriculture, but instead of buying a share to receive produce from a local farm, shareholders receive boxes of original art made by local artists.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 10, 2015 at 10:30 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Creative Exchange Op-Ed in The Guardian

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 13, 2015

PKPR worked closely with Laura Zabel of Creative Exchange to develop and place an op-ed by her in The Guardian. Her column looks at 7 case studies from around the world where artists are leading innovative community and economic development projects. The piece has already been shared more than 2,100 times in just 24 hours.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 13, 2015 at 10:55 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Creative Exchange Launches

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 14, 2014

Dedicated to helping communities mobilize the creative force of artists to solve local challenges, Creative Exchange was launched last month by St. Paul-based Springboard for the Arts. Creative Exchange offers free toolkits, consultation, and networking to help communities collaborate with artists in replicating programs that creatively address economic, social, and cultural issues.

PKPR secured coverage for the launch in outlets like Next City, CitiScope, Shareable, The Art Newspaper Human Transit, Better Cities & Towns, and This Big City.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 14, 2014 at 9:48 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Third Street Music School Settlement

Founded in 1894, Third Street Music School Settlement is the nation’s oldest community music school. Instrumental in helping to establish community arts education in the United States, it has been changing lives and its community by providing access to world-class music and dance instruction to students of all ages and backgrounds, regardless of ability or economic circumstances. Today its East Village location and in-school programs serve nearly 5,000 students, with more than 75 percent benefiting from need-based financial aid, merit-based scholarships, and free or low-cost instruction.

Visit the Third Street Music School Settlement Website →


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Third Street profiled by WPIX-TV

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 23, 2015


Third Street Music School Settlement was profiled in this week’s “It’s a ‘G’ Thing” segment on WPIX-TV

Permalink | Posted on Dec 23, 2015 at 8:52 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Meet’s NYC’s real School of Rock

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 07, 2015

With the musical School of Rock opening on Broadway last night, we invited to am New York to meet New York City’s very own kid rock ‘n’ roll bands at the Third Street Music School in New York City. Check out the story in today’s paper.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 07, 2015 at 6:23 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Third Street on NBC New York

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 18, 2015


For National Music in Our Schools Month, Third Street Music School Settlement was featured in a live studio segment on NBC New York. Executive Director Valerie Lewis discussed how Third Street, currently celebrating its 120th anniversary, brings music instruction into 24 schools throughout New York City. Don’t miss student Hale Sheffield performing one of her original songs at the end of the segment!

Permalink | Posted on Mar 18, 2015 at 8:36 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Third Street in Metro New York

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 19, 2015

How do you get to Carnegie Hall?

Practice. Practice. Practice.

In today’s Metro New York, the staff at Third Street Music School Settlement shares their best tips on how parents can make practicing music more fun for their kids.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 19, 2015 at 8:10 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

NYC Institutions Celebrate 120th Anniversaries

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 22, 2014

Two New York City institutions and neighbors – Veniero’s Bakery and Third Street Music School Settlement – celebrated their 120th anniversaries with caroling by Third Street students and free cookies created especially for the historic milestone by Veniero’s.

Time Out New York, Metro, DNAinfo, EV Grieve, Bedford + Bowery, and Untapped Cities were among the outlets covering the festivities.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 22, 2014 at 12:03 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI Design

ESI Design logo

Founded by interactive pioneer Edwin Schlossberg, ESI Design is an experiential design firm that has been redefining engagement for over 35 years. From its roots transforming the Brooklyn Children’s Museum to its current work with leading institutions and brands like The Edward M. Kennedy Institute, Barclays, Reuters, and PNC Bank, ESI integrates cutting-edge technology, digital media, art, and physical design to create environments that inspire audiences to meet, network, learn, collaborate, and be entertained and delighted.

Visit the ESI Design Website →


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ESI Design in Next City

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 07, 2020

Next City takes a close look at how PNC Bank tapped ESI Design to transform a former dry cleaners in Cleveland into a thriving community hub.

Permalink | Posted on May 07, 2020 at 5:30 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI Design on The Weather Channel

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 15, 2019

PKPR secured an appearance on The Weather Channel for ESI Design founder Ed Schlossberg to discuss a massive light-art installation that draws on local weather data to create abstract light patterns that recall sunlight rippling through trees, rain falling, and clouds scudding across the sky. The installation at Chicago’s 35-story skyscraper at 151 North Franklin turns the concrete wall that once made the outdoor terrace feel narrow and cramped into an urban oasis.

Other coverage highlights include Curbed, NBC Chicago, Dexigner, Art Critique, SEGD, and AV Magazine.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 15, 2019 at 7:20 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Raves for new Statue of Liberty Museum

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 31, 2019

The new Statue of Liberty Museum, with exhibits created by experience design studio ESI Design, officially opened on May 16th.

PKPR helped coordinate several press tours for design, architecture, and arts media, resulting in over 50 stories that highlighted ESI Design’s work, over 70 percent of which quoted ESI Design founder Edwin Schlossberg or other ESI spokespersons.

Highlights included the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, WNYC, Business Insider, Metropolis, Architectural Digest, Slate, My Modern Met, New York Post, Fast Company, Quartz, Untapped Cities, 6sqft, and Dexigner.

Permalink | Posted on May 31, 2019 at 6:09 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI Design and the new Statue of Liberty Museum

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 19, 2018

ESI Design is designing the exhibits for the new Statue of Liberty Museum, opening in May 2019. PKPR helped organize a series of preview tours for design and architecture press during the museum’s construction. Coverage has included Architectural Digest, designboom, Curbed, Culture Trip, Untapped Cities, 6sqft, and A Daily Dose of Architecture.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 19, 2018 at 7:57 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Schlossberg on Buckminster Fuller in Metropolis

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 17, 2018


As a result of PKPR’s outreach, Metropolis Magazine published an article by ESI Design founder Edwin Schlossberg on how his collaboration with Buckminster Fuller in the late 1960s continues to shape his groundbreaking work in the field of experience design.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 17, 2018 at 6:36 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI’s Schlossberg on Design Matters

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 05, 2018

Put on your earphones and listen to this fascinating interview with ESI Design founder Edwin Schlossberg on Design Matters with Debbie Millman.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 05, 2018 at 6:45 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI in Engadget, Designboom

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 31, 2018

515 North State Street, Chicago, for Beacon Capital Partners, by ESI Design from ESI Design on Vimeo.

Engadget, Designboom, Web Urbanist, Interesting Engineering, and Urdesign take a look at how ESI Design reimagines the traditional office lobby by using algorithms to create trippy art that is wowing workers and visitors alike.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 31, 2018 at 9:59 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI Design in Rolling Stone

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 30, 2017

Starting with creating games for pocket calculators more than 40 years,  Ed Schlossberg of ESI Design has been obsessed with developing games that large groups of people can play together in the same space. PKPR placed an op-ed by Ed in Rolling Stone discussing his lifelong passion and what it means for the future of gaming.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 30, 2017 at 12:20 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI on NY1

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 01, 2017


New York City streets and parks served as a giant testing ground for ESI Design at it tried out its newest games at this past weekend’s outdoor extravaganza, the Come Out & Play Festival.

NY1’s Roger Clark broadcast live from Dumbo all morning, where Clark got a chance to play ESI’s games like Revenge of the Third Rail and Tough Bubbler. See more coverage in outlets from am New York to Brooklyn Reporter.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 01, 2017 at 3:59 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI Design transforms eBay Campus

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 13, 2017

Main Street at eBay Headquarters by ESI Design from ESI Design on Vimeo.

When eBay spun off PayPal, the company wanted a new, forward-thinking approach to its brand identity. eBay engaged ESI Design to create a 20,000-square-foot central building called Main Street on its Silicon Valley campus that would serve as the company’s new front door.

PKPR secured a byline on the vision behind the eBay design in Work Design Magazine (”The Workplace is the new Corporate Communications Platform”) and stories in Contract Magazine, BisNow (”How New Tech HQs are Redefining Office”), Building Design + Construction, Dexigner, and SEGD.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 13, 2017 at 7:53 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI Design makeover electrifies Denver

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 19, 2016

Wells Fargo Center, Denver, by ESI Design from ESI Design on Vimeo.


3,600 birds flock in ever-changing flight patterns. 8-story-high waterfalls cascade. And 86-feet-tall trees sway—all inside the lobby of this office building in downtown Denver.It’s all part of a jaw-dropping makeover by ESI Design for the Wells Fargo Center owned by Beacon Capital. Denver’s third tallest skyscraper, the Wells Fargo Center was designed by legendary architect Philip Johnson in 1983. The centerpiece of the renovation is an eight-story digital installation in the building’s glass atrium, which is wowing visitors and drawing crowds to the once somber office lobby.

Coverage highlights include Slate, The Denver Post, Colorado Public Radio, PSFK, New Atlas, SEEKER, Confluence Denver, Building Design + Construction, INSIDER Design, and Colorado Real Estate Journal.
 

Permalink | Posted on Aug 19, 2016 at 11:45 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI Design Goes Viral!

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 26, 2016

Terrell Place, Washington DC, by ESI Design from ESI Design on Vimeo.


An office lobby in Washington, DC is going viral thanks to news coverage from around the world that PKPR secured for ESI Design.

A dazzling, 1700-square-foot, motion-activated mural in the lobby of Terrell Place has been covered in outlets from Slate and Architzer to DCist and Washingtonian and in countries as far-flung as Israel and Russia..  A video of the installation by Tech Insider has been viewed over 1 million times to date. ESI’s own video of the installation has been viewed over 40,000 times to date, making it by ESI’s most watched video of all time.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 26, 2016 at 9:48 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI Design on MSNBC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 22, 2016

For Earth Day 2016, MSNBC profiled ESI Design’s work on The Beacon at The Tower at PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh, considered the greenest office building in the world.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 22, 2016 at 10:45 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

“A Dazzling, Data-Driven Showstopper”

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 28, 2015

The greenest office tower in the world, The Tower at PNC Plaza, opened in Pittsburgh, PA earlier this month,  One of its most groundbreaking innovations is how it engages with employees to communicate the invisible things that the building is doing behind the scenes to conserve energy and water – and the role that employees can play in maximizing the building’s efficiency.

The communication is all done through a soaring, 24-foot-high installation in the Tower’s lobby that uses real-time data from the building to reveal how the building is performing through light, color, and sound patterns. It’s been hailed as a “dazzling, data-driven showstopper” by MNN (Mother Nature Network) and received coverage in outlets from Slate to Architect Magazine.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 28, 2015 at 11:57 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI’s Ed Schlossberg Profiled in WSJ

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 16, 2015

On the heels of the opening of new exhibits and experience design projects for The Edward M. Kennedy Institute and the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration, ESI Design founder Ed Schlossberg is profiled in today’s The Wall Street Journal - “A Designer’s Creation: His Own Career.”

Permalink | Posted on Jun 16, 2015 at 8:36 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI Design profiled in Engadget

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 14, 2015

Engadget goes behind-the-scenes with the ESI Design team for a video tour of the design and technology behind the exhibits at the new Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration opening on May 20th.

Permalink | Posted on May 14, 2015 at 12:49 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI Design profiled by CBS This Morning

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 27, 2015

CBS This Morning aired a fantastic profile on ESI Design that’s been over two months in the works.

For a look at how ESI Design is at the forefront of using LEDs to transform formerly overlooked office buildings, correspondent David Begnaud visited the ESI offices in NYC for interviews and tours, as well as two of its projects in Chicago. The result is a definitive look at how ESI Design is setting the benchmark for experience design.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 27, 2015 at 8:19 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI Work For Kennedy Institute Wins Praise

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 06, 2015

President Obama officially opened the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston last week.  PKPR client ESI Design created the Institute’s interactive exhibits and visitor experience, which includes a program that allows up to 100 people to “play” Senators-in-Training in a full-scale recreation of the U.S. Senate Chamber.

The firm’s innovative work won praise from influential design outlets and columnists including Fast Company (”In This Museum, You Don’t Learn About Senators. You Are a Senator”), Quartz (”Ted Kennedy’s Institute Lets Visitors Play Senator For A Day”), and Slate (”Kennedy Institute Combines Cutting-Edge Tech With A Full-Scale Senate Replica”).

Permalink | Posted on Apr 06, 2015 at 6:57 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Slate Looks at How ESI Reimagines Old Buildings

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 23, 2015

Slate’s design Kristin Hohenadel today took a big picture look at how ESI Design is re-imagining old office buildings for the 21st century using massive light-art installations, digital media experiences, interactive technology, and more.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 23, 2015 at 11:02 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

ESI Design in Architectural Digest

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 31, 2014

How do you transform a Brutalist mass of concrete into a vibrant property that appeals to Boston’s growing tech industry?  Architectural Digest take a look ESI Design’s makeover for the lobby of I.M. Pei‘s iconic 177 Huntington tower on the Christian Science Plaza in Boston.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 31, 2014 at 10:28 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

POBA | Where the Arts Live

POBA is a program of the James Kirk Bernard Foundation, a nonprofit organization created to honor the artistic interests of Jamie Bernard, a young writer and artist (1987- 2010).  POBA empowers heirs, estates, publishers, and representatives to preserve a deceased artist’s creative legacy and make it accessible for new audiences to discover and experience their work.

Visit the POBA | Where the Arts Live Website →


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POBA confirms it’s a Basquiat!

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 18, 2017

PKPR secured an exclusive with ARTnews, the oldest and most widely circulated art magazine in the world, on how POBA helped a New Jersey single mom navigate the complex art world and confirm that she was indeed the owner of an authenticated drawing by Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 18, 2017 at 10:26 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

POBA on NPR, Time, Rolling Stone, NY Mag

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 28, 2017

When paparazzo Gene Spatz died in 2003, he left behind a trove of more than 50,000 stunning photos of New York City street life, culture and nightlife in the 1970s and 80s. His two sisters wanted to preserve his remarkable legacy and make it available to the public, but had no idea how or where to start. POBA worked with his sisters to preserve his archive and create permanent galleries where his work could be seen by future generations.

PKPR placed stories on POBA’s work for Spatz in Time, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, Artsy, and Closer Weekly Magazine and secured a fantastic segment on NPR’s Here and Now.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 28, 2017 at 7:32 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

POBA on PBS NewsHour’s Arts Beat

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 26, 2016


POBA is featured on PBS NewsHour’s Arts Beat in a fantastic segment looking at how it helps give unsung artists the attention they didn’t get in their lifetimes.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 26, 2016 at 11:28 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

An online “museum” for artists lost to AIDS

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 03, 2015

Fashion designer Patrick Kelly, artist Martin Wong, and disco legend Sylvester are among the inaugural artists – both famous and unknown – exhibited in a new online gallery dedicated to preserving the creative legacies of artists lost to AIDS. The initiative was launched by POBA today to coincide with World AIDS Day 2015. Recognizing that the works of many artists who died in the early years of the crisis in the 1980s and 1990s were created before digital preservation was possible, the initiative, Art Lives, also enables families and friends to digitally preserve and share the artworks of their loved ones in a permanent gallery.

PKPR secured extensive launch day coverage in a wide range of major outlets including Slate (”The Work of Artists Lost AIDS Lives On”), Vice’s The Creators Project, Quartz, Huffington Post, HyperAllergic, OUT, WWD, The Daily Dot, MR Magazine, DuJour, and Untapped Cities.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 03, 2015 at 10:24 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

POBA founder profiled by NPR Aspen

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 18, 2015

Listen to this wonderful segment on Aspen Public Radio featuring interviews with family members discussing how POBA helped them preserve the creative legacies of their deceased loved ones.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 18, 2015 at 11:33 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Major POBA Feature in New York Times (Again)

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 13, 2015


For the second time in less than eight months, PKPR secured a half-page feature story on POBA in The New York Times.

Today’s article in The New York Times tells the remarkable story of how POBA is helping to archive and preserve over 1000 letters written between a New Jersey couple - Sandy and Hy Schulman - during World War II.

Read more about the letters in The Star Ledger and watch the interview with 92-year old Sandy Schulman above.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 13, 2015 at 11:45 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

POBA in Star Ledger

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 12, 2015

Wonderful story in today’s Star Ledger on how POBA - Where The Arts Live is helping to archive and preserve over 1000 letters written between a New Jersey couple during World War II.

Permalink | Posted on May 12, 2015 at 11:42 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Major POBA feature in New York Times

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 20, 2014

POBA is featured in almost full page article in today’s New York Times in a story by Paul Sullivan on what heirs and estates should do when left with the artwork of a deceased loved one. The article features interviews with POBA founder Sallie Bernard, POBA developer Jennifer Cohen, and the families of several artists featured on POBA including Jaye Smith and Janie Tippet.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 20, 2014 at 3:12 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

New Republic, HuffPo, ArtNet cover POBA launch

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 23, 2014

Last week, PKPR helped launch POBA | Where the Arts Live, a new not-for-profit initiative of the James Kirk Bernard Foundation that provides support and an online platform for preserving, displaying, and promoting the art of talented deceased artists, both known and unknown.

PKPR secured launch coverage in a wide range of general interest and arts outlets including The New Republic, Huffington Post, ArtNet, HyperAllergic, USA Today, Flavorwire, Brain Pickings, Dazed, Dangerous Minds, and Animal New York

Permalink | Posted on Jul 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

digitalundivided

digitalundivided produces programs and events aimed at increasing the number of women of color in the tech industry, including FOCUS, the world’s most diverse tech conference (over 80 percent of speakers are women and/or people of color). Speakers confirmed for the conference this October in NYC include FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and Facebook Head of Global Diversity Maxine Williams. It was founded by entrepreneur Kathryn Finney, who was named a Champion of Change by the White House for her leadership in breaking down barriers in the tech industry.

Visit the digitalundivided Website →


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BIG Demo Day in Atlanta

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 27, 2017

digitalundivided presents The BIG Demo Day 2016 powered by Capital One from digitalundivided on Vimeo.


Six high-growth tech startups led by Black and Latina women made their case for capital at the first-ever demo day hosted by digitalundivided’s BIG, the ambitious new accelerator program dedicated to growing startups founded by female entrepreneurs of color.

Coverage of the event included NPR-Atlanta (WABE-FM), NBC-Atlanta’s Tech City, Startup Southener, and Black Enterprise.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 27, 2017 at 9:14 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

digitalundivided on Bloomberg Television

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 10, 2014


PKPR booked digitalundivided founder Kathryn Finney on Bloomberg TV’s Bottom Line today to discuss what her organization is doing to increase the number of women of color working in the tech industry.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 10, 2014 at 9:54 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

“The conference trying to crack tech’s race problem”

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 09, 2014

With the lack of diversity in the tech industry dominating the headlines, media turned out in full force for Focus 2014. Many of the articles highlighted how Focus is leading efforts to bring more women and people of color into the industry with a Wired headline hailing Focus as “the conference that’s trying to crack tech’s race problem.”

Other highlights included Inc.com, Adweek, Bustle, Metro New York, PandoDaily, Upstart, New York Business Journal, and MadameNoire

Permalink | Posted on Oct 09, 2014 at 12:27 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

digitalundivided and MC Hammer wow Detroit

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 15, 2014

Fox 2 News Headlines

As part of it works to increase diversity in the tech industry, digitalundivided brought hip hop legend and tech investor MC Hammer to Detroit last week to discuss tech, startups, and the future of entrepreneurship in the black community.

Coverage included Fox TV Detroit, Detroit Free Press, Xconomy Detroit, CBS Detroit, Detroit 143, WXYZ-TV, Crain’s Detroit Business, and MichiganLive

Permalink | Posted on Sep 15, 2014 at 7:46 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Kathryn Finney on NPR, Businessweek

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 28, 2014


In the wake of Twitter last week revealing that African-Americans and Latinos account for less 9% of its global workforce, PKPR reached out to major media to secure interviews with digitalundivided founder Kathryn Finney,  who was named a Champion of Change by the White House for her leadership in breaking down barriers in the tech industry.

Coverage so far has included a segment on NPR’s Marketplace, an interview with Businessweek, SocialTimes, and a profile in PandoDaily with the headline: “We can all complain about diversity in tech…or we can do something about it like Kathryn Finney.”

Permalink | Posted on Jul 28, 2014 at 11:54 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

The Ally Coalition

The Ally Coalition was founded by members of the band FUN. (Jack Antonoff, Nate Ruess, and Andrew Dost) and designer Rachel Antonoff to raise funds for local LGBTQ groups across the country. 

Visit the The Ally Coalition Website →


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Stars Take Stage for Ally Coalition Benefit

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 04, 2014


Jack Antonoff (Bleachers, Fun.), Lena Dunham, Ingrid Michaelson, Janeane Garafolo, Lake Street Dive, Wyatt Cenac, Andrew McMahon, and Lucius were among the headliners at The Ally Coalition Talent Show benefiting LGBTQ homeless youth in New York City last night.

Coverage of the benefit included MTV, Time Out New York, Metro, New York Times, New York Post Page 6, New York Observer, Village Voice, New York Daily News, Flavorpill, AfterEllen, JoonBug, and JamBands.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 04, 2014 at 9:28 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Broad City Stars Shine at Ally Coalition Benefit

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 01, 2014

Broad City stars Abby Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, W. Kamau Bell, The Daily Show’s Michael Che, Cameron Esposito, Carrie Keagan, and more turned out last week for Uncivil Union presented by The Ally Coalition, which was founded by members of the band FUN. (Jack Antonoff, Nate Ruess, and Andrew Dost) and designer Rachel Antonoff to raise funds for local LGBTQ groups across the country. 

PKPR positioned the event as one of the highlights of New York City’s Gay Pride Week, securing critics picks in The New York Times, Time Out New York, Village Voice, Flavorpill, and Go, as well as coverage in BrooklynVegan, Metro, GAYLETTER, Edge New York, and PureWow.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 01, 2014 at 11:05 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Advertising Age

Advertising Age is recognized as the leading global source of news, analysis and inspiration for the marketing and media community. Advertising Age includes ongoing coverage of strategic topics for marketers from mid to large companies complemented by breaking news and a database of the world’s best creative.

Visit the Advertising Age Website →


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Ad Age on Bloomberg TV, CBS

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 16, 2015


Advertising Age this week published its list of the most influential ad campaigns of the 21st century so far, led by Dove’s 2004 “Real Beauty” campaign, which challenged social norms and sparked a worldwide conversation around the idea of female attractiveness.

PKPR booked managing editor Natalie Zmuda on CBS This Morning and Bloomberg TV and secured coverage in outlets from Fox Business to Forbes to The Frisky.

 

Permalink | Posted on Jan 16, 2015 at 9:38 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Gawker Media Group

Gawker Media is the publisher of some of the best loved titles on the web including the eponymous Gawker and gadget sensation Gizmodo.

Visit the Gawker Media Group Website →


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Gizmodo Home of the Future in NYC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 26, 2014

Last week, New Yorkers got a chance to experience how they will live, work, and play in the not-so-distant future at the Gizmodo Home of the Future, a free exhibition in Soho showcasing the design, ideas, and technology set to redefine urban dwelling - from a telepresence robot that can beam you into an office meeting when working remotely from home to a vertical garden tower for growing vegetables indoors to a biodegradable (and edible) cup.

PKPR organized a media preview event for the exhibit, attended by over 20 journalists, as well as one-on-one tours with media outlets and Gizmodo editors.

Coverage highlights included: Business Insider, Associated Press TV, ABC News, New York Daily News, WPIX-TV, Fox 5 NY TV,  MTV, Inhabitat, International Business Times, US News & World Report, Metro, Dexigner, Flavorpill, Mother Nature Network, and Untapped Cities.

Permalink | Posted on May 26, 2014 at 6:32 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Studio@Gawker Contest Goes Viral

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 23, 2014

 

What would you create if you had unlimited access to Pringles crisps and cans?

As part of a competition, Studio@Gawker asked Brooklyn arts collective Fall on Your Sword to let their imagination run wild…and the results are two mouth-watering pop art masterpieces: a fully-functioning pipe organ made of nearly 250 Pringles canisters and a chandelier consisting of 150 silver-colored casts of Pringles crisps.

PKPR helped turn the jaw-dropping art works into an online hit securing coverage in Yahoo! News, Food Network, PSFK, MAKE: Neatorama, Laughing Squid, designboom, TrendHunter, Junk Culture, Creative Blog, Food Republic, and TV stations from Salt Lake to Cincinnati.

 

Permalink | Posted on Apr 23, 2014 at 11:09 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Let It Ripple

Let It Ripple’s mission is to use film, technology, discussion materials, and live and virtual events to engage people in conversation and action around complicated subjects that are shaping our lives, and updating these topics through an engaging, accessible, 21st-century lens. Over the past ten years, the team has created and distributed 28 films, engaged more than 50 million people in dialogue, and created a new way of making films called “cloud filmmaking,” where films are made collaboratively with people from all over the world and organize global days of screening, conversation and action. Helmed by Tiffany Shlain, Emmy-nominated filmmaker, thought leader and founder of The Webby Awards, Shlain has had four films premiere at Sundance, has won more than 80 awards, and has had four of her films selected by The U.S. State Department to screen at embassies around the world to foster dialogue across borders.

Visit the Let It Ripple Website →


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Character Day in Parents, EdSurge

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 30, 2019

For the past ten years, Character Day co-founder Tiffany Shlain, her husband, and her two kids (16 and 10) have unplugged from their devices every Saturday. In her new book 24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books), Shlain chronicles how the weekly tech break changed their lives, giving them more time, productivity, connection, and presence. Taking place in classrooms and schools nationwide each year, Character Day focuses on helping students develop character strengths like grit and gratitude. This year’s Character Day on Friday, September 27, will culminate with students nationwide turning off their screens for 24 hours, with the goal of continuing it on a weekly basis.

PKPR secured coverage for this year’s Character Day and Tiffany’s book in a range of outlets including a feature in the print issue of Parents Magazine and stories in outlets from EdSurge (”Can putting away devices build character?”) to Mommy Nearest (”Here’s how your family can go screen-free for one day a week”).

Permalink | Posted on Sep 30, 2019 at 11:18 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

50/50 Day on NowThis

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 02, 2018

Two NowThis videos on 50/50 Day, a global day of action and conversation about gender equality on April 26, 2018, garnered over 120,000 views in just two days. The videos included one on the mission of 50/50 Day and another featuring an interview with Jada Pinkett Smith, who participated in 50/50 Day’s live webcast.

Permalink | Posted on May 02, 2018 at 4:24 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

50/50 Day co-founder pens CNN op-ed

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 08, 2018

50/50 Day co-founder Tiffany Shlain penned an op-ed for CNN on how schools, news media, and entertainment industry have failed to tell the full history of women leaders.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 08, 2018 at 5:41 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Science of Character premieres at 1500 schools

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 28, 2014


As part of the first annual global Character Day, more than 1,500 schools and organizations from 38 countries and all 50 U.S. states last week hosted the global premiere of filmmaker Tiffany Shlain’s new film THE SCIENCE OF CHARACTER. Promoted by U.S Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last week, Character Day is organized by Let it Ripple: Mobile Films for Global Change in partnership with an array of organizations including U.S. Department of State, Commonsense Media, The Bezos Family Foundation, and The Aspen Institute.

Coverage of the premiere ranged from PBS Newshour, Fast Company, and Politico to Scientific American, Psychology Today, and The Intelligent Optimist to local outlets like San Francisco’s KQED, The NJ Star Ledger, and the Austin American Statesman.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 28, 2014 at 12:06 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Tiffany Shlain on MSNBC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 10, 2014


PKPR booked filmmaker Tiffany Shlain on MSNBC to discuss the National Day of Unplugging and how her family takes a weekly break from technology in what she calls a “technology shabbat.”

Tiffany also explored her weekly digital detox in her AOL series “The Future Starts Here,” which has garnered more than 20 million views to date. Check out the episode below.


Permalink | Posted on Mar 10, 2014 at 11:28 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Writers Guild Awards

The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional, and graphic animation categories. The awards are presented by the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), which are labor unions representing writers in motion pictures, television, cable, digital media, and broadcast news.

Visit the Writers Guild Awards Website →


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Tina Fey, Seth Meyers at The Writers Guild Awards

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 24, 2017

 

PKPR once again managed publicity for the annual Writers Guild Awards in New York City. More than 40 media outlets lined the red carpet to photograph and interview nominees, presenters, and honorees like Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, John Waters, Danielle Brooks, and David Harbour.

Coverage highlights included The New York Times, People, Vanity Fair, TV Guide, Variety, NYMag’s Vulture, Bustle, New York Daily News, The A.V. Club, The Mary Sue, Out, International Business Times, and Backstage.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 24, 2017 at 10:13 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

PKPR @ The 66th Annual Writers Guild Awards

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 04, 2014

PKPR managed the red carpet for the 66th Annual Writers Guild Awards in New York City on February 1st.  Over 30 photographers, 20 print and online reporters, and seven television crews lined the red carpet for interviews with nominees like Beau Willimon (House of Cards), Ethan Hawke (Before Midnight), Danny Strong (The Butler) and presenters like Kerri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Kate Mulgrew, and Archie Punjabi.

Coverage highlights included New York Times, New York Magazine, People, Huffington Post, Hollywood Reporter, The Wrap, The Better Show, Complex TV, Showbiz 411, and Playbill.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 04, 2014 at 10:35 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Guitar Mash

Guitar Mash is a nonprofit initiative that celebrates the communal and social power of the guitar. Proceeds from the event will support Guitar Mash in creating opportunities for guitarists of all abilities, ages and cultures to play together,

Visit the Guitar Mash Website →


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Celebs + 150 guitarists perform at Guitar Mash Benefit

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 22, 2013

Top Chef’s Tom Colicchio, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, The Roots’ Captain Kirk Douglas and former Saturday Night Live bandleader G.E. Smith were among the celebrities who joined over 150 guitarists at the 2nd annual Guitar Mash Benefit Concert, a massive six-string symphony and sing-along at Manhattan’s City Winery on November 17th.

Coverage highlights included an exclusive announcement of the benefit in the New York Times’ Arts Briefly, an interview with Wilco guitarist and Guitar Mash participant Nels Cline on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer (listen to interview below), and a photo highlight in Rolling Stone’s Random Notes.

 

Permalink | Posted on Nov 22, 2013 at 7:59 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Caplow Children’s Prize

The $1 million Caplow Children’s Prize is the largest humanitarian prize dedicated to saving children’s lives in the world today. Recognizing that nearly 18,000 children under five die from preventable causes every day, the Children’s Prize works outside of traditional channels of foreign aid and philanthropy to uncover and fund the most impactful, credible, and cost-effective, action plans for reducing child mortality.

Visit the Caplow Children’s Prize Website →


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Anita Zaidi wins first $1M Children’s Prize

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 30, 2013

Dr. Anita Zaidi, a Pakistani woman who left a successful pediatric career in the United States to save children’s lives in her homeland, has won the first-ever $1 million Caplow Children’s Prize, the largest award dedicated to reducing child mortality in the world today.

PKPR secured coverage of the announcement in major international outlets from The New York Times to the Associated Press.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 30, 2013 at 7:11 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Finalists for Caplow Children’s Prize Unveiled

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 18, 2013

PKPR is thrilled to be working with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Caplow, who founded the $1 million Caplow Children’s Prize, the largest humanitarian prize dedicated to reducing child mortality.

To announce the Prize’s eight finalists, PKPR placed three exclusives for the day of the announcement. CNN ran an op-ed by Ted on why he was inspired to launch the prize, Fast Company published a slide show and story on each of the finalists, and Ted appeared on HuffPo Live to discuss the Prize and finalists.  Stay tuned - the winner will be announced on December 10th.

 

Permalink | Posted on Nov 18, 2013 at 8:29 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Cultural Services of the French Embassy

The Cultural Services of the French Embassy promotes the best of French arts, literature, cinema, digital innovation, language, and higher education across the US. Based in New York City, Washington D.C., and eight other cities across the country, the Cultural Services brings artists, authors, intellectuals and innovators to cities nationwide. It also builds partnerships between French and American artists, institutions and universities on both sides of the Atlantic. In New York, through its bookshop Albertine, it fosters French-American exchange around literature and the arts.

Visit the Cultural Services of the French Embassy Website →


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Albertine Prize in AP

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 06, 2018

Not One Day by Anne Garréta, an intimate and sometimes bitter recounting of past lovers written under the strict constraint of producing one chapter per day, has received the 2018 Albertine Prize. The $10,000 prize, chosen by American readers nationwide, honors the favorite French-language fiction title that has been translated into English and distributed in the US in the past year. Check out the exclusive PKPR placed in the AP today.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 06, 2018 at 12:30 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Albertine launches new literary prize

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 09, 2017

Aiming to introduce the very best of contemporary French-language literature to American audiences, Albertine, the acclaimed bookshop of the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, launched the Albertine Prize, an annual $10,000 award honoring the author and the translator of one Francophone novel published in the U.S.  The inaugural winner was Bardo or not Bardo by Antoine Volodine.

PKPR secured coverage of the new prize in wide range of outlets including the Associated Press, Literary Hub, Publishers Weekly, The Culture Trip, The Millions, and Bookforum.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 09, 2017 at 10:06 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Festival Albertine Returns to NYC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 20, 2015

For the second year in a row, PKPR handled publicity for Festival Albertine. The New Yorker’s David Remnick, choreographer Yvonne Rainer, graphic novelist Phoebe Gloeckner (The Diary of a Teenage Girl), author Margo Jefferson (Negroland), and Riad Sattouf, a former contributor to Charlie Hebdo whose new book, The Arab of the Future, was published in the U.S. this month to wide acclaim, were among the American and French-speaking authors and artists that headlined the five day festival.

Coverage highlights include a feature in the New York Times’ Weekend Miser (”Lively Debate and Discussion at Festival Albertine”), Time Out New York (”Lit Lovers and Francophiles: Get Excited”), Flavorpill, New York Review of Books, Adweek, and Publishing Perspectives.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 20, 2015 at 9:59 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Night of Philosophy in NY Times, New Yorker, WSJ

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 01, 2015

Over 5,000 people waited in line for up to three hours to attend the first-ever Night of Philosophy in New York City last week.

PKPR worked closely with reporters at several major outlets to attend and cover most of the 12-hour event overnight event. The result was in depth stories covering the night as it unfolded hour-by-hour. Highlights included a front-page Arts section story in the New York Times (”12 Hours of a Mental Marathon”), a New Yorker Talk of the Town piece, The Wall Street Journal, Gothamist, Brooklyn Rail, and ArtForum.

Permalink | Posted on May 01, 2015 at 12:30 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

NYC gets ready for all-night philosophy jam

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 23, 2015

With the help of preview stories in numerous outlets, over 14,000 people have RSVP’d on Facebook to attend the first-ever 12-hour Night of Philosophy in New York City at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the Ukrainian Institute.

Our favorite headline was in Quartz: The French Embassy is about to host the most French event New York has ever seen.

Other preview coverage included: Time Out New York Critics’ Pick, Flavorpill, HyperAllergic, am New York, Art Nerd New York, Untapped Cities, Publishers Weekly, and 6SqFt.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 23, 2015 at 12:15 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

A Philosophy All-Nighter in New York Times

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 30, 2015

PKPR placed an exclusive with the New York Times (”Ready Thyself for an All-Night Philosophy Jam”) on the announcement of New York City’s first-ever Night of Philosophy on April 24-25.

The 12-hour, nocturnal marathon presented by The Cultural Services of the French Embassy will feature performances, art installations, and round-the-clock lectures by over 60 leading philosophers on topics like “Must Intellectual Life Be So Boring” and “I Think, Therefore I Can.”

Permalink | Posted on Mar 30, 2015 at 7:21 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Albertine in NY Mag’s Best of New York

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 05, 2015

Albertine Books in French and English is singled out for Shopping in New York Magazine’s annual Best of New York issue.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 05, 2015 at 8:12 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Albertine Festival Debuts

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 17, 2014

Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, filmmaker Olivier Assayas, and, Nobel Prize-winning mathematician John Nash were among the leading French and American thinkers that headlined the first-ever Festival Albertine, as part of the opening festivities for the opening of the French Embassy’s new bookshop and cultural space.

Previews of the festival included Time Out New York, Village Voice, New York Observer, Metro, Refinery29, Flavorwire, Untapped Cities, and Electric Literature

Permalink | Posted on Oct 17, 2014 at 11:54 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Full page NY Times feature on Festival Albertine

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 10, 2014

PKPR placed a full-page feature in today’s New York Times on the opening of Albertine and the kick-off its six-day festival, with reporter William Grimes calling it “a sumptuous, swaddled nest where book lovers can roost.”

Permalink | Posted on Oct 10, 2014 at 2:23 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Albertine in WSJ, Paris Review, Time Out

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 26, 2014

Bon mot!

In advance of the official September 27th opening of Albertine, the French Embassy’s new bookshop and reading on New York City’s Museum Mile, PKPR secured a flurry of preview stories in national and local media, led by a wonderful piece by Jennifer Maloney in the Wall Street Journal yesterday. Other highlights include Publishers Weekly, The Paris Review, Time Out New York, New York MagazineConde Nast Traveler, Entertainment Weekly, Travel + Leisure, CoolHunting, DuJour, Very Short List, Untapped Cities, and Crain’s New York.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 26, 2014 at 11:05 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Albertine in Vogue’s iconic September issue

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 01, 2014

Inside the pages of the iconic September issue of Vogue: Albertine, the French Embassy’s new bookshop and reading room opening in New York City in late September.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 01, 2014 at 8:44 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Proust Celebration on NY Times Arts Front Page

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 13, 2013

As part of a year-long celebration of the centennial of Marcel Proust’s Swann’s Way, dozens of French and American writers, artists, and Proust fans, including Ira Glass, Mike Birbiglia, Dominique Ansel (creator of the cronut and pictured above), and author Edmund White participated in a weeklong live reading of the classic at venues across city last week.

To bring Proust’s world to life, PKPR client Moleskine also curated live drawing events for each reading featuring students and alumni from the MFA Illustration as Visual Essay department at the School of Visual Arts.

Coverage highlights included a front page Arts section feature in the New York Times, a pick as one of the five best events of the week by Time Out New York, a behind-the-scenes look at the readings in The New York Observer, and a wonderful photo feature on all of the live sketches in Brain Pickings.

 

Permalink | Posted on Nov 13, 2013 at 10:26 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Plans unveiled for NYC’s only French bookshop

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 04, 2013


Reflecting the French government’s commitment to French-American intellectual exchange, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius last week presented author Philip Roth with the insignia of Commander of the Legion of Honor at a ceremony that culminated with the groundbreaking for a new French bookshop, reading room, and cultural space. Opening in spring 2014, it will be the only bookshop in New York City solely devoted to works in French and in translation, offering more than 14,000 titles in genres ranging from literature, non-fiction, and children’s books to art books and comic books.

Coverage of the ceremony and bookshop groundbreaking included The Wall Street Journal, Time, AFP, New York Daily News, and Mediabistro.

 

Permalink | Posted on Oct 04, 2013 at 9:42 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

MapBox

MapBox makes it easy and affordable for anyone to create highly customized, interactive maps for websites and apps using open-source tools and data.

Visit the MapBox Website →


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MapBox Raises $10 Million in Funding

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 17, 2013


If you use foursquare or Uber, you’ve used a map powered MapBox. Now, thanks to raising $10 million in Series A funding from The Foundry Group, you can expect to be hearing a lot more from this Washington, DC-based startup.

For today’s announcement, PKPR placed an exclusive story with the Wall Street Journal’s Lora Kolodny, who provided a terrific overview of how the funding positions MapBox as a major challenger to Google Maps.

Other coverage highlights included Fast Company, TechCrunch, CNET, VentureBeat, Reuters, Washington Post, Crowdsourcing, Capital Business, and Washington Business Journal.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 17, 2013 at 9:24 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Brooklyn CSA+D

Part of a national movement with outposts in more than 40 communities across the country, Brooklyn Community Supported Art + Design (CSA+D) is the first program of its kind to launch in New York City. Representing an affordable and exciting new way to collect art and support local and emerging artists and designers, Brooklyn CSA+D offers a fresh alternative to the commercial gallery system, which can be prohibitively expensive and daunting to many people.  The goal is to build real connections between shareholders and local artists that will inspire new relationships and the potential for future purchases of artwork.

Visit the Brooklyn CSA+D Website →


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CSA+D Brooklyn on NY1

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 10, 2014

Check out this fantastic segment by NY1’s Stephanie Simon on Brooklyn Community Support Art + Design.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 10, 2014 at 12:21 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Brooklyn CSA+D in Blackbook, Time Out NY

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 03, 2014

The Brooklyn CSA+D is back for its second season, giving New Yorkers the chance to buys shares and receive six pieces of original artwork at the end of season.

Coverage has include Time Out New York, Food and Wine, Blackbook, Brooklyn Magazine, Free Williamsburg, Bedford + Bowery, and Creative Bloq.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 03, 2014 at 10:11 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

A CSA for Art, Not Veggies

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 05, 2013

Putting a creative twist on Community Supported Agriculture programs (CSA) in which people invest in a local farm and enjoy monthly deliveries of fresh produce, Brooklyn Community Supported Art + Design (CSA+D) gives New Yorkers the opportunity to purchase shares in exchange for artwork yet to be created by a curated group of local and emerging artists and designers.

PKPR secured extensive national and regional coverage for the launch of CSA+D including DailyCandy, Art in America, House Beautiful, Wall Street Journal, PSFK, New York Daily News, HyperAllergic, Brooklyn Exposed, The Atlantic, Art Daily, Brooklyn MagazinePureWow, Brokelyn, The Brooklyn Paper, and Brooklyn Daily Eagle.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 05, 2013 at 12:04 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

State Farm

State Farm’s® mission is to help people manage the risks of everyday life, recover from the unexpected, and realize their dreams.

We are people who make it our business to be like a good neighbor; who built a premier company by selling and keeping promises through our marketing partnership; who bring diverse talents and experiences to our work of serving the State Farm customer.

Our success is built on a foundation of shared values—quality service and relationships, mutual trust, integrity and financial strength.

Our vision for the future is to be the customer’s first and best choice in the products and services we provide. We will continue to be the leader in the insurance industry and we will become a leader in the financial services arena. Our customers’ needs will determine our path. Our values will guide us.

Visit the State Farm Website →


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Slam dunk: State Farm on Mashable

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 15, 2013


During the NBA’s Christmas Day television extravaganza, State Farm debuted a major national ad campaign with LA Clippers’ star Chris Paul, who also portrayed his fictional twin brother Cliff Paul in the high-concept ad. 

PKPR was brought in to assist in bringing Cliff Paul to life online. Our firm worked closely with the ad agency behind the campaign to build buzz and turn Cliff Paul into a social media star.

PKPR build buzz for the campaign with stories on Huffington Post, Mediabistro (AgencySpy), Hooped Up, Yardbarker, Uproxx, Contently, and Black Sports Online. The press helped Cliff Paul’s twitter account reach 25,000 followers and pushed over 750,000 people to view the ad on YouTube.

The online campaign culminated with PKPR securing the exclusive world premiere of the second Cliff Paul ad on Mashable, who called the social media campaign “clever and wildly popular… a hit with fans online.”

Permalink | Posted on Mar 15, 2013 at 5:45 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Benevolent

Founded in 2011 by Megan Kashner, Benevolent aims to provide crowdfunded support to the 104 million Americans living in low-income households. Benevolent works with local non-profits, from social service providers to religious organizations, to verify users, their stories and their one time, needs. Benevolent is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.  For more information, visit the Benevolent Press Center at www.benevolent.net/About/Press-Room.html.

Visit the Benevolent Website →


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Crowdfunding startup lauded by MSNBC, Mashable

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 17, 2013


PKPR loves collaborating with clients that are using tech to do good.

Last week, PKPR announced that Benevolent, a crowdfunding site that lets anyone make small donations to help low-income individuals overcome one-time economic hurdles, received $285,000 in grants from Knight Foundation and the Marjorie S. Fisher Fund for an expansion into three new cities – Detroit, Charlotte, North Carolina, and San Jose/Silicon Valley.

The site enables individuals to make micro-donations to help people cover smaller, one-time needs that often fall through the gaps in the social safety net, such as eyeglasses, computers, transit passes and work boots.

The expansion of the social good startup received national coverage from MSNBC.com’s Melissa Harris-Perry, who called Benevolent “a new way of fostering community engagement and expanding the social safety net,” as well as Mashable, Fast Company, VentureBeat, The Social Times, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Chicago Grid, and Techli.

Permalink | Posted on May 17, 2013 at 3:45 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, a nonprofit organization that empowers communities on the margins to reenact their struggles in the form of plays. After each performance, audiences are invited onstage to put themselves in the protagonists’ shoes and suggest creative answers to the problems dramatized in the show.

Visit the Theatre of the Oppressed NYC Website →


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CityLab on Theatre of the Oppressed’s new space

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 10, 2018

CityLab today published the amazing true story of how Theatre of the Oppressed NYC purchased a $3 million space in the heart of NYC’s Theater District for just $25,000.

Permalink | Posted on May 10, 2018 at 8:29 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Theatre of the Oppressed on NowThis

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 28, 2016


Check out this amazing video from NowThis on how Theatre of the Oppressed NYC is changing the world through the power of the theater. It’s been viewed more than 143,000 times!

Permalink | Posted on Oct 28, 2016 at 9:53 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Theatre of the Oppressed on Metro’s front page

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 25, 2016


Theatre of the Oppressed NYC is the full front-page cover story in today’s Metro New York!

Permalink | Posted on Apr 25, 2016 at 8:41 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Can Theater Spur Public Policy Changes?

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 24, 2013

Can theater change minds or even public policy?

On May 18th, Theatre of the Oppressed NYC proved it just might be possible when it presented short plays performed by homeless LGBTQ youth that were based on the challenges they face living in New York City.

The youth were then joined by elected officials like New York City Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and audience members to improv, act out, identify, and finally vote on possible policy solutions. The result was an experience that was entertaining, eye-opening, and potentially life-changing.

PKPR secured preview features and post-festival reviews in both national and local media including The Huffington Post, Metro New York, Next Magazine, Gay City News, Edge New York, and New York Theatre.

Permalink | Posted on May 24, 2013 at 1:18 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Speakeasy Dollhouse

Under the direction of Cynthia von Buhler, Speakeasy Dollhouse has become one of the most prolific creators of immersive theater in New York City having staged six hit plays including: The Bloody Beginning (The Back Room), The Brothers Booth (The Players Club), The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini (Theatre 80), The Illuminati Ball Immersive Excursion (Secret Location), and The Illuminati Ball New York City (Weylin).


Visit the Speakeasy Dollhouse Website →


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Illuminati Ball in New York Post

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 30, 2018

PKPR placed a full-page feature on the special one-night-only performance of the immersive theater hit at Brooklyn’s The Weylin on New Year’s Eve. Other coverage included Gothamist, Time Out New York, The Sun, PureWow, Maxim, MyDomaine, Untapped Cities, Secret NYCWhat Should We Do?, and IDK Tonight

Permalink | Posted on Dec 30, 2018 at 7:46 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini premieres in NYC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 12, 2018

New York audiences were be transported back to 1926 to experience a world of mysterious speakeasies, backstage intrigue, and hotel room affairs as they unraveled the untimely death of legendary illusionist Harry Houdini in The Girl Who Handcuffed Harry Houdini, the latest immersive theatrical production from playwright and director Cynthia von Buhler and her production company, Speakeasy Dollhouse.

Check out The Madador Network’s awesome Facebook video (which has over 200,000 views) and coverage and reviews in Time Out New York (One of the top 7 things to do this week), New York Magazine’s Bedford + Bowery, BlackBook, Inside Hook, Bowery Boogie, and Broadway World.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 12, 2018 at 3:10 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

The Brothers Booth debuts at Players Club

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 23, 2014

For one Saturday night each month, New Yorkers are invited into the members-only Players Club, the historic mansion on Gramercy Park, for The Brothers Booth, a new immersive theater experience by the creators of the long-running downtown hit Speakeasy Dollhouse.

Coverage of The Brothers Booth includes an in depth feature in The New York Daily News, as well as New York Observer, DNAInfo, Inside Hook, Pure Wow, and Untapped Cities.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 23, 2014 at 11:39 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Cool Hunting visits Speakeasy Dollhouse

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 12, 2013

Check out this fantastic behind-the-scenes look at immersive downtown theater hit Speakeasy Dollhouse by Cool Hunting.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 12, 2013 at 9:29 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Speakeasy Dollhouse in Salon, DailyCandy, Metro

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 27, 2013

With the fall theater season kicking into gear, PKPR continues to secure ongoing coverage for Speakeasy Dollhouse. Recent highlights include a cover story on immersive theater in American Theater Magazine, an interview with creator Countess Cynthia Von Buhler in Salon.com, a feature in Metro, and best of the weekend picks in DailyCandy, PureWow, and Guest of a Guest

Permalink | Posted on Sep 27, 2013 at 9:36 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Speakeasy Dollhouse: “A Hot Club Fun Time Machine”

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 27, 2013

As it embarked on its third season, Speakeasy Dollhouse tapped PKPR to develop a campaign to garner renewed press attention for the play and to position it at the forefront of a new wave of immersive theater productions in New York City.  PKPR worked on three fronts: inviting critics to review the play for first time, pursuing profiles and interviews with the play’s creator Cynthia Von Buhler, and placing features and round-ups on the emerging trend of immersive theater. 

The results: an awesome profile in the Wall Street Journal, reviews in outlets like the New York Post, Show Business Weekly, and NYTheatre, and in depth features on the immersive theater phenomenon in Crain’s New York Business, Theatermania, and NewYork.com

Permalink | Posted on Mar 27, 2013 at 12:07 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Matter.

Fusing public media values with Silicon Valley entrepreneurship, KQED, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Public Radio Exchange (PRX) launched Matter, a start-up accelerator supporting media entrepreneurs building a more informed, connected, and empowered society.

Visit the Matter. Website →


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Matter profiled by TechCrunch TV

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 13, 2014


Check out the fantastic profile of Matter by TechCrunch TV as part of its new series Incubated, which takes in depth looks at popular startup accelerators to reveal how they differentiate from one another.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 13, 2014 at 10:12 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Matter Two Demo Day in NYC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 28, 2014

Matter, the San Francisco-based incubator dedicated to changing media for good, hosted a Demo Day in New York City last for its second class of startups. Media attending and covering the Demo Day at WNYC’s Greene Space included Re/Code, Politico, Mediabistro, Xconomy, and Folio.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 28, 2014 at 11:04 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Matter’s First Startup Class Comes to NYC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 29, 2013

Matter’s first class of six media startups traveled from San Francisco to New York City this week to demonstrate their products and services to a packed room of media executives and investors at WNYC’s Greene Space.

Coverage of the event included TechCrunch, Inc., Columbia Journalism Review, and Upstart Business Journal.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 29, 2013 at 9:04 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Startups Shine at Matter Demo Day

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 14, 2013

At the first demo day hosted by Matter, the media startup accelerator backed by KQED, the Knight Foundation, and PRX, six media startups yesterday made their case to a standing-room-only crowd of investors and digital media executives for capital, highlighting how their ventures can help build a more informed, connected, and empowered society.

In advance of the event, PKPR secured an exclusive sneak preview of Matter’s first class in the Wall Street Journal, as well as post-Demo Day reports in AllThingD, Mashable, GigaOm, PandoDailyXconomy, and Current.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 14, 2013 at 10:50 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Six startups that could change the future of media

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 19, 2013

Matter, the new startup accelerator for media ventures backed by Knight Foundation, KQED, and PRX, announced the six startups to participate in its first class.

Matter chose six projects that have potential to create a more informed, connected, and empowered society while pursuing a scalable business model. The selected media ventures range from a crowd-powered investigative network to an online video analytics platform to a service that adds a spoken layer to best of the written web.

AllThingsD, Fast Company, The Next Web, Techcrunch, GigaOM, Nieman Journalism Lab, Current, and Upstart are among the leading outlets that profiled Matter’s first class.

Stay tuned for Matter’s first demo day in June 2013.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 19, 2013 at 3:23 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Matter Ventures in New York Times, All Things D

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 17, 2012

Fusing public media values with Silicon Valley entrepreneurship, KQED, the Knight Foundation and Public Radio Exchange (PRX) last week launched Matter Ventures, a start-up accelerator supporting media entrepreneurs building a more informed, connected, and empowered society.

The launch kicked off with an exclusive story in The New York Times. Wider coverage included All Things D, Fast Company, GigaOm, VentureBeat, The Next Web, PandoDaily, San Francisco Chronicle, and Xconomy.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 17, 2012 at 12:17 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Lifebeat: Music Fights HIV/AIDS

Lifebeat is a national nonprofit that uses the power of music and the music industry to help educate young people about HIV/AIDS prevention. Every year, Lifebeat reaches thousands of concert-goers across the country with safer sex education, free condoms, HIV/AIDS prevention information, counseling, and testing. In 2012, Lifebeat conducted HIV/AIDS outreach at concerts and festivals headlined by Madonna, Coldplay, Juanes, Wiz Khalifa & Mac Miller, and Rita Ora.

Visit the Lifebeat: Music Fights HIV/AIDS Website →


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Lifebeat in Buzzfeed, Mashable

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 21, 2013

Sandra “Pepa” Denton and Howard Stern producer Gary Dell’Abate helped unveil The Arches of Hope at a fundraiser benefiting Lifebeat: Music Fights HIV/AIDS and MTV Staying Alive Foundation last Thursday night.

Transforming the lobby of The OUT NYC, The Arches of Hope is an interactive art installation that reflects on the impact of HIV/AIDS over the past three decades, while inspiring audiences to help create an HIV-free generation. Until January 24th, the public can tweet with the hashtag #ArchesofHope to have their messages beamed to two VIACOM jumbo screens in Times Square and to a digital tickertape embedded in the installation.

Coverage of the event included Buzzfeed, Mashable, Huffington Post, The Advocate, Village Voice, am New York, Arch Daily, Poz, and Next Magazine.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 21, 2013 at 8:21 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Helen & Edgar

The creative team behind storytelling juggernaut The Moth join with acclaimed raconteur Edgar Oliver to present the world premiere of Helen & Edgar, Oliver’s mesmerizing, hilarious and heartbreaking tale of he and his sister Helen’s strange childhood in Savannah, and their mother’s struggle with madness.

Visit the Helen & Edgar Website →


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Kudos for Helen & Edgar

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 24, 2012

PKPR was thrilled to handle publicity for the world premiere of Helen & Edgar. Brought to the stage by he creative team behind longtime PKPR client The Moth, Helen & Edgar is Edward Oliver’s mesmerizing, hilarious and heartbreaking tale of he and his sister Helen’s strange childhood in Savannah, and their mother’s struggle with madness.

Here a just a few of the raves of the limited-run production:

“Utterly absorbing and unexpectedly moving” - Ben Brantley in the New York Times

“Oliver, with nothing but his alien timbre and a few perfectly chosen gestures, captivates and mesmerizes as we laugh and gasp at the agonizing, exhilarating upbringing that shaped his one-of-a-kind voice, hewed it out of insanity, chaos, and, most troublingly of all, love.” - Scott Brown in New York Magazine

“Oliver takes listeners on a raw, riveting and — despite its eccentricity — highly relatable journey.” - T. Michelle Murphy in Metro

“Edgar Oliver weaves together a patchwork of incidents from his rather gothic upbringing in Savannah, Ga. It was far from an idyllic childhood, but Oliver exhibits no rancor. Rather, the performer, in his exceptionally distinctive manner, seems to joyfully relish the telling of it—and the pleasure is infectious.” - Ron Cohen in Backstage

Permalink | Posted on Oct 24, 2012 at 12:14 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Link TV

Link Media uses media and the power of stories to engage, inform and inspire its audiences to participate in transformational, sustainable change on issues of global importance. Founded in 1999, Link Media operates the Link TV national network and the websites LinkTV.org and ViewChange.org. An independent and non-commercial media company, Link Media acquires, produces and delivers global news, documentaries and cultural programming over three distribution channels: broadcast, web, and mobile devices. 

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Link TV iPad App Launches

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 16, 2012

Revolutions happen. Russian punk rockers are sent to jail. The shooting of a 14-year-old Pakistani girl galvanizes a country - and the world. 

To help viewers make sense of global events, Link TV launched the first iPad app tthat curates the best television news, raw videos, and documentaries from around the world.

PKPR secured coverage of the app in a wide range of outlets from NBC News, The Next Web, and The Guardian to MacWorld, Mediabistro, Journalism.co.uk, Broadcasting & Cable, Tab Times, and Addictive Tips.  We also placed bylines by Link TV executives on how the app revolutionizes global news for the YouTube era in outlets like MediaShift, Huffington Post, and Take Part.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 16, 2012 at 11:36 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Eyewitness Videos that Changed the World

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 24, 2012


Eyewitness videos were instrumental in catapulting Occupy Wall Street from the streets into international headlines. Now, as the movement marks its first anniversary on September 17th, Link TV News compiled its list of 10 Raw Videos That Changed the World.

PKPR secured coverage for the video in a wide range of outlets including Huffington Post, The Social Times, ReadWriteWeb, Mediabistro, TakePart, and PolicyMic

Over the past, the video has been viewed more than 25,000 times and counting.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 24, 2012 at 12:38 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fractured Atlas

Fractured Atlas is the country’s largest arts service organization, reaching a network of more than 250,000 artists in all 50 states and all 435 congressional districts. Dedicated to empowering artists with the support they need to work effectively and thrive, Fractured Atlas provides funding, insurance, technology, education, and other services critical to building sustainable careers and organizations.

Visit the Fractured Atlas Website →


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Fractured Atlas in Quartz

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 13, 2020

For the latest Quartz Field Guide - How to Begin Creating an Anti-Racist Workplace - Quartz reporter Sarah Todd talked to Fractured Atlas’s Lauren Ruffin and Tim Cynova about how they reimagined the job interview. 

Permalink | Posted on Jul 13, 2020 at 3:56 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

CNBC on Fractured Atlas’s actively anti-racist workplace

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 15, 2020

Seemingly every company in America has issued a public statement condemning racism over the past weeks, but how do companies actually go about dismantling systemic racism within their culture?

CNBC talked to Fractured Atlas Co-CEOs Lauren Ruffin and Tim Cynova on how they went beyond traditional anti-discrimination policies to build an actively anti-racist and anti-oppressive workplace. Lauren and Tim are part of Fractured Atlas’s non-hierarchical leadership team, which is made up of four people in four parts of the country who fulfill the function of the organization’s CEO.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 15, 2020 at 6:54 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

WNYC story features 2 PKPR clients

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 15, 2016


Two PKPR clients - Fractured Atlas and ArtBuilt Mobile Studios - were featured in a WNYC segment looking at innovative programs that are helping artists find affordable rehearsal, studio, and performance space in an increasingly expensive New York City.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 15, 2016 at 10:22 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fractured Atlas’ Adam Huttler on Crain’s 40 Under 40

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 28, 2016


Congratulations to Adam Huttler, founder of Fractured Atlas, who was named to Crain’s New York’s 40 Under 40 for 2016.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 28, 2016 at 6:56 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Boston Globe, BostInno cover SpaceFinder Mass Launch

By Mark McArthur

Feb. 12, 2015

Continuing to empower artists nationwide Fractured Atlas launched SpaceFinder Mass, a powerful new marketing tool for venues seeking to book under-utilized rehearsal and performance space to Massachusetts artists.

Coverage included a half-page story by Boston Globe’s Nidhi Subbaraman and an in depth article by BostInno’s Hillary Milnes.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 12, 2015 at 4:42 PM by Mark McArthur

Artists Learn to Code

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 30, 2014


Actors, artists, and musicians waiting tables could become a thing of the past if it is up to Fractured Atlas.

This summer, the PKPR client is launching a software development fellowship for artists all types aimed at providing a high-paying, in-demand alternative to the restaurant and office temp jobs artists often rely on to help make ends meet between projects.

Coverage of the announcement of the call for applications included Metro New York, PandoDaily, Upstart (see video interview below), and Xconomy.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 30, 2014 at 12:08 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fractured Atlas Op-Ed in Guardian sparks debate

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 08, 2014

On the heels of Amtrak launching its writer residency program, PKPR worked closely with Fractured Atlas program director Lisa Niedermeyer to develop an op-ed on how more and more artists are taking matters into their own hands by organizing Do-It-Yourself residencies. PKPR placed the op-ed in The Guardian’s popular Culture Professionals Network, where it was shared on social media more than 1000 times.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 08, 2014 at 12:26 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Winners of Arts Entrepreneurship Awards Announced

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 21, 2014

A crowd-funded, pop-up artists colony in a Kansas church, a nonprofit helping artists build financial assets through homeownership, and a fundraising collaborative between nationally recognized arts groups are among the five winners of the first-ever Arts Entrepreneurship Awards, unveiled earlier this month.

Coverage of the winners included Fast Company, Back Stage, American Express Open Forum, Public Art Review, The Austin Chronicle, and The Erie Reader

Permalink | Posted on Feb 21, 2014 at 11:39 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fractured Atlas profiled by Crain’s New York

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 16, 2013

As part of its annual Arts and Nonprofits Report, Crain’s New York published an in depth profile of Fractured Atlas and its founder Adam Huttler. The profile was the culmination of several months of working closely with reporter Theresa Agovino and introducing her to the many small arts organizations and independent artists that benefit from Fractured Atlas’ many services.  The opening paragraph: “Adam Huttler understands the perils of running a small arts organization, so he’s made a career of helping others avoid them.”

Permalink | Posted on Dec 16, 2013 at 7:21 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fractured Atlas founder profiled in Backstage

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 15, 2013

This week’s issue of Backstage features a full-page profile and photo of Fractured Atlas founder and executive director Adam Huttler.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 15, 2013 at 9:54 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

WSJ, Fast Company Cover Artful.ly Launch

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 01, 2013

Aiming to give small- and mid-size arts organizations the same technology and marketing power as major cultural institutions, Fractured Atlas last week unveiled Artful.ly, a free, web-based software system that helps arts groups sell tickets, raise funds, and grow their audiences and organizations.

PKPR placed exclusive launch day stories in the Wall Street Journal and Fast Company and then secured post-launch stories in outlets ranging from Backstage, Playbill, and Filmmaker to Xconomy, Digital Music News, Hypebot, and IndieWire.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 01, 2013 at 9:53 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fractured Atlas Hits the Road!

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 18, 2013

Aiming to both empower artists and better address the challenges facing them, Fractured Atlas, the nation’s largest arts service organization, hit the road for a week of panels, tours, and Meet & Greets across the south. Fractured Atlas made stops at all the major arts hubs in the South, including: Atlanta, Birmingham, Charlotte, Columbia, Louisville, Jackson, and Nashville.

Making sure that all local artists got the most out of the tour, PKPR placed stories in every market including: Charlotte Observer, Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville Public Radio, Nashville Scene, Jackson Free Press, Birmingham News and Columbia Free Times.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 18, 2013 at 5:31 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

An OpenTable for Rehearsal Space

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 15, 2012

Fractured Atlas this month launched the first service enabling artists to find, schedule, and rent available rehearsal and performance space based on a wide range of needs, including date, time, cost, and location.

PKPR placed stories on service in a wide range of outlets, including Backstage (check out the awesome infographic above), The Next Web (which dubbed it “an OpenTable for rehearsal space”), Crain’s New York Business, American Theatre Magazine, New York Observer’s Betabeat, DNAinfo, Brokelyn, and Animal New York.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 15, 2012 at 12:06 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fractured Atlas Profiled in Reuters

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 13, 2012

Reuters today takes an in depth look at how Fractured Atlas is at the forefront of fiscal sponsorship, an increasingly popular funding alternative that allows artists and small arts groups receive grants and tax deductible donations that are normally only available to 501(3)c organizations. Over the past year, more than 2,000 arts projects have raised nearly $10 million through Fractured Atlas’ fiscal sponsorship program, the largest arts program of its kind in the nation.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 13, 2012 at 11:59 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine

Moleskine logo

The Moleskine notebook is the heir and successor to the legendary notebook used by artists and thinkers over the past two centuries. In 1997, a small Milanese publisher brought the legendary notebook back to life, choosing this literary name to revive an extraordinary tradition and accompany the creative professions of our time.

Today Moleskine is a brand that encompasses a family of nomadic objects dedicated to our mobile identity, synonym for creativity and an inspiration for ideas, projects and spontaneous collaborations. Moleskine is now also a series of collections that go beyond paper: bags, writing instruments and reading accessories.

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Moleskine exhibit at One World Observatory

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 27, 2022

An exhibition showcasing Moleskine notebooks that have been transformed into stunning works of art by 75 creative thinkers opened at One World Observatory at One World Trade Center in New York this week. Artworks by William Kentridge, Paula Scher, MC Yan, Sigur Rós, Francis Kéré, Joana Vasconcelos, Cristina Lei Rodriguez, and more than 20 New York creatives contributed to the exhibition.

Coverage included WCBS, Time Out New York, artnet, Voice of America, Wallpaper, Archinect, Airmail, ANSA, and Artsy.  Influencers covering the exhibition included NYC Charlene, Julia Martinez, and Average Socialite.

Permalink | Posted on May 27, 2022 at 11:21 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine Foundation on BBC World Service

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 07, 2021

BBC World Service’s Digital Planet interviewed Lwando Xaso of Constitution Hill Trust, who is working with PKPR client Moleskine Foundation to equip young Africans with the tools to create Wikipedia articles in their official languages, such as Xhosa and isiZulu.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 07, 2021 at 11:03 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Forbes chats with new Moleskine CEO

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 22, 2021

New Moleskine CEO Daniela Riccardi speaks to Forbes about her vision for the brand, including new collaborations with luxury and fashion brands like Missoni, Kaweco, and Pontoglio.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 22, 2021 at 3:47 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine Foundation in Reuters, Inside Philanthropy, Global Citizen

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 05, 2021

Wikipedia is the 10th-most-visited website on earth, but when it comes to Africa, there is a scarcity of information for an entire continent of one billion people. As Wikipedia marks its 20th anniversary in 2021, an initiative launched by the Moleskine Foundation is supporting young people across Africa in creating content about Africa on Wikipedia, including the translation of more than 200 pieces of COVID-19 information into 17 African languages.

PKPR has secured coverage of the project in Reuters, David Byrne’s Reasons To Be Cheerful, Global Citizen, TechRadar, Christian Science Monitor, Inside Philanthropy, World Economic Forum, The Daily Mail, Courrier International, Good News Network, The New Activist, and Global Times.

 

Permalink | Posted on Apr 05, 2021 at 12:10 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine enlists ambassadors for holidays

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 24, 2020

PKPR implemented the first brand ambassador program in the US for Moleskine this holiday season. We secured four ambassadors who are all longtime fans of Moleskine - lettering artist Lisa Quine, filmmaker and writer Niki Ang, artist Luis Colan, and booklover Kathleen Crowley. Each ambassador created lovely posts that brought their passion for Moleskine to life and highlighted Moleskine.com as a perfect place to find gifts for creatives. The one-week campaign reached more than 350,000 people, generating over 27,000 likes. Check out the campaign at #MyMoleskineStory.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 24, 2020 at 7:40 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine in Cultured Magazine

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 04, 2020

For Cultured Magazine’s Instagram, PKPR set up a video tour of the studio of artist Dinara Mirtapilova, one of the six artists who created notebooks for the new Moleskine Studio Collection.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 04, 2020 at 8:13 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine on COOL HUNTING Instagram Live

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 18, 2020

COOL HUNTING founder Josh Rubin hosted an Instagram Live chat today with Olimpia Zagnoli, one of the six emerging artists who created notebooks for the new Moleskine Studio Collection.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 18, 2020 at 8:06 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine in Teen Vogue, Glamour, BoingBoing

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 16, 2020

The new Moleskine Studio Collection features work from 6 emerging artists and illustrators who have transformed the iconic black Moleskine notebook into miniature works of breathtaking art. Each artist has imbued the legendary journal with their signature style including original artwork on the cover, inside pages, and a set of stickers.

In the feature 11 Teen Vogue Editors Reveal What They Want For The Holidays, editor Claire Dodson wrote: “Moleskine recently released their new Studio Collection in partnership with artists around the world. I’m obsessed with the ones from New Yorker illustrator Olimpia Zagnoli and Chinese artist Yukai Du in particular — fun upgrades to the classic black journal I own way too many of already.”

Other coverage highlights included BoingBoing, Conde Nast Traveler, Glamour, and The Manual

Permalink | Posted on Nov 16, 2020 at 8:18 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine launches Instagram exhibit

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 26, 2020

Is the term “the Global South” a shortcut for labeling one part of the planet inferior or less-developed? A way of ordering regions of the world in opposition to each other?

That’s the question more than 90 young artists and creative entrepreneurs from around the world set out to answer by hacking, decorating, and transforming Moleskine notebooks into sculptures as part of “Where is South?”, a virtual exhibit organized by the Moleskine Foundation.

Check out coverage of the exhibit in outlets from Global Voices to FairPlanet.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 26, 2020 at 1:17 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine in Fast Co’s Most Innovative Company issue

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 15, 2017

For its annual Most Innovative Companies issue, Fast Company caught up with Moleskine CEO Arrigo Berni to discuss the company’s recent expansions, including the launch of the first Moleskine Cafe and its hugely successful Smart Writing Set.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 15, 2017 at 11:09 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fortune looks at Moleskine’s digital innovation

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 22, 2016

Fortune goes behind-the-scenes with Moleskine Chief Digital Officer Peter Jensen to Fortune at how the company is building a bridge between the digital and handwritten world.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 22, 2016 at 12:45 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine goes Hogwarts

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 04, 2016

Celebrating the magic of storytelling, Moleskine this week unveiled its new Harry Potter Limited Edition Notebooks just in time for both the holiday gift-giving season and the release of the new Harry Potter movie, Fantastic Beasts.

PKPR secured coverage in a wide range of outlets including Teen Vogue, Bustle, Glamour, HelloGiggles, The Daily Dot, Geek Dad, ComicBook, Creative Bloq, Nerd Approved and StupidDope.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 04, 2016 at 11:24 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine opens the Moleskine Cafe

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 05, 2016

In a perfect extension for the cult notebook brand loved by travelers, artists, writers, and creatives, Moleskine last week opened its first-ever centrally-located Moleskine Café, a two-story social and cultural hub offering food, coffee, retail, and space for exhibits by fans and artists.The café debuts in Milan, the hometown of Moleskine, with the goal of creating a new gathering spot for social, cultural and artistic life that can be replicated in the world’s great cities.

Coverage so far has included Fast Company, Food and Wine, Slate, Mental Floss, Apartment Therapy, Business Insider, Yahoo! Style, Real Simple, PSFK, Paste, and HelloGiggles.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 05, 2016 at 10:09 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine + 7600 paper cutouts = Game of Thrones hit

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 29, 2016


To launch its Limited Edition Game of Thrones notebook collection, Moleskine recreated the hit series’ opening credits with 7,600 paper cutouts. PKPR placed the jaw-dropping video in dozens of outlets including Business Insider, Nerdist, Slate, CNET, Kotaku, BGR, The A.V. Club, designboom, ArchDaily, DesignFather, Tech Times, Paste, ComicBook, Architizer, PSFK, Digital Arts, Visual News, and Web Urbanist

Permalink | Posted on Apr 29, 2016 at 6:49 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Love for first-ever Moleskine leather bags

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 29, 2016

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Moleskine this week debuted its first-ever line of leather bags - all inspired by the simple design of its classic black notebook. Beyond fashion industry buzz in outlets like WWD and MR, the line received raves from a range of media outlets including:

- xo Jane: “Your favorite notebook maker is now making fancy tote bags”
- Bustle: “Like the notebooks, this leather bag collection is simple, understated, and classic”
- Digital Arts: “Moleskine’s stylish first full line of leather bags are on our ‘want’ list”

Permalink | Posted on Apr 29, 2016 at 9:57 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Trending; Moleskine Smart Writing Set Launch

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 12, 2016


PKPR implemented a massively successful campaign for the launch of the Moleskine Smart Writing Set, a smart pen, notebook, and app that work in tandem to instantly digitize handwritten notes, creating text that can be edited and shared immediately via your phone, tablet, or laptop.

Coverage for the launch appeared in media outlets with a total of 335 million impressions, making it a trending story on both Facebook and BuzzFeed.

Highlights included:

- Video by Fast Company and Facebook Live epidodes by The Verge and PCMag demonstrating how the product works

- A launch day event where reporters from Businessweek, Huffington Post, and Cool Hunting interviewed Moleskine co-founder Maria Sebregondi

- Rave reviews in outlets including Wired, The Atlantic, The Verge, Digital Trends, and PC World.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 12, 2016 at 10:16 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine National Handwriting Day 2016

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 29, 2016

For National Handwriting Day 2016 on January 23, PKPR invited celebrities and fans to handwrite their social media posts for the day as part of an annual Moleskine initiative started in 2013.

This year, participants including Debra Messing, Bruce Willis, columnist Connie Schultz, chef and author Gabrielle Hamilton, and New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly participated.

Outlets like CNN, AdWeek, InStyle, and Quartz helped to spread the message.

Other initiatives for 2016 included participation by Moleskine Retail Store locations where customers could handwrite a message to put on social media and receive a free notebook on Handwriting Day.

View the gallery of submitted messages here.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 29, 2016 at 3:41 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Bloomberg Businessweek feature on Moleskine

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 15, 2015

The fantastic photo of Moleskine CEO Arrigo Berni above was taken for a full-page profile of Moleskine in the new issue of Bloomberg Businessweek.

Permalink | Posted on May 15, 2015 at 1:03 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Major Moleskine feature in New York Times

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 19, 2015

The New York Times dedicates a half-page in today’s Sunday Business section to an in depth look at how Moleskine is adapting and evolving in a digital world.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 19, 2015 at 12:15 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine Hosts Spring Launch Preview

By Morghan Kusch

Mar. 09, 2015

PKPR organized Moleskine’s first ever showroom event to preview its spring 2015 collection. The event gave media an exclusive first look at limited edition collections and the new line of Moleskine bags as well as demos of Moleskine smart notebooks and apps.

Outlets attending the event include US Weekly, Refinery 29, ABC News, Conde Nast Traveler, Bustle, Complex, Cool Hunting, am New York, Modern Luxury Magazine, Nylon, Slate, The Gadgeteer and Thought Catalog.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 09, 2015 at 9:21 AM by Morghan Kusch

Moleskine owns Handwriting Day 2015

By Morghan Kusch

Jan. 30, 2015

National Handwriting Day, a program developed by PKPR three years ago, has become a major global event led by Moleskine. For National Handwriting Day 2015 on January 23, Moleskine invited leaders and fans to participate.

This year, everyone form Top Chef’s Sam Talbot to Huffington Post handwrote their Tweets and Facebook posts.

Outlets like AdWeek, The Daily Dot, Paste Magazine, HLN and Inhabitat helped to spread the message by featuring Moleskine in their coverage.

Other new initiatives for 2015 included participation by Moleskine retail partners like Barnes and Noble and Staples and free #HandwritingDay buttons at Moleskine stores

This year, nearly 700 photos were submitted from around the world almost doubling that of Handwriting Day 2014. View the gallery of all submitted messages here.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 30, 2015 at 4:20 PM by Morghan Kusch

Moleskine in NY Times Travel, Conde Nast Traveler

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 19, 2014

PKPR secured coverage for Moleskine travel gear and tools in top travel gift guides including New York Times Travel, Conde Nast Traveler, Apartment Therapy, Fodor’s, Newsday, and Slice

Permalink | Posted on Dec 19, 2014 at 11:26 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine Dominates Holiday Gift Guides

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 17, 2014

PKPR implemented a comprehensive campaign to ensure coverage of the full Moleskine collection in major holiday guide gift guides published by lifestyle, technology, and business media outlets.

Highlights included: Mashable, Fast Company, Esquire, Bustle, Refinery29, Glamour, Business Insider, Cool Hunting, ThoughtCatalog, E! Online, Teen Vogue, PSFK, Paste, and Cool Mom Tech

Permalink | Posted on Dec 17, 2014 at 12:31 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Media Swoon Over Moleskine/Adobe Launch

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 25, 2014


Moleskine this week launched a new custom notebook and app with Adobe that condenses the creative process into just a few simple steps, allowing creative professionals and anyone with an idea to quickly turn hand-drawn sketches on paper into workable Photoshop or Illustrator files on Adobe’s Creative Cloud platform.

PKPR pitched top targets under embargo and secured launch day stories in nearly every major technology and design outlet including TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Fast Company, Wired, Cool Hunting, VentureBeat, The Next Web, PSFK, ArchDaily, Brit + Co, SlashGear, and HypeBeast.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 25, 2014 at 12:46 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine Unveils Notebook for Smartpens

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 15, 2014

Turning notebooks into iPads, Moleskine launched a new notebook collection that works with Livescribe Smartpens, allowing you to translate handwritten notes and sketches into digital form in real-time.

An avalanche of positive media coverage helped pre-orders sell out in just three days. Highlights included: Slate, Fast Company, Esquire, ArchDaily, Design Week, Dezeen, PSFK, designboom, Paste, HypeBeast, StupidDope, Brit + Co, Creative Bloq, and Dexigner.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 15, 2014 at 8:08 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine Back to School Coverage

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 09, 2014

For back to school, PKPR focused on position Moleskine gear as an essential for stylish and smart college students, highlighting products like the Evernote collection, academic year planners, and its new line of backpacks. Coverage highlights included The Wall Street Journal, Bustle, one of the fastest growing lifestyle sites for young women, Fast Company, PopSugar, Racked, Better Homes & Gardens (above), Pink & Black, and College Lifestyles,

Permalink | Posted on Sep 09, 2014 at 9:39 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine in The New Yorker and Wall Street Journal

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 18, 2014

Why is Moleskine, a seemingly paper-based company, thriving in a digital age?

Both The New Yorker and The Wall Street Journal took in depth looks this week at how the company is evolving and succeeding in a world of tablets, texts, and tweets.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 18, 2014 at 10:54 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

New Moleskine Bags, Wallets in WWD, Lucky

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 21, 2014

Moleskine myCloud Bags from Moleskine ® on Vimeo.

“Paging Mark Zuckerberg—there’s a new line of Silicon Valley-approved accessories in town.”

That’s what Lucky Magazine said about the sleek new line of bags and wallets unveiled by Moleskine last week. PKPR placed an exclusive on the brand’s expansion into accessories with WWD and secured launch week coverage in outlets like Stylecaster, Selectism, GeekDad, The Manual, Dexigner, and more.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 21, 2014 at 9:19 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Fast Co names Moleskine Top Productivity Company

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 14, 2014

Check it out. In this month’s issue of Fast Company, Moleskine is the only non-tech company included on the magazine’s 2014 list of the Most Innovative Companies in Productivity

Permalink | Posted on Feb 14, 2014 at 4:43 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Malala, Couric join Moleskine for #HandwritingDay

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 28, 2014

For the second year in a row, PKPR spearheaded a social media campaign for Moleskine for National Handwriting Day on January 23rd.

To take this year’s initiative to a new level, PKPR invited leaders like Malala Yousafzai, Katie Couric, and airBnB co-founder Joe Gebbia to handwrite a social media message and share it with their millions of followers. Outlets like USA Today, Nylon, Politico, Real Simple, GirlsLife, Mediabistro, Social Moms, and Good News Network helped spread the campaign even wider.

Overalll, more than 350 handwritten messages were submitted by people around the world, more than doubling the amount of entries received in 2013.  View the gallery of all submitted messages here.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 28, 2014 at 12:40 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

D’oh!: Moleskine Unveils Simpsons Notebook

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 30, 2013

To celebrate the Simpon’s 25th season, Moleskine last week unveiled a limited edition Simpsons notebook, resulting in rejoicing around the world from Springfield to London.

Coverage highlights included USA Today, HypeBeast, HelloGiggles, Complex, StupidDope, High Snobiety, FreshnessMag, Animation World, Trendhunter, and Design You Trust.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 30, 2013 at 9:55 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine Co-Founder Profiled on Lifehacker

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 31, 2013

Moleskine is one of the most popular and trusted brands when it comes to helping people be more creative, productive, and organized. So it only makes sense that Lifehacker loved PKPR’s idea for featuring Moleskine co-founder Maria Sebregondi in its “How I Work” series.

In addition to sharing the contents of her bag (not surprisingly, we spy several Moleskine notebooks), Sebregondi provided the one word that describes best how she works (“phygitally”), her secret talent (making Pasta al forno), and her favorite to-do list manager (pen and paper). Check out the full story here.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 31, 2013 at 8:53 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Exclusive Moleskine Q&A Series with Dwell Magazine

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 07, 2013

To promote the publication of The Detour Book, a stunning collection of Moleskine notebooks hacked, drawn, and designed by more than 250 of the world’s top artists, designers, and creative thinkers, PKPR secured an exclusive, four-part online series with Dwell Magazine.

The series included interviews with Moleskine co-founder Maria Sebregondi and up-and-coming designers featured in The Detour Book including GamFratesi and Scott Henderson.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 07, 2013 at 1:49 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine CEO Arrigo Berni on Marketplace

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 20, 2013

How do you say Moleskine?

That was just one of the questions Moleskine CEO Arrigo Berni answered tonight in this terrific interview with Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal.

BTW, the correct answer: Say it however feels good. There is no official pronunciation.

 

Permalink | Posted on May 20, 2013 at 9:19 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine Opens First Store in U.S.

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 15, 2013

Moleskine fans rejoice! The first Moleskine store in the United States opened at The Time Warner Center in New York City late last month.

PKPR arranged for media outlets to have a sneak preview of the store on the evening before it opened. Outlets singing the praises of the smartly-designed store featuring the full range of Moleskine collections - notebooks, journals, bags, pens, and more - included New York Magazine, Time Out New York, DailyCandy, Racked, Dwell, PureWow New York, Complex, Thrillest’s The Crosby Press, and The Scout.

Want to experience the Moleskine store from your desktop? No one does it better than this awesome segment by Marketplace.

 

Permalink | Posted on Apr 15, 2013 at 10:35 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine + Details Draw the Future of Social Media

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 29, 2013

For its annual Digital Mavericks issue, Details Magazine partnered with Moleskine to invite fans to draw the future of social media. The winning drawings were showcased at the Digital Mavericks party at the New Museum in New York City on March 27th.  Outlets like The Huffington Post and PSFK published photo galleries and slide shows of the winning drawings, as well as drawings sketched by the founder of Thrillist, Lyst, and Viddy.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 29, 2013 at 12:24 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

White is the New Black

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 28, 2013

Moleskine, famed for its legendary black notebooks, this week unveiled the Moleskine White Notebook.  Think the Beatles’ The White Album, Malevich’s White on White canvases, Le Corbusier’s white blocks, and your sleek, white smart phones and laptops.

Check out the coverage in Nylon, Dwell, Complex, Gizmodo, Designboom, PSFK, Design Taxi, HypeBeast, Remodelista, and more.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 28, 2013 at 2:31 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine marks National Handwriting Day

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 25, 2013

To celebrate National Handwriting Day on January 23rd, PKPR developed a social media campaign with Moleskine inviting fans to handwrite their latest status, Tweet, or more and share a photo of it on Instagram. The results were gathered in an online gallery and covered by outlets from Mashable to Esquire.com to Mediabistro.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 25, 2013 at 11:22 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Peek Inside Moleskine Notebooks of Culture Makers

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 14, 2012

Celebrating the power of handwriting and sketching, Moleskine this week unveiled The Detour Book, a collection of more than 250 notebooks that have been decorated, hacked, and sketched by some of the world’s leading artists and creative thinkers, including Spike Jonze, Christian LaCroix, Dave Eggers, Sigur Rós, Mary Ellen Mark, Toyo Ito, Mike Figgis, Paula Scher, and Karim Rashid.

PKPR placed several terrific features on the book, many with slide shows and photo galleries of artists’ notebooks, in The Huffington Post, The Atlantic, Brain Pickings, Flavorwire, Mediabistro, Design Taxi, and more.

We especially loved the Fast Company review, which called it “one of those rare pieces of marketing that rewards a company and the consumer equally.”

Stay tuned for stories in upcoming issues of Elle Decor and Art News.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 14, 2012 at 11:40 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine + Evernote = Fast Company, NBC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 13, 2012


In a genius collaboration, Moleskine has partnered Evernote to create the Evernote Smart Notebook, which will enable users to digitize and search their hand-written notes and sketches with a snap of their iPhone camera.

PKPR used the announcement as a news peg to secure coverage on Moleskine and its larger initiative aimed at bridging the analog and digital worlds. Two highlights included an interview with Moleskine CEO Arrigo Berni on NBCNews.com and an interview with Moleskine America president Marco Beghin in Fast Company. Stay tuned for reviews of the Evernote Smart Notebook in Wall Street Journal, Wired, and Mashable when it goes on sale in stores on October 1st.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 13, 2012 at 12:11 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Moleskine Selects PKPR as North American PR Agency

By Jenny Chang

Aug. 15, 2012


PKPR is thrilled to be working with our new client Moleskine, a company that has built its brand by engaging with its fans in an intelligent, sophisticated, and thoughtful way.

As Moleskine expands with new collections and initiatives dedicated to a mobile lifestyle, PKPR is looking forward to implementing a smart, strategic campaign that reflects the Moleskine approach, style, and legacy. Check us out in PR Week for the full story!

Permalink | Posted on Aug 15, 2012 at 1:17 PM by Jenny Chang

Dumbo Arts Festival

The 2012 Dumbo Arts Festival will take place from September 28-30, 2012. Last year, over 225,000 guests attended the festival, experiencing works by more than 500 artists, 100 open studios, 50 galleries and stages, and 100 programming partners in Brooklyn’s most celebrated waterfront neighborhood.

Visit the Dumbo Arts Festival Website →


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Countdown to DUMBO Arts Festival 2013

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 27, 2013

We dare you to watch this fantastic WABC-TV preview of the 2013 DUMBO Arts Festival and not want to put on your bubbles head down to the Brooklyn waterfront.

Want some more? Check out the preview from NY1, which broadcast live from DUMBO this morning with arts reporter Stephanie Simon.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 27, 2013 at 11:26 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Dumbo Arts Festival Gets Major Air Time

By Jenny Chang

Oct. 12, 2012


PKPR secured major air-time for artists participating in this year’s Dumbo Arts Festival, the massive 3-day event featuring the works of over 500 artists.

Check out this great preview segment by ABC Eyewitness News’ Lauren Glassberg as she speaks with artists John Lunceford and James Cospito about their Communilumin reed installation and Entasis Dance’s Eve Bailey about her performance.

On-site at the festival, New York 1 News’ Adam Balkin was wowed by Codex Dynamics’ massive video projection presented on the archway of the Manhattan Bridge, Wildbytes’ Superhero installation, and Hindsight is 20/20 along the Brooklyn waterfront.

Additionally, check out FOX New York where artist Matt Friedlander spoke about his 60 foot mural project at the Children’s Art Village. 

Permalink | Posted on Oct 12, 2012 at 5:13 PM by Jenny Chang

Dumbo Art Festival Covers the Neighborhood in Color

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 03, 2012

The 16th annual Dumbo Arts Festival took New York City by storm in September. The three day event boasted an eclectic schedule of works, performances, and exhibits by more than 500 artists.

From huge projections across historic buildings and the Manhattan Bridge to interactive performances in Brooklyn Bridge Park to whimsical art floating on the East River and in the sky, festival goers experienced a free feast for the senses.

PKPR made sure the crowds kept DUMBO packed all weekend by securing preview coverage in Time Out New York’s Best of the FestsThe New York Post’s Hot Picks, CBS New York, The Huffington Post, Fodor’s Travel Guides, Complex MagazineThe L Magazine and many more!

Permalink | Posted on Oct 03, 2012 at 5:21 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane!

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 12, 2012

No! It’s the Dumbo Arts Festival!

New Yorkers will have the opportunity to experience what it’s like to have superpowers at this year’s Dumbo Arts Festival, taking place from September 28-30.

Festival-goers will be able to fly across one of DUMBO’s landmark buildings, shift their shape and size, and throw light beams as part of Superhero, a large-scale outdoor experience that will be presented as the AT&T Signature Artwork at this year’s Festival.

PKPR secured coverage of Superhero in outlets from The Huffington Post and New York Observer’s Betabeat to DNAinfo.com and The Brooklyn Daily.

The Festival is also being highlighted as a top pick in many Fall Previews including Time Out New York, Time Out New York Kids, CBSNewYork, NYCGo and more!

Permalink | Posted on Sep 12, 2012 at 4:45 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District

Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District logo

Representing over 300 businesses in Brooklyn�s vibrant Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill neighborhoods, the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District (AABID)provides local businesses with a variety of services, including marketing and promotion of the business boulevard; capital improvements, streetscape and beautification projects; advocacy and other programs and business services that improve economic conditions.  To learn more about the Atlantic Avenue BID visit http://www.atlanticavebid.org/.

Visit the Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District Website →


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Atlantic Avenue�s Sidewalk Extravaganza

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 18, 2012


(Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, BID director Josef Szende, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz at the ribbon cutting during the extravaganza).

The first-ever Atlantic Avenue Extravaganza presented by PKPR client, Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District, was a resounding success. Celebrating the launch of the BID, a coalition of three hundred businesses along one of Brooklyn’s most famous boulevards hit the streets, literally bringing their business outside!

A jam-packed lineup of special events, performances, demonstrations, tastings, tours, games, and more brought Atlantic Avenue’s celebrated commerce, culture, and community to life.

PKPR made sure that the streets were bustling by securing coverage in Time Out New York’s Best of the Fests, amNY, Flavorpill , New York Post’s Hot Picks, New York Times, Brooklyn Exposed, Brooklyn Bugle, New York’s Grub Street, and many more!

Permalink | Posted on Jun 18, 2012 at 11:02 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Stampa

Making it possible and affordable for anyone to make a statement with beautiful artwork, Stampa showcases limited-edition prints by a roster of top illustrators, artists, and designers. The prints are made digitally, with archival inks and substrates; prices range from $100 for an unframed 8-by-10-inch print to $800 for an 18-by-24-inch framed print.

Visit the Stampa Website →


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Stampa in Cool Hunting, HGTV Father’s Day Guide

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 07, 2012

For Father’s Day, Stampa is offering an exclusive print collection that puts a twist…or should we say a stitch…on the traditional Father’s Day gift.

Renowned for his playful, colorful artwork that is hand stitched or drawn, Stephen Campbell created prints of iconic Father’s Day items, including Old Spice, ties, and a #1 Dad coffee mug.

Coverage so far has included Cool Hunting, HGTV, TrendHunter, and Jordan Reid of Ramshackle Glam, who the New York Observer hailed as a new generation Martha Stewart.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 07, 2012 at 2:04 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

The Knight Foundation

The Knight Foundation logo

Brother John S. and James L. Knight built and ran one of America’s largest and most successful 20th century newspaper companies. The Knights formed Knight Foundation to support transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts. We believe that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged.

Visit the The Knight Foundation Website →


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The Knight Foundation announces Public Space Fellows

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 21, 2019

Seven innovators from across the United States were named Knight Public Spaces Fellows this week. The Fellows include leaders who created or influenced great public spaces that strengthened community engagement and connection, including Robert Hammond, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the High Line, and Erin Salazar, Founder and Executive Director of Exhibition District. Fellows each received $150,000 in recognition of their contributions and to advance their work.

PKPR helped coordinate coverage for the overall announcement, as well as individual coverage for each of the seven fellows.

Highlights included: Architect Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Jose Mercury News, The Architect’s Newspaper, SF Gate, Smart Cities Dive, Generocity, The Registry, Smart Cities World, and East Bay Times.

 

Permalink | Posted on Jun 21, 2019 at 4:09 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Knight study: Twitter still awash in fake news accounts

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 11, 2018

More than 80 percent of accounts that repeatedly spread misinformation during the 2016 election campaign are still active, and they continue to publish more than one million tweets on a typical day, according to a study commissioned by The Knight Foundation released this week.

PKPR secured coverage in more than 30 major outlets including NPRNew York Post, Politico, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Axios, Adweek, and TechCrunch

Permalink | Posted on Oct 11, 2018 at 11:05 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Knight announces $7.6M for AI and ethics projects

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 23, 2017

A $27 million fund aimed at ensuring that artificial intelligence is developed in the public interest has announced its round of funding: $7.6 million, which will be split unequally between MIT’s Media Lab, Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center and seven smaller research efforts around the world. The fund was founded with initial support from Knight Foundation, Omidyar Network, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman (pictured above), the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and Jim Pallotta. PKPR secured coverage for the announcement in outlets including TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Wired, and The Verge.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 23, 2017 at 10:18 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Reinventing libraries for 21st century

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 08, 2016

Knight News Challenge on Libraries last week announced funding of $1.6 million for a range of innovative digital and data projects aimed at re-imagining libraries for the 21st century. Winners ranged from a free library program that uses internet video to connect incarcerated parents with their kids for storytime to a project aimed at increasing diverse perspectives (more than 90% of Wikipedia contributors are male) on Wikipedia by training librarians to assist their communities in editing and verifying Wikipedia entries. 

Coverage of the winners included The Verge, Tech Insider, Mic, TakePart, Pacific Standard Magazine, Mental Floss, GeekWire, and The Christian Science Monitor.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 08, 2016 at 10:08 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Knight Awards $3M to Voting Projects

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 31, 2015

With the nation gearing up for the 2016 elections, the Knight News Challenge on Elections in Austin last week awarded $3.2 million to a range of innovative projects that increase voter participation and better inform voters at both the national and local levels.

Outlets from The Huffington Post to VentureBeat looked at all of the winning projects, while many outlets provided deeper looks at individual winners. Highlights included:

- Gizmodo and Campaigns & Elections looked at a project aimed at making it easier to request and mail absentee ballots by smart phone

- The Guardian profiled a program that will recruit barbers in predominantly African-American communities to disseminate nonpartisan voting information and resources

- The Dailly Dot did a fantastic, in depth piece looking at a project that will expose “dark money” in campaign financing

- National Journal explored an AP project to create a more accurate alternative to exit polling

Permalink | Posted on Jul 31, 2015 at 9:22 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Knight Awards $3M to Library Innovation Projects

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 04, 2015

Goodbye Dewey Decimal and welcome to the library of the 21st Century.  The Knight Foundation this week awarded more than $3 million to projects that are reinventing the ways in which people experience and use the library.

Coverage highlights included Newsweek, VentureBeat, Fast Company, Boston Globe, Capital New York, Next City, EdSurge, Library Journal, GovTech, TechCocktail, StateTech, and ChicagoInno.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 04, 2015 at 12:02 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Knight Survey in USA Today

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 30, 2014

Amid the national debates over free speech, surveillance, privacy and press freedom, a new survey by The Knight Foundation shows students are more supportive of First Amendment than adults for the first time in a decade, with the heaviest consumers of digital media expressing strongest support:

PKPR placed an infographic in USA Today, as well as stories in numerous outlets including The Guardian, San Jose Mercury News, Pando Daily, ReasonThe Blaze, and Town Hall

Permalink | Posted on Sep 30, 2014 at 11:21 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Knight News Challenge in NPR, HuffPo, FastCo

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 25, 2014

Winners of the 2014 Knight News Challenge, which funds projects that promote an open Internet that is free and accessible to all, were announced at the 2014 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference in Boston last week.

The winners included a mix of projects aimed at safeguarding online free speech, privacy, and security, as well as two innovative programs in New York City and Chicago that will lend Wi-Fi hotspot devices to families and students without high-speed Internet access.

Coverage of the winners included: NPR, The Atlantic’s CityLab, Fast Company, The Verge, The Huffington Post, Education Week, The Hill, TechPresident, Library Journal, Social Times, Capital New York, Tech.co, Governing, MediaBistro, BostInno, MadameNoire, GovTech, and StateTech.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 25, 2014 at 8:37 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Knight Awards $2.2M to Health Startups

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 17, 2014

At the Clinton Health Matters conference in Palm Springs, the Knight Foundation announced $2.2 million in funding for seven startups that harness the power of health data in innovative ways to improve public health.  The startups were the winners of The Knight News Challenge on Health.

Coverage highlights included a fantastic Fast Company piece with the headline “7 Brilliant Ideas to Make Health Data More Useful,” as well as stories in MediaBistro, Columbia Journalism Review, GovTech, MedCity News, iHealthBeat, and Healthcare Informatics.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 17, 2014 at 12:34 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Knight report: Civic Tech startups are booming

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 10, 2013

Ashton Kutcher, Google, and Omidyar Network are among the top investors leading a $430 million funding surge in startups aimed at making government more effective and citizens more engaged, according to the first-ever report on the rapidly emerging civic tech field released by the Knight Foundation last week.

PKPR secured extensive coverage for the report’s findings including: Bloomberg, Inc., The Atlantic, Fast Company, Washington Post, PandoDaily, GigaOm, Upstart, Tech President, Next City, Nonprofit Quarterly, and NextGov,

Permalink | Posted on Dec 10, 2013 at 7:33 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Knight Awards Winners of Open Gov Challenge

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 25, 2013

PKPR was on the ground in Cambridge, MA this week for the announcement of the Knight News Challenge on Open Gov at the MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference. 

The eight winning projects provide new tools to improve the way people and governments interact, ranging from OpenCounter, which makes it easier to open a local business, to Outline.com, which creates a simulator that enables people to visualize the impact of public policies on their community. 

PKPR secured coverage of the winners in a wide range of outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Businessweek, Fast Company, Washington Post, Inc., PandoDaily, ReadWrite, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston.com, CivSource, and Tech Cocktail.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 25, 2013 at 6:49 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mobile News Projects Win Knight News Challenge

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 30, 2013

Ranging from projects that turn no-frills mobile phones into radio stations to applications that help newsrooms manage a deluge of incoming mobile content, eight media innovation ventures this week received a total of $2.4 million as winners of the Knight News Challenge: Mobile.

Coverage of the winning projects included AllThingsD, Fast Company, VentureBeat, PandoDaily, Social Times, New York Observer BetaBeat, TechPresident, Mediabistro, Jounalism.co.uk, and Columbia Journalism Review.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 30, 2013 at 11:46 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Recovers.org Reshapes Disaster Relief in NYC

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 26, 2012

Recovers.org from Knight Foundation on Vimeo.

PKPR was proud to work with The Knight Foundation on promoting the amazing service that Knight News Challenge winner Recovers.org provided in New York City in the aftermath of super storm Sandy.

Developed by two sisters whose town was upended by a tornado last year, Recovers.org has been instrumental in jumpstarting recovery across the city, moving masses of people and goods from where they showed up to where they were needed most. Coverage ranged from Huffington Post (With Recovers.org, Two Sisters Revolutionize Disaster Relief) to Aol Government.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 26, 2012 at 7:36 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Data Projects win Knight News Challenge

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 28, 2012

Six media innovation ventures that make it easier to access and use information on local communities, air quality, elections, demographics and more received a total of $2.22 million this week as winners of the Knight News Challenge: Data.

PKPR secured coverage for the winners in a wide range of outlets including TechCrunch, Fast Company, The Next Web, The Verge, Talking Points Memo, TechPresident, Columbia Journalism Review, and CivSource,

Permalink | Posted on Sep 28, 2012 at 12:10 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Knight News Challenge Winners Unveiled

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 03, 2012

On June 18th at MIT in Boston, Knight Foundation announced that six media innovation ventures would be awarded more than $1.37 million as winners of Knight News Challenge on Networks. The winning projects build on existing networks, such as UStream or Twitter, to create new ways for informing and engaging communities.

PKPR focused its campaign on technology and startup reporters, securing coverage of the announcement in outlets such as the Boston Globe, GigaOM, The Next Web, The Wrap, MediaBistro, ReadWriteWeb, and Columbia Journalism Review.

In addition, PKPR conducted targeted outreach for each of the six winning projects, pitching reporters on related beats, such as online privacy or tablet innovation. This led to profiles or stories on individual winners, such as Behavio (Techcrunch, Fast Company, and PSFK) and WatchUp (The Economist, Mashable).

 

Permalink | Posted on Jul 03, 2012 at 10:30 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Knight Funds New Video Translation Service

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 11, 2012

Aiming to strengthen the role of the Internet as an open platform for global learning, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Mozilla this provided $1 million in funding to Amara, a pioneer in crowd-sourced video translation.

With nearly 170,000 videos translated since its founding in 2010, Amara is one of the world’s largest video subtitling platforms. Its system is used by a wide range of leading news, media and education organizations, from PBS NewsHour to Khan Academy and Al Jazeera, to reach wider audiences and further global understanding. In addition, Amara volunteers use the system to independently translate popular videos – from President Barack Obama’s message to the Sudan to KONY 2012, which was translated into 35 languages in 4 days.

The Knight Foundation tapped PKPR to handle outreach for this announcement to technology media. Coverage of the announcement included TechCrunch, The Next Web, Pando Daily, BoingBoing, Portfolio, Xconomy, Crowdsourcing, Nieman MediaLab, and more.

Permalink | Posted on May 11, 2012 at 11:26 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

WellTech

WellTech is an incubator targeting startups and companies using technology to create new, consumer-facing health and wellness solutions. It is founded by investors and executives behind SpaFinder Wellness, the world’s leading spa and wellness resource, and GramercyOne, whose cloud-based business management software is used by more than 5,800 spas, gyms, medical practices and other local service businesses worldwide.

Visit the WellTech Website →


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Incubator for Health & Wellness Startups Launches

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 03, 2012

WellTech, a new health and wellness-focused incubator, launched this week with a duo of startups dedicated to changing how consumers pursue wellness and healthy living, FITiST and Wizpert.

Headquartered in New York’s Gramercy neighborhood, WellTech targets startups and companies using technology to create new, consumer-facing health and wellness solutions. WellTech will provide startups with strategic guidance, such as industry expertise and networking, office space, mentoring and marketing support. Participants will receive a minimum $50,000 in capital to help them grow their business and also will have potential access to future rounds of capital from WellTech and other introduced investors.

PKPR placed stories on the launch in Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, The Next Web, MedCityNews, New York Observer’s Betabeat, mHealthNews, Crain’s New York, MobiHealth News, and iMedicalApps.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 03, 2012 at 12:04 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Theatre Y

Theatre Y was founded in 2006, by actor Melissa Hawkins and director Christopher Markle. The company is steeped in the theatrical traditions of Eastern Europe, which Chris Markle advanced until his death in 2008. Chris had a long artistic partnership with the Romanian director Liviu Culei and worked with other primal masters of the Eastern European theatre, including Luciane Pintilie and Taduesz Kantor.

Visit the Theatre Y Website →


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New York Times Rave for Theatre Y

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 27, 2012

In a rare review of an Off Off Broadway show, Ben Brantley of The New York Times gave Theatre Y’s production of I Killed My Mother a rave review this week, saying that “Karin Coonrod’s stark, poetic production is performed with feral fierceness by Andrew Hampton Livingston and the uncanny Melissa Lorraine Hawkin.” Other reviews included The New York Post, Backstage, Theatremania, and NYTheatre.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 27, 2012 at 1:27 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Public Radio Exchange (PRX)

PRX’s mission is to help diverse voices and awesome audio stories reach and inform millions of people through its innovative digital platforms, applications and services. From building apps for This American Life to distributing The Moth Radio Hour to hundreds of public radio stations across the country, PRX is breaking new ground in public media.

Visit the Public Radio Exchange (PRX) Website →


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Buzz for Radiotopia’s storytelling superstars

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 06, 2016

Over the past few months, PKPR has secured feature stories on The Heart and Criminal, two of the podcasts on the Radiotopia network that are shaping the future of storytelling. Here are a few of the highlights…

The Heart: Kaitlin Prest and Mitra Kaboli document the most intimate, joyful, unusual, and crushing moments of human relationships
- Business Insider: Why podcasts feel so good when they talk about sex
- Huffington Post: Sex advice with the women of The Heart podcast
- Bustle: Seven podcasts that make you feel hopeful about love

Criminal: Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer explore people who’ve done wrong, been wronged, or gotten caught somewhere in the middle.
- Huffington Post: Before Serial, two women set out to bring true crime to podcasts
- Tech Times: Criminal creator talks podcast success and the obsession with true crime stories

Permalink | Posted on Apr 06, 2016 at 9:12 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Radiotopia launches “Project Greenlight for podcasters”

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 18, 2016

Aiming to discover the next podcasting star, Radiotopia today launchedPodquest, a competition that will give three finalists $10,000 and professional support to develop a podcast that could join the ranks of the network’s story-driven breakout hits like 99% Invisible, Criminal, and Song Exploder. PKPR kicked off the search with an exclusive story in Fast Company.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 18, 2016 at 9:44 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Song Exploder in SPIN, Vox, Gigwise

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 09, 2015

PKPR placed three terrific interviews recently in SPIN, Vox, and Gigwise with Hirishikesh Hirway, the musical mastermind behind the hit Radiotopia podcast Song Exploder.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 09, 2015 at 11:53 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

PRX in Fast Co’s Most Innovative Companies

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 10, 2015

PRX received not one, but three shout outs in the March 2015 issue.

- PRX was named one of the world’s 10 most innovative media companies

- Radiotopia, its podcast network, was named one of the ten most innovative companies of Kickstarter

- Jake Shapiro, CEO of PRX, is interviewed in an in depth feature article: The Future of Media is Podcasting

Permalink | Posted on Feb 10, 2015 at 11:04 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Mashable on PRX’s newest series: Reveal

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 29, 2015


Continuing to reshape podcasting and public radio, PRX this week launched Reveal, the nation’s only public radio show and podcast devoted to investigative reporting. Mashable’s media reporter Jason Abbruzzese takes an in depth look at the new series.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 29, 2015 at 2:45 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Boston Globe profiles PRX founder Jake Shapiro

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 11, 2015

Terrific profile of PRX founder & CEO Jake Shapiro in today’s Boston Globe.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 11, 2015 at 12:19 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

PRX featured in The Verge’s Top Shelf Series

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 05, 2014

Jake Shapiro of PRX is featured prominently in the fantastic episode of The Verge’s Top Shelf series looking at the innovators leading the new podcasting revolution.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 05, 2014 at 9:14 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Radiotopia breaks Kickstarter records

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 20, 2014

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On November 14th, Radiotopia, the podcasting network from PRX, became the most funded Radio/Podcast project in Kickstarter history, raising $624,412 from over 21,808 backers, far surpassing its original goal of $250,000.

PKPR secured an exclusive on the campaign’s success in the New York Times and secured many stories on how Radiotopia is leading the podcasting revolution in outlets like Digiday, Fast Company, International Business Times, Upstart, Capital New York, Columbia Journalism Review, Mediabistro, and Current.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 20, 2014 at 11:01 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

PRX Launches Radiotopia Podcast Network

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 14, 2014

To establish a model for sustaining quality, story-driven public radio shows, PRX last week launched Radiotopia, a podcast network of the best emerging and established talent. The launch is supported by $200,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Radiotopia is anchored by 99% Invisible, the popular design and architecture podcast hosted and produced by Roman Mars. Other podcasts in the inaugural lineup include Radio Diaries, Benjamen Walker’s Theory of Everything, and Strangers, a fascinating look at how people connect in the modern world created by Lea Thau, former executive and creative director of The Moth.

Coverage of the launch included an interview with Mars on BoingBoing’s Gweek podcast, USA Today, The Guardian, The Verge, Mediabistro, Columbia Journalism Review, Nieman Journalism Lab, Current, Radio Survivor, and All Access.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 14, 2014 at 12:01 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

PRX in USA Today

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 05, 2013

PRX and The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) this week debuted a pilot for public radio’s first-ever investigative reporting series featuring an exclusive report and data analysis revealing how the Department of Veteran Affairs has overprescribed opiates to veterans since 9/11. 

As a result of PKPR’s outreach, USA Today media editor Rem Reider dedicated his weekly column to an in depth look at the series, heralding it as “very cool for a number of reasons.”

“For one thing, the advent of a new source of investigative reporting is always welcome news,” wrote Reider. “And the partnership highlights a number of encouraging trends that have emerged in the midst of the often-depressing news about traditional news organizations.”

Permalink | Posted on Oct 05, 2013 at 12:09 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

PRX Remix App Gets Love from USA Today, Guardian

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 12, 2013

PRX this week launched the PRX Remix, a free app that brings listeners a curated mix of the most compelling radio stories, interviews, audio documentaries, and intriguing sounds from indie-produced features to podcast gems like The Moth, StoryCorps, 99% Invisible, The Kitchen Sisters, and WTF with Marc Maron. Aiming to be the greatest radio station of all time in your pocket, PRX Remix showcases a virtually endless stream of ear candy handpicked from all corners of the audio universe by PRX program director and 99% Invisible host Roman Mars (above).

Raves for the new came in from around the web including USA Today, The Guardian, Mediabistro, Current, and Nieman Journalism Lab

Permalink | Posted on Jul 12, 2013 at 11:28 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Public Radio Player app in Techcrunch, PandoDaily

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 15, 2013


Public Radio Exchange (PRX) released the first update in three years to its popular Public Radio Player iPhone app, which features a completely new interface and visual design. The free app was also updated to offer the best experience for streaming audio from over 500 public radio stations and 1,000 programs either live, on demand, and even offline.

Through targeted outreach under embargo, PKPR secured day of launch coverage in Techcrunch, PandoDaily, Mediabistro, Columbia Journalism Review, App Advice, All App News, and the Philadelphia Daily News

Permalink | Posted on Mar 15, 2013 at 2:39 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

PRX’s ‘99% Invisible’ Breaks Kickstarter Record

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 27, 2012

99% Invisible, a “tiny radio show about design” that is distributed by Public Radio Exchange (PRX), raised $170,477 from 5,661 backers, making it Kickstarter’s most funded journalism campaign ever!

Hosted by Roman Mars, who has been dubbed “the Ira Glass of design” by The New York Times design columnist Allison Arieff, 99% Invisible is the latest public radio show and podcast distributed by PRX to become a runaway hit. It recently reached #1 on the iTunes podcast charts, as well as #1 in both the Arts and Design categories.

PKPR leveraged 99% Invisible’sKickstarter success to get the program and PRX coverage in Mediabistro, Current, Core77, East Bay Express,  and Smart Planet.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 27, 2012 at 11:37 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Public Radio Exchange in New York Times

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 18, 2012

In a front page feature in today’s New York Times arts section, reporter Elizabeth Jensen took a look at the next generation of public radio shows poised to fill the void left by Car Talk when it stops producing news shows at the end of 2011. Jake Shapiro, executive director, of Public Radio Exchange (PRX), was featured prominently in the article, discussing PRX’s successful new public radio series including The Moth Radio Hour and Snap Judgment.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 18, 2012 at 1:44 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

PRX’s Bullied Special Makes Headlines

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 23, 2012

With bullying in schools and on the Internet dominating the headlines, a new Public Radio Exchange special brought a fresh perspective to the issue with a collection of stories produced, reported, and hosted by teens who have experienced bullying firsthand or have been bullies themselves.

“Bullied: Teen Stories from Generation PRX” offered an hour of thought-provoking personal accounts, interviews, and examinations of bullying produced and told by youth reporters from Maine to Alaska to Sweden. Coverage of special ranged from a live interview and feature on Fox News to Huffington Post.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 23, 2012 at 1:53 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Public Media Accelerator in Mashable

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 09, 2012

PKPR is thrilled to be working with Public Radio Exchange (PRX) on developing the media strategy for the Public Media Accelerator, a $2.5 million tech incubator that aims to do for public broadcasting what accelerators like Code for America and RockHealth are doing for government and health care, respectively.

In advance of a series of events at SXSW Interactive, PKPR placed an exclusive with Mashable announcing that PRX hired Corey Ford, director of Innovation Endeavors’ Runway program, the start-up incubator at Eric Schmidt’s early stage venture capital firm, and former producer for the Emmy Award-winning PBS series FRONTLINE, has been tapped as the Public Media Accelerator’s director. Ford will oversee the program which will invest in mission-driven entrepreneurs from media, technology, and design to build ventures with the potential to reshape the future of public media.

Other coverage of the announcement included TechCrunch, Niemen Journalism Lab, Current, and Radio World.

Stay tuned for more news in the coming months!

Permalink | Posted on Mar 09, 2012 at 10:49 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Time Inc.

Time Inc., a division of Time Warner, is a world class branded content company, engaging more than 138 million consumers monthly across multiple platforms. With 22 magazines and 27 web sites in the U.S., it is the country�s largest consumer publisher. Each month, one out of every two American adults reads a Time Inc. magazine, and one out of every five, who are online, visits a company web site (more than 50 million monthly unique visitors). Time Inc.�s popular brands and successful franchises extend to online, mobile and tablets, television, video events and branded products.

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Time Inc.‘s 10 NYC Startups to Watch @ Internet Week

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 23, 2013

For the third year in a row, PKPR handled PR for Time Inc.‘s annual Internet Week New York event - 10 NYC Startups to Watch. More than 30 journalists attended the party at the brand new Hudson Commons, where they had a chance to interview founders of the honored startups.

Techcrunch TV did three segments on honorees: Grouper (below), FiftyThree, and Fitocracy.  Other coverage highlights included a Fox Business segment and articles in The New York Daily News and am New York (above).


Permalink | Posted on May 23, 2013 at 1:09 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Time Inc. Hosts 2nd Annual 10 NYC Startups to Watch

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 18, 2012

For the second year in a row, PKPR managed publicity for Time Inc’s 10 NYC Startups To Watch, which has quickly become one of the flagship annual events of Internet Week New York. TechCrunch called it a “pretty badass party” and New York Observer’s BetaBeat named it one one of the “ten must-see events of Internet Week.” 

More than 50 journalists attended the event, filing on-the-scene stories featuring interviews with founders of Codecademy, Artsy, Fab, Stamped, and the other honored startups. Highlights of the coverage included a TechCrunch TV segment, in depth stories in Adweek, Fox Business, WNET’s MetroFocus, and Portfolio, and a slideshow on PCMag.com profiling each of the startups.

Permalink | Posted on May 18, 2012 at 3:38 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Time Inc. Names 10 NYC Startups to Watch

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 17, 2011

Time Inc. tapped PKPR to handle publicity for Ten NYC Startups to Watch, its flagship event during Internet Week New York 2011.

PKPR worked closely with the Time Inc. team on the project, including developing the concept for the event, announcing the startups recognized by Time Inc, and managing media at the sold-out party.

Coverage ranged from Adweek and Yahoo! Scene (check out the awesome video segment above) to the New York Daily News to Portfolio, NYConvergence, and New York Observer’s BetaBeat.  Reporters from more than 20 outlets attended the event, including the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, Crain’s New York, and PaidContent.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 17, 2011 at 12:00 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Slavery Footprint

Slavery Footprint is a non-profit organization dedicated to ending forced labor, human trafficking, and modern day slavery through increased public awareness, action, and advocacy. The organization’s flagship initiative, developed in collaboration with the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, is an online survey and mobile app that enables consumers to both quantify the role of forced labor in their own lifestyles and to take action in market place. In addition to its digital activism tools, Slavery Footprint conducts community education and mobilization programs throughout the country.

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President Obama Praises Slavery Footprint

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 26, 2012


Aiming to help business eradicate forced labor from their supply chains, the White House last month announced a range of efforts to combat human trafficking including the launch of Made In A Free World, the first program of its kind aimed at helping companies ensure that no forced labor is used at any point in the creation of their products.

Made in A Free World was created by PKPR client Slavery Footprint with support and input from the State Department, leading NGOs, Dun and Bradstreet, and Ariba.

The news was announced in conjunction with President Barack Obama’s speech at the Clinton Global Initiative in September on ending modern slavery, where he singled out Slavery Footprint’s work: “Consumers can help by visiting slaveryfootprint.org. Speak up and insist our products aren’t made of forced labor.”

PKPR secured coverage for the launch of Made in a Free World in outlets from Fast Company to Take Part, as well as key industry trade publications covering supply chain management such as Human Resource Executive, Supply Chain Management Review, and Material Handling & Logistics.

 

Permalink | Posted on Oct 26, 2012 at 12:39 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Slavery Footprint profiled by Associated Press

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 30, 2011

PKPR secured a major feature on Slavery Footprint by the Associated Press. Written by reporter Beth Duff-Brown, the in-depth profile of founder Justin Dillon explored his journey from musician to filmmaker to anti-slavery crusader. The article has been picked up far and wide - from Yahoo! News to CBS News.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 30, 2011 at 12:10 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Slavery Footprint Hits One Million Milestone

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 18, 2011

We are thrilled to announce that more than one million people have calculated their Slavery Footprint. The site’s creators estimated they would reach this major milestone by the end of the year, but extensive media coverage and social media buzz accelerated the site’s momentum.

PKPR continues to secure major coverage for Slavery Footprint. Recent highlights include The Washington Post, TechCrunch TV (Check out clip below), Oprah.com, The Consumerist, MSNBC.com, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, The Guardian, Treehugger, UTNE, Food Republic, Bust Magazine, The Hairpin, and The Social Times.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 18, 2011 at 11:18 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Slavery Footprint Creators Profiled in Adweek

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 24, 2011

Slavery Footprint gets the full-page treatment in this week’s issue of Adweek. The website’s creators, Justin Dillon of Slavery Footprint and John Matejczyk of MUHTAYZIK | HOFFER, were photographed for the magazine’s weekly Portraits page, which spotlights groundbreaking marketing campaigns. PKPR developed the concept for the photo, which features the creators holding scores representing the number of slaves working for them as calculated by the Slavery Footprint site.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 24, 2011 at 11:08 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Slavery Footprint Launches at Clinton Global Initiative

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 23, 2011

If you are reading this on a smartphone or laptop, you have at least three slaves working for you, according to Slavery Footprint.

Aiming to personalize the complex issue of modern slavery, the provocative website and app provide consumers with an eye-opening assessment of how much their lifestyle depends on forced labor, as well as the tools to take action in the marketplace to begin creating a free world.

PKPR is proud to be representing this groundbreaking initiative, which was developed by Slavery Footprint, a non-profit dedicated to ending modern-day slavery, in collaboration with the State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.

PKPR developed and implemented a comprehensive strategy for the launch of the initiative, which was unveiled on the 149th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York City this week.  We placed major launch day stories in outlets such as CNN Money (shared more than 2000 times on Facebook and Twitter), Fast Company, and Voice of America.  Other launch coverage highlights included The New York Times, Huffington Post, Wired, GOOD, and Mother Nature News.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 23, 2011 at 10:38 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

The Final Edition

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Satire with Teeth: The Final Edition Launches

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 28, 2011

The Last Timescast from The Final Edition on Vimeo.

PKPR handled publicity for the launch of TheFinalEdition.com, a new satire with teeth that promises to be “an intelligent, in-the-know antidote to the cat and fratboy humor that dominates the Internet.
Led by editor in chief Tony Hendra, celebrated for his work on The National Lampoon, SPY Magazine, and the cult film “This Is Spinal Tap”, TheFinalEdition.com boast contributions by a who’s who of comic geniuses - from Terry Jones, Peter Sagal (NPR’s Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!) and Mike Myers to rising stars like Alex Blagg and writers from Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, The Onion, and Real Time with Bill Maher.

Feature stories on the launch included Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, Salon, Wired, Gawker, Politico, CNBC.com, New York Observer, Flavorwire, Time.com, Splitsider, ComedySmack, and ShinyShiny.

Permalink | Posted on May 28, 2011 at 12:51 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Friendfactor

Friendfactor is a non-profit organization dedicated to making it easy for straight friends to help their gay friends achieve full legal freedoms,

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Friendfactor helps win marriage equality in NY

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 28, 2011

PKPR was proud to play a role in the historic passage of same-sex marriage in New York State through our work with Friendfactor, a new non-profit that makes it easy for friends and family to support their gay loved ones. Friendfactor is one of the many organizations that came together under one united strategy to campaign for marriage equality in New York.

Through Friendfactor, more than 1,100 people set up their own personal campaign pages where friends could call their State Senator with just the click-of-a-mouse. After entering their zip code and phone number, friends automatically received a phone call connecting them directly to their State Senator’s office.

The list of people using Friendfactor to inspire their friends and family to make calls includes:

Christine Quinn
Cynthia Nixon
Ron Zacchi, executive director of Marriage Equality New York
Lance Bass
Andy Towle
Chelsea Handler
Kirstin Gillibrand
Sarah Silverman

PKPR secured coverage of Friendfactor’s innovative campaign in outlets including The New York Times (Want to Call Your Senator? Advocates Make It Easy), CBS News, New York Daily News, and New York Observer.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 28, 2011 at 12:54 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

New York Classical Theatre

Described as “a moveable feast: by the New York Times, New York Classical Theatre has won acclaim for its roving productions of classical plays by Shakespeare, Shaw, Moliere, and more in Central Park, Battery Park and the World Financial Center. Founded by Stephen Burdman in 2000, the company has performed 23 free plays for more than 85,000 spectators.

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A Glowing NY Times Review for The Tempest

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 06, 2013

New York Classical Theatre’s roving production of The Seagull in Central Park receives a glowing review by critic Anita Gates in today’s New York Times.  Next stop: the company makes it Brooklyn debut in Prospect Park on June 25th.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 06, 2013 at 1:08 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

On Land and Sea, Henry V Draws Crowds

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 15, 2011

In a summer filled with Shakespeare productions in New York City, PKPR helped New York Classical Theatre’s production of Henry V stand out from the crowd. It didn’t hurt that the production, part of The River To River Festival, was performed on both land and sea, with the audience and actors alike taking a ferry to Governors Island for the play’s famous battle scenes.

Highlights included a glowing review and photo gallery in the New York Times, two segments on WNYC, and features in the Wall Street Journal, New York Observer, New York Magazine, New York Post, and the New York Daily News.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 15, 2011 at 2:07 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Brooklyn Youth Chorus

Now in its eighteenth season, the GRAMMY� Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus (BYC) is one of the country�s leading children�s choruses and is the ensemble of choice for internationally renowned orchestras and artists. The Chorus has performed with renowned artists such as Elton John, Nico Muhly, Lou Reed and John Legend, and has performed under the batons of Marin Alsop, Robert Spano, Leon Botstein, and many others. In 2002, BYC debuted with the New York Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel in On the Transmigration of Souls, for which the Chorus won a GRAMMY� Award.

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New Mizrahi Duds for Brooklyn Youth Chorus

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 14, 2011

One of the world’s most celebrated youth choirs is now also the best-dressed, thanks to acclaimed fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi.

The Grammy Award-winning Brooklyn Youth Chorus Academy, which has performed with the likes of Elton John, Lou Reed, and Sufjan Steven, premiered it new line of choir robes custom-designed by the Brooklyn-born fashion icon during a performance with Manchester Orchestra on Late Night with David Letterman on May 12th.

“They had me at Brooklyn,” Mizrahi told the Daily News.

Check out their performance on Letterman below.

Permalink | Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:24 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

PIN

PKPR is the U.S. partner of PIN, an international network of public relations firms created by London-based Paratus Communications. As a PIN partner, PKPR develops and implements U.S. strategy for Paratus Communications’ international clients.

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Solange Knowles & Chris Taylor Benefit Song

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 19, 2011

PKPR managed the U.S. launch of “Kenya”, an exclusive, ‘donate to download’ track and video by Solange Knowles, Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear and Twin Shadow. The track benefited RAIN, the Replenish Africa Initiative.

Coverage of the campaign included MTV.com, USA Today, Stereogum, Pitchfork, BET.com, SPIN, Idolator, Death + Taxes, The Quietus, and Hipster Runoff.

 

Permalink | Posted on Mar 19, 2011 at 12:11 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

RAIN (Replenish Africa Initiative)

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Rock & Roll Circus

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Rock & Roll Circus at Lincoln Center

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 12, 2011

The Rock & Roll Circus was a two-day, three-ring, musical extravaganza featuring Ariel Pink, Amazing Baby, Nick Zinner and Aska, Saint Motel, contortionist, acrobats, and more under the 40,000 square foot Big Apple Circus Tent at Lincoln Center on January 3rd and 4th.

Picking up where the best of 1968’s legendary rock superstars left off, the all-new Rock & Roll Circus was a raucous, cutting-edge marriage of the best of circus spectacle and today’s top musicians

Coverage included NBC New York, New York Press, BrooklynVegan, Stereogum, Village Voice, FREEwilliamsburg, The Fader, Flavorpill, Huffington Post, SPIN, PAPER, New York Times, BlackBook, WNYC, This Week in New York,  and Bumpershine,

Permalink | Posted on Jan 12, 2011 at 11:35 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

STELLAService

Dedicated to helping consumers make more informed online shopping decisions, STELLAService is the first and only independent provider of customer service ratings for online retailers. Using its proprietary, rigorous evaluation system, STELLAService rates thousands of retailers each year across a broad array of criteria, including usability and online tools, shipping and returns and customer support.

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Holidays are around the corner

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 19, 2012

....and STELLAService knows which retailers will get your gifts delivered on time.

Just in time for Free Shipping Day, STELLAService released the average shipping times for the top 25 internet retailers.

Everyone from Buzzfeed and The Huffington Post to Kiplinger, Boston Globe, and The Budget Fashionista wanted to make sure their readers got their gifts on time!  Will your gift arrive by Christmas?

Permalink | Posted on Dec 19, 2012 at 9:24 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Slate, Time cover STELLAService Back-to-School Study

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 29, 2012

In advance of Back to School shopping season, STELLAService studied just how much money shoppers save by purchasing school supplies on sites such as Walmart.com and Staples.com instead of going to the stores themselves. Their finding: the firm’s mystery shoppers spent significantly more to buy the same or comparable items online as they did offline.

Coverage of the STELLAService study included: CNBC, Time, Slate, PCMag, US News & World Report, and Consumerist.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 29, 2012 at 11:04 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

STELLAService CEO on PBS’ Nightly Business Report

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 23, 2012

As the $83.8 billion back-to-school shopping season kicks into high, a new STELLAService study revealed that while shopping online may save customers some time, a trip to the mall can pay off in savings as well as overall convenience.

PKPR secured wide coverage for the study, including an appearance by STELLAService CEO Jordy Leiser on PBS’ Nightly Business Report. Other placements included CNBC, Slate, Time.com, MediaPost, U.S. News & World Report, The Consumerist, and PCMag.com.

 

 

Permalink | Posted on Aug 23, 2012 at 12:16 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

YOU’VE GOT MAIL… not that it’s helpful

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 27, 2012

Next time you’ve got a question while shopping online, think twice before firing off an email if you are expecting a helpful answer.

A study by STELLAService found that retailers answer customer emails completely just 54% of the time. There was some good news, however, for shoppers. Among the top 25 retailers, LLBean.com answered nearly 90% of customer emails thoroughly.

PKPR secured an exclusive with Mashable. Additional coverage ranged from The Consumerist to Fox Business to Yahoo! Shine

Permalink | Posted on Jun 27, 2012 at 1:07 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

STELLAService Facebook Survey on CNN

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 05, 2012

Revealing that many retailers still need to refine their social media manners, one quarter of twenty top brands surveyed failed to respond to customer service questions posted on their Facebook pages, according to a test conducted by STELLAService.

PKPR secured an exclusive on the survey on CNN.com and placed stories in numerous outlets including Time, PC World, CNET, PCMag.com, ZDNet, Mashable, Technorati, Entrepreneur, Mediabistro’s All Facebook, Brandchannel, and MarketingVox.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 05, 2012 at 11:40 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

STELLAService Rules Holiday Coverage

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jan. 03, 2012

STELLAService finished 2011 with a bang, garnering coverage near and far for its studies of the retailers with fastest shipping, call support, and refunds.  Wall Street Journal, Lucky Magazine, MSN Money, Time, Aol Daily Finance, Smart Money, Business Insider, SheKnowsConsumerist, and The Street are just of the few many outlets that now turn to STELLAService for insight on consumer trends and news.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 03, 2012 at 1:31 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

CNBC on the “Zagats of Customer Service”

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 15, 2011

Need we say more. In a profile of STELLAService, CNBC’s Courtney Reagan calls the company “the Zagats of customer service.”

Permalink | Posted on Dec 15, 2011 at 10:59 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

STELLAService on CNN

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 23, 2011

If you’re flying on Virgin America for the Thanksgiving holiday, be prepared to wait on hold for a long time according to a study released today by STELLAService. The results were highlighted on CNN’s OutFront with Erin Burnett tonight, as well as outlets like Huffington Post, Consumerist, and The Street

Permalink | Posted on Nov 23, 2011 at 10:28 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

STELLAService on NY1

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 28, 2011

Asa Asks STELLAService on NY1 from The STELLA Team on Vimeo.

NY1 profiles STELLAService.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 28, 2011 at 8:45 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

STELLAService in Real Simple

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 13, 2011

PKPR secured a perfect placement for STELLAService in the November issue of Real Simple (circulation 1.9 million). For a seven-page feature on Shopping Smart, Real Simple created the special graphic above to illustrate STELLAService’s research on the retailers with the fastest phone support.

Permalink | Posted on Oct 13, 2011 at 12:47 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Retailers Ditching Automated Phone Menus?

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 25, 2011

A new study released today brings good news for consumers fed up with being forced into the abyss of automated phone menus.

According to the STELLAService study, 21 of the Internet’s top 100 retailers, including Amazon.com, Blue Nile, LL Bean, Nordstrom, and Neiman Marcus, connect callers directly to live representatives, enabling them to avoid the endless maze of music, machines, and menu prompts used by most retailers.

The study also reveals that consumers can count on these 21 retailers for significantly shorter hold times. Overall, retailers that force customers into automated phone menus or IVRs (Interactive Voice Response) keep shoppers on hold for an average of 1 minute and 51 seconds, a 117 percent increase over the average hold time (51 seconds) for retailers that do not use automated phone menus.

Coverage of the study ranged from Yahoo! Finance (garnering more than 1200 comments and 600 Facebook recommendations to date) and Internet Retailer to Time.com and The Consumerist.

Permalink | Posted on Aug 25, 2011 at 3:57 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

STELLAService Survey Makes Headlines

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 17, 2011

STELLAService on Bloomberg TV’s ‘Street Smarts’ from The STELLA Team on Vimeo.

OfficeDepot.com and SierraTradingPost.com do not like to make their customers wait, according to a major new study of online retailers released this week by STELLAService, the first independent provider of customer service ratings for online companies.

In a survey of the Internet’s top 100 retailers by annual revenue, SierraTradingPost.com ranked first when it comes to the shortest average amount of time that customers have to wait on hold before talking to a live customer service representative (6 seconds), while OfficeDepot.com earned first place for responding to customer emails fastest (48 minutes).

PKPR rolled out the announcement by placing an exclusive story with Reuters, which was picked up around the Web - from MSNBC.com to Yahoo! News to FoxNews.com.

PKPR also secured segments on business TV networks like Bloomberg Television and NY1, as well as dozens of top online outlets, including Smart Money, CBS’s BNET, AOL Daily Finance, Consumerist, AOL’s WalletPop, Time.com, PC World, The Street, PCMag.com, dealnews.com, Portfolio.com, and Marketing Pilgrim.

Permalink | Posted on Jun 17, 2011 at 2:27 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

STELLAService in TechCrunch

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Mar. 21, 2011

PKPR is proud to announce that we are now representing STELLAService, the first independent customer service ratings provider for online retailers.

To kick things off, PKPR placed an exclusive story in TechCrunch today announcing that the company has raised $2 million in early stage funding. Other coverage including VentureWire, VentureBeat, and WWD.

Stay tuned for more exciting news from STELLAService in the coming months, including exclusive rankings of top retailers and new features and tools to help consumers shop smarter online.

Permalink | Posted on Mar 21, 2011 at 12:47 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has been a leading voice for arts and culture downtown and throughout New York City for almost 40 years, producing cultural events and promoting the arts through grants, services, advocacy, and cultural development programs.

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Xu Bing Exhibit in Wall Street Journal

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 12, 2011

To mark the tenth anniversary of September 11th, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council presented the U.S. premiere of “Where Does the Dust Itself Collect?” by artist Xu Bing.

Utilizing dust that Xu Bing collected from the streets of Lower Manhattan in the aftermath of 9/11, the installation recreates a 25-by-20-foot field of dust across the gallery floor that is punctuated by the outline of a Chan Buddhist poem, revealed as if the letters have been removed from under the dust. The powerful piece was featured in outlets from the Wall Street Journal to NY1.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 12, 2011 at 2:40 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

LMCC Commemorates September 11th

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 09, 2011

To commemorate the ten-year anniversary of September 11th, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), a former World Trade Center tenant, launched InSite: Art + Commemoration, a series of free public arts events and a special multimedia website that reflect on a decade of recovery, visioning and change in Downtown New York.

Founded shortly after the World Trade Center’s opening in 1972, LMCC has brought art and culture to Downtown New York for nearly 40 years. On September 11, 2001, when the towers were destroyed, LMCC lost one of its artists-in-residence, Michael Richards, along with its offices, residency spaces, and cultural archives. Since then, LMCC has spearheaded efforts to rebuild the neighborhood through ambitious arts projects, including a $5 million Downtown Cultural Grants initiative, the River To River Festival, now in its tenth season, and the transformation of more than 300,000 square feet of vacant real estate into artist studios and exhibition spaces.

PKPR implemented a comprehensive strategy that included securing an in-depth feature on the history of LMCC’s work in the Wall Street Journal - “Arts Continue to Blossom in Post 9/11 Manhattan”—a segment on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show, and features in Newsday and The New York Daily News. LMCC’s initiative was also prominently included in round-ups of anniversary arts events, such as Associated Press, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, WNYC, WNET, Metropolis Magazine, Art in America, and ArtNet.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 09, 2011 at 12:27 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

A Floating Poem on Governors Island

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 02, 2011

Hundreds of balloons featuring hand-written lines of poetry contributed by visitors created a floating poem at LMCC’s Building 110 on Governors Island. Created by The Cause Collective, the installation was covered by numerous outlets including WNYC, Tribeca Citizen, Village Voice, New York Observer, Bloomberg.com, ArtSlant, Gothamist, and NY Art Beat.

Permalink | Posted on Sep 02, 2011 at 12:01 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

LMCC in Wall Street Journal

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 10, 2011

On the eve of Governors Island opening for the summer, PKPR placed a feature in the Wall Street Journal on Building 110, a former military warehouse transformed into open arts studios and exhibition space by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.

Permalink | Posted on May 10, 2011 at 2:53 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

FashionPlaytes

FashionPlaytes.com is the first design-it-yourself fashion destination site for girls ages 5-12. The site lets girls be fashion designers and create a line of clothing they can actually wear. With over 5 million design combinations, FashionPlaytes.com offers a fun, creative outlet for self-expression and engaging shared experiences for girls worldwide.

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FashionPlaytes Profiled in Family Circle

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Apr. 16, 2012

PKPR secured a terrific piece on FashionPlaytes founder Sarah McIlroy in the May 2012 issue of Family Circle. Sarah and her daughters are profiled in a feature story on moms who founded successful businesses with their families.

Permalink | Posted on Apr 16, 2012 at 12:27 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

FashionPlaytes in Parents Magazine

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep. 16, 2011

FashionPlaytes is showcased as a “must have” in the October 2011 issue Parents Magazine (circulation 2.2. million)

Permalink | Posted on Sep 16, 2011 at 2:19 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

FashionPlaytes Back-To-School Campaign

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 26, 2011

With back-to-school the second biggest shopping season of the year, PKPR developed a comprehensive campaign positioning FashionPlaytes as a way for girls to ease the back-to-school jitters and gain confidence by designing their own outfit for the all-important first day of school.

PKPR’s strategy involved outreach to key national media, including securing a rave review from Parenting.com that hailed the site as “better back to school shopping for girls.” Another fun placement included a shout out on HerSay with Soleil Moon Frye.

We also placed articles in local outlets across the country featuring interviews with local moms and daughters - from Long Island Newsday and the Staten Island Advance to Boston Parent, Lowcountry Parent, and Arizona Family.

Finally, PKPR coordinated in-studio fashion shows with local customers in markets across the country, including Miami, Dallas, Columbus, San Diego, and Seattle. You can watch some of the local segments below.

Fox (Dallas)

   

NBC (Miami)

Permalink | Posted on Aug 26, 2011 at 7:35 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

FashionPlaytes.com on The Today Show

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Aug. 02, 2011

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FashionPlaytes.com was highlighted as one of “five fun, affordable buys for kids” on The Today Show this morning, resulting in the largest traffic spike to the site in the company’s three-year history. Watch the segment above (FashionPlaytes starts at about 1:15).

Permalink | Posted on Aug 02, 2011 at 2:37 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

FashionPlaytes in Working Mother, PBS Kids

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 17, 2011

FashionPlaytes, which lets young girls design and wear their own outfits, continues to win raves from influential parenting outlets. Working Mother, PBS Kids, Yahoo! Shine, BabyCenter, and Imagination Soup are just a few of the high-profile pubs that have recently sung its praises.

Permalink | Posted on May 17, 2011 at 11:51 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Good Housekeeping Loves FashionPlaytes.com

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 24, 2011

PKPR is thrilled to announced that we are now representing FashionPlaytes.com, an online service that lets girls age 5-12 design and wear their own clothes.

To launch the campaign, we arranged for FashionPlaytes to be tested and reviewed by the influential Good Housekeeping Research Institute. Naming it a “Best Product,” Good Housekeeping raved about the service, calling it a “great website for girls that are interested in fashion.”

Stay tuned for more exciting news from this up-and-coming company.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 24, 2011 at 10:24 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Zeckendorf Towers

Zeckendorf Towers is a 670 unit, mixed-use condominium located on Union Square. The distinctive four-tower, pyramid-topped, building is a common site to all who are familiar with the area. The building features landscaped roof gardens and courtyards, a full service health club, and a sky lobby supplementing the services provided by the street level concierge. Zeckendorf Towers was first opened for occupancy in 1987, and is credited with initiating the re-vitalization of the Union Square area. Maxwell Kates’ on-site staff has been managing the building since 1991. 

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NYC now home to largest smoke-free building in U.S.

By Patrick Kowalczyk

May. 27, 2013


Zeckendorf Towers is now the largest smoke-free residential building in the country thanks to a vote taken this week by the building’s residents. PKPR secured coverage for groundbreaking measure in outlets including New York Post, NY1, WNYW, Globe St. The Real Deal, Real Estate Weekly, Gothamist, Curbed New York, and Brick Underground.

Permalink | Posted on May 27, 2013 at 8:42 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

NYC’s Largest Residential Green Roof Unveiled

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Dec. 18, 2010


Zeckendorf Towers, the famed pyramid-topped building that initiated the revitalization of Union Square more than 20 years ago, set a new benchmark for the booming neighborhood with the opening of the city’s largest residential green roof last month.

Located at One Irving Place, the 14,000 square-foot green roof will put the full block, mixed-use property at the forefront of New York City’s new green roof initiative. In late September, Mayor Michael Bloomberg kicked off NYC Green Infrastructure, a major campaign aimed at integrating infrastructure, such as green roofs, to improve water and air quality, cool the City, and reduce energy bills and greenhouse gas emissions.

Coverage included a front page Sunday real estate section story in the New York TimesNY1, Metro NY, Crain’s NY Business , Curbed NY, DNAinfo and Real Estate Weekly.

Permalink | Posted on Dec 18, 2010 at 1:41 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

New York Opera Society

The New York Opera Society (NYOS) benefits artists and audiences alike through high quality, performance-driven, just-in-time productions here and abroad, offering fresh and sometimes provocative interpretations of contemporary and classical works.

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Opera on Internet Addiction Stirs Controversy

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov. 23, 2010

In a world increasingly dominated by texts and tweets, a timely new opera offered a digital-age take on the time-honored tragic heroine.

“The Empty Hours” (Las Horas Vacias) by acclaimed Spanish composer Ricardo Llorca had its staged world premiere at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall on November 19th. The tale of a lonely woman whose obsession with the internet fuels an extraordinary fantasy world, “The Empty Hours” was presented by the New York Opera Society in a special, one-night only performance.

PKPR secured an in-depth feature on the opera in the Wall Street Journal (“The Music of Modern Mania”), and previews on WNET’s Sunday Arts, WNYC, and TheaterMania.

We also leveraged the opera’s Internet theme to generate buzz in outlets like Time.com, Wired.com, Time Out New York, and Mediabistro.

Watch the full episode. See more SundayArts.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 23, 2010 at 3:48 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

zozi.com

zozi.com believes that everyone should experience what this amazing world has to offer. The site enables customers to easily find and book deals - locally and around the world - at up to 80% off. Think sailing school, kayaking tours, fire-eating lessons, cooking classes, dance lessons, wine tasting, trekking, racecar driving, and more.

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zozi.com in Cosmopolitan

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Oct. 03, 2011

PKPR placed a great item on zozi in the October issue of Cosmopolitan (circulation: 3 million), which highlighted the site as “a Groupon for adrenaline junkies.”

Permalink | Posted on Oct 03, 2011 at 11:28 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Travelers tap into zozi.com for summer vacations

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul. 15, 2011

PKPR took advantage of the summer travel season to position zozi.com as an indispensable tool for anyone looking for discounts on cool vacation experiences, whether traveling to another city or planning a weekend adventure or getaway. Coverage has included Associated Press, Redbook, Family Circle, National Geographic Traveler, Outdoors Magazine, Bankrate, and Fox Business News.

Permalink | Posted on Jul 15, 2011 at 11:39 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

zozi in Techcrunch, WSJ All Things D

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Jun. 03, 2011

Strengthening its position as the leader in truly unique local activities and travel experiences, zozi announced this week that it raised $7 million in funding, bringing the company’s lifetime financing to $10 million. The announcement made headlines around the Web, including Techcrunch (we loved the headline: zozi raises $7 million to let you swim with sharks…at a discount.), WSJ’s All Things D, PaidContent (which named zozi one of the “next big players in the daily deals space”), Xconomy, Tnooz, San Francisco Business Times, and Silicon Valley Wire

Permalink | Posted on Jun 03, 2011 at 7:33 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

zozi.com Takes WABC-TV on NYC Subway Race

By Patrick Kowalczyk

Feb. 03, 2011

zozi.com is all about helping people get the most of out of their cities for less. Case in point: a race in the New York City subway system that leads contestants to the Big Apple undergrounds’ hidden secrets and passageways. zozi.com co-founder Dan Gruneberg shows WABC-TV’s Lauren Glassberg how zozi can help New Yorkers experience the city’s coolest and most unique activities without breaking the bank.

Permalink | Posted on Feb 03, 2011 at 3:31 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk


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