3/20 - Kerry Announces Brigid O'Rourke as Massachusetts Press Secretary

[Mass]

I wonder if this will help to get Kerry's message in the media?

http://www.senatedemocrats.net/node/667
3/20 - Kerry Announces Brigid O'Rourke as Massachusetts Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 20, 2006

John Kerry Announces Brigid O’Rourke as Massachusetts Press Secretary

Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) has hired former Emmy award-winning CNN producer Brigid O’Rourke to serve as his new Massachusetts Press Secretary.

“Brigid has built a great reputation in the news industry and in public relations – she’s known as one of the best and brightest. We're lucky to have her on board. ” Kerry said. “She loves Massachusetts and really gets what makes our state so special. Her energy and enthusiasm is contagious, and I look forward to working with her.”

O’Rourke worked for CNN for seven years, on CNN’s Inside Politics from the network's Atlanta headquarters and in CNN’s Boston bureau. As a producer of Inside Politics, she traveled with the 2004 presidential campaigns of both parties, covering the most pivotal moments of the primary and general election seasons. O’Rourke also worked as a freelance producer in Boston tackling the biggest issues and news in the state.

O'Rouke most recently was a senior account executive at Newman Communications in Brighton, where she managed a number of clients and worked with major news outlets such as the New York Times, U.S. News and World Report, and Fox News.

“Brigid has a real knack for the media world, and we’re so thrilled to have her on our team,” Kerry added.

Brigid, 29, earned her Masters in Political Science from Georgia State University. She is a graduate of Ithaca College where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism.

[wisteria]

1. She seems like a well qualified person who can really help Kerry out

with media exposure and message.

[Island Blue]

2. She's 29 - gee I feel old all of the sudden!

Hopefully she'll be a great addition to his staff.

[ProSense]

3. Cool! n/t

[TayTay]

4. Brigid O'Rourke

That'll go over big in Southie. That's about as Irish a name as exists in captivity. I like it. Good luck to her. She will, I think, need it as this awful second year of the 109th (weasel) Congress continues.

[globalvillage]

5. More on Brigid

She won an Emmy. That's cool.

Good luck to ya, Brigid.

:toast:

6/21/2005

Boston, MA -- Newman Communications, a leading national literary publicity agency, proudly announces the hiring of two new employees.

Brigid O"Rourke comes to Newman Communications from CNN’s world headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Most recently Brigid was the line producer of “Judy Woodruff’s Inside Politics.” She was with CNN for seven years; four of them spent working on “Inside Politics.” While at CNN, Brigid received an Emmy Award for her work on CNN’s coverage of the terror attacks on September 11, 2001 and covered both the 2004 and 2000 Presidential Campaigns, traveling to cover many of the presidential candidates and handled guest appearance for featured guests including President Bush, former Presidents Carter and Clinton, U2"s Bono, and many other leading national figures.

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[TayTay]

6. Whoa! That is pretty cool!

I bet she is the only Emmy-Award winning PR Person currently working for a sitting US Senate in the country. That's pretty sweet. (My Senator rocks. He gets Emmy Award Winners. Wow!)