Tribute to a PR leader - 18 Jul 2016By Leigh AndrewsWe start off by paying tribute to Ruth Golembo, who sadly passed away on 14 July. The PR expert and former business journalist owned Lange 360 Strategic Communications, which joined Meropa Communications last year. She was also on the Cape Town Press Club committee. Our condolences to her family, friends and colleagues. Today is Mandela Day, where we celebrate the great man's legacy and the will to do good. Roane Swindon provides five ways to do your share on Nelson Mandela Day from adopting a school for the day to sponsoring a guide dog. Following the recent attacks in Nice and Turkey, the hashtag #2016in3words went viral, where the world expressed their thoughts on social media. Louise Marsland gives her roundup from last week's most trending stories. Then with Loeries just a month away, Leigh Andrews found out what's going on #BehindtheLoeries with Ryan McManus. He's part of this year's Digital & Interactive judging panel. | Leigh Andrews
Andrews was on the inaugural Marketer of the Year (MOTY) jury for the 2019 Marketing Achievement Awards (MAA) as well as an #Inspiring50 2018 nominee herself, and judged over 500 entries for the most recent Epica Awards - the only creative prize awarded by journalists working for marketing and communications magazines around the world. She's also serving on the IAB (SA)'s #Bookmarks2020 Publisher panel. Responsible for keeping a finger on the pulse of the latest happenings in the marketing and media industry, this is an almost 24/7 role that involves keeping one eye on your inbox with the other on your social media feed, to write breaking news stories and interviewing key people in the B2B space. All made easier by 13 years of working for companies such as Microsoft, Kagiso Media, Fleet Street Publications, the Mail & Guardian Online, Caxton Community Newspapers and Newsclip's media, marketing and PR publications. |
