Oklahoma 100 To Highlight State’s Best & Brightest
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 21, 2016
Jones PR Launches The Oklahoma 100 Publishing Platform Today
OKLAHOMA CITY — In celebration of Jones PR’s 15th anniversary this year, the national integrated communications agency launched today The Oklahoma 100 online publishing platform for Oklahomans.
“We wanted to thank the many Oklahoma companies, associations and organizations who have allowed us to grow into one of the leading agencies in the country,” said Jones PR President Brenda Jones Barwick, APR. Jones PR was recently the only Oklahoma agency selected as a finalist in PRWeek national awards for best public relations campaigns.
The inaugural issue of The Oklahoma 100 features 100-second videos of Governor Mary Fallin and Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett. Emailed to over 25,000 Oklahoma business leaders, the online publishing platform will give readers a quick and concise, yet thorough view of the people and events shaping Oklahoma through 100-word articles and 100-second videos. The topics will range from arts, entertainment, tourism, history and restaurants to business, management, energy, healthcare and real estate.
Regular contributors will include Oklahoma History Center Executive Director Dr. Bob Blackburn, Secretary of Commerce and Tourism Deby Snodgrass, and ion Oklahoma publisher Don Swift. In addition, Barwick will have a column in each issue as “The 100 Gal,” and Connie Pearson, senior account executive in Jones PR’s Tulsa office, will author “The Tulsa Gal.”
The Oklahoma 100 will publish the first and third Thursday of each month and a free subscription is available at www.theoklahoma100.com. The website will maintain a library of all The Oklahoma 100 stories and videos. Barwick will serve as publisher of The Oklahoma 100; Jones PR Vice President of Corporate Communications and Marketing Chip Carter is editor; and the associate editor is Jake Pasdach, who joined Jones PR from The University of Oklahoma.
Barwick added that The Oklahoma 100 was started because she saw a need in the market for an outlet to publish intriguing current events and human-interest stories in a brief format that fits the busy lives of today’s Oklahomans.
Jones PR was formed in 2001 and has grown into a leading national integrated communications and public affairs agency with international partners through PROI Worldwide www.proi.org. Jones PR leads the digital trend in Oklahoma with its new domain – www.jones.pr. The agency provides a full suite of services in public affairs, corporate communications, consumer marketing, digital and social media, and creative services for national corporations and associations.
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