SEPTEMBER 26, 2025 | YALE CLUB
NEW YORK CITY

CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE IN MEDIA RELATIONS AT
PR DAILY’S MEDIA RELATIONS AWARDS LUNCHEON

Congratulations to the finalists of PR Daily’s Media Relations Awards!

Your work continues to set the standard for excellence in media relations, showcasing the strategies, storytelling and innovation that drive meaningful coverage and brand impact. Now, it’s time to celebrate your achievements and connect with the best in the industry.

Join us on September 26 from 12–2:30 p.m. at the Yale Club in New York City for an exclusive luncheon honoring the top media relations campaigns, content, teams and professionals. This special event will bring together the brightest minds in the field for an afternoon of networking, recognition and inspiration. Winners will be revealed live, making this a can’t-miss moment for all finalists.

This is more than an awards ceremony—it’s an opportunity to celebrate with your team, exchange insights with industry leaders and gain inspiration from the best media relations efforts of the year. The room will be filled with top PR and communications professionals, offering a valuable chance to build connections and learn from those shaping the future of the industry.

Secure your seat today and be part of this unforgettable celebration of media relations excellence!

CELEBRATE WIITH YOUR TEAM

FINALISTS

AWARDS OF DISTINCTION

Finalists:

  • Auntie Anne's: Just What Auntie Anne's Kneaded
  • Autodesk: Autodesk's May the Fourth - Star Wars Day - Droid Maker Campaign
  • Brooks Running: "Let's Run There" with Jeremy Renner
  • H&S Communications: Martha Stewart's Thanksgiving-Inspired Farm Stay by Booking.com
  • Heineken: Heineken 0.0 Brings the L0VE.L0VE for Moderation to US Open
  • PATRÓN Tequila: PATRÓNDesert
  • Spirit AeroSystems: Safety Quality Compliance
  • Wells Fargo: Autograph Journey Launch Campaign

Finalists:

  • AGEAN Public Relations: Owning Manhattan: Making Sure Reality TV Delivered "Real" Business Results for Real Estate Brand, SERHANT.
  • Bospar: Beyond the Blue Screen: Parametrix Puts a Price on CloudStrike Crisis
  • Cleary Strategies & National Test Prep Association: The Future Of Standardized Testing Post COVID
  • Cleary Strategies & The Seeing Eye: Changing Lives With Volunteer Puppy Raisers
  • Ivanti: Ivanti CSAM
  • Landis Communications Inc.: Doctor’s Check-up for General Sherman Tree

Finalists:

  • American Academy of Family Physicians: Immunization Awareness Month
  • Intrepid Travel: The 2025 Not Hot List
  • Paradox Public Relations: Preserving Art in Crisis
  • Texas A&M AgriLife: Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications

Finalists:

  • Spirit AeroSystems: Safety Quality Compliance
  • Kira Caban: Instawork
  • Nicole Dye-Anderson: Wells Fargo
  • Michelle Green: McDonald's
  • Rick Havacko: Toshiba America Business Solutions
  • Kosoko Jackson: Color Of Change

Finalists:

  • BarkleyOKRP: BarkleyOKRP Media Relations Team
  • Dallas ISD: Voices of Impact: Dallas ISD’s Media Relations
  • KC Projects Public Relations: KC Projects Public Relations
  • Mastercard: Mastercard Communications
  • Northeastern University: Northeastern University Media Relations Team of the Year
  • TK PR: TK PR Team
  • Water and Wall: Water & Wall's EY US Tax Team
  • Wells Fargo: Nicole Dye-Anderson

CAMPAIGN CATEGORIES

Finalists:

  • AGEAN Public Relations: Owning Manhattan: Making Sure Reality TV Delivered "Real" Business Results for Real Estate Brand, SERHANT.
  • Alloy: Establishing a Learning Leader
  • Broadsheet Communications: Bridging the Divide: How Broadsheet Positioned Newsweek as the Leader of Centrist Journalism
  • Broadsheet Communications: Comscore’s Comeback: From Underdog to Standard-Bearer
  • evian: evian teams up with Pharrell Williams' Humanrace to Launch Tennis-Inspired Apparel Collection in Advance of New York's Largest Tennis Tournament
  • Heineken: Heineken 0.0 Brings the L0VE.L0VE for Moderation to US Open
  • Hilton: Driving Stories of Brand Innovation, Modernization and Differentiation with Hilton Brand Showcase: The Art of the Hilton Brand
  • Intuit Dome: Intuit Dome Grand Opening
  • LA Clippers and Intuit Dome: LA Clippers Opening Night & The Wall!
  • Poarch Creek Indians: Poarch Creek Indians: Strengthening Legacy and Leadership Through Brand Messaging
  • UPRAISE Marketing + PR: Shaping the Narrative Around Privacy-Forward Solutions in a Cookie-Less Era

Finalists:

  • Chick-fil-A, Inc.: Chick-fil-A Remarkable Future - 2024 Announcements Scholarship
  • Kaplow x HearingLife: Campaign for Better Hearing
  • RTI International: NC Missing Person Day
  • Sterling Health Care: Sterling Health Care Marketing Department
  • Suburban Propane: SuburbanCares
  • The Cirlot Agency: Mississippi Mud Monsters
  • University of Notre Dame: In the Presence of Giants

Finalists:

  • Adtalem: Equity, Delivered
  • EY Consulting: AI Anxiety in Business
  • Navy Federal Credit Union: Narrative Storytelling

Finalists:

  • Cellebrite and FleishmanHillard: Empowering Change: Combatting Internet Crimes Against Children
  • Genesis Motor America: Genesis x U.S. Soccer Foundation Mini Pitch Initiative
  • Hyundai Motor America: The Progress Project by Hyundai

Finalists:

  • American Hospital Association: American Hospital Association Change Healthcare Cyberattack Response
  • Bospar: Launching The Climate College
  • California Pizza Kitchen: Cheese & Mac
  • Cincinnati Children's: Cincinnati Children's Marketing and Communications
  • Texas A&M AgriLife: Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications
  • Vanderbilt University: Sticking to Your Values & Steering Public Perception amid Campus Unrest

Finalists:

  • FINN Partners: Allianz Partners’ New “Pay-cation” Travel Trend Steals the Spotlight
  • Geotab Inc.: Geotab: Gardiner Traffic Congestion Study & Data Storytelling
  • Mindshare PR: PROP Index Media Share of Voice Methodology
  • NeuroStar & EvolveMKD: Breaking Barriers with NeuroStar Depression Barometer

Finalists:

  • Bospar: Beyond the Blue Screen: Parametrix Puts a Price on CloudStrike Crisis
  • Bospar: SignalFire: From Seed Stage to Front Page
  • Marathon Strategies: From Upstart to Leader: Elevating Farther Amid Year of Unprecedented Growth
  • Webull: 5WPR x Webull

Finalists:

  • Hilton: Hilton’s Global 2024 Trends Report: Spotlighting Generational Insights for a Fresh Look at Travel Trends
  • Intrepid Travel: The 2025 Not Hot List
  • Oakley: Oakley x 2024 Summer Games: An Exoplanetary Experience
  • Proofpoint: Safeguarding the Inbox: Helping Consumers Around the World Better Understand the Risk of Phishing and Email Fraud
  • Spirit AeroSystems: Safety Quality Compliance

Finalists:

  • AARP and FleishmanHillard: Fighting For Our Nation's Caregivers
  • American Medical Association: Elevating Physician Concerns on the Change Healthcare Cyberattack
  • Broadsheet Communications: Raptive’s ‘Keep It Real’ Campaign Takes on Google’s AI Power Grab
  • iQ 360: Leading with Culture & Values: A Winning Narrative for the Alaska Airlines-Hawaiian Airlines Combination
  • Spirit AeroSystems: Safety Quality Compliance

Finalists:

  • Children's Health: ‘Expanded Space, Expanded Care’ Communications Plan from Children’s Health Includes Community in New Hospital Construction
  • Children's Hospital Colorado: Children’s Hospital Colorado pushes for shift in public perception of weight loss meds as docs use the drugs to cure the uncurable.
  • Current Global, an IPG PR company: Reframing MS with Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Novartis
  • Genentech and Syneos Health Communications: Putting Ableism in the Spotlight: A First-of-its-Kind Musical
  • Healthcare Distribution Alliance: Stronger
  • HIMSS: Public Relations for the 2024 HIMSS Global Conference and Exhibition
  • MKC Strategies: Bellamy Young Raises Awareness of Hepatic Encephalopathy
  • Northwell Health: One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit
  • Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.: Missy Franklin Dives into Kidney Disease Awareness with Otsuka Collaboration
  • Peterson Health Technology Institute: Diabetes & Virtual MSK Assessment Reports

Finalists:

  • BIC: BIC Intensity Pens Clic with TikTokers
  • Ivanti: Ivanti
  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Interesting an Influencer in Hydropower
  • Praytell: Barefoot Bandwagon with Donna Kelce
  • Wells Fargo: Autograph Journey Launch Campaign

Finalists:

  • AGEAN Public Relations: Owning Manhattan: Making Sure Reality TV Delivered "Real" Business Results for Real Estate Brand, SERHANT.
  • Agnieszka Pilat: HETEROBOTA
  • Northeastern University: Northeastern University Media Relations: Innovative Media Strategy
  • Paradox Public Relations: Preserving Art in Crisis
  • Spirit AeroSystems: Safety Quality Compliance
  • Vantage + Vox: Joe Buccino

Finalists:

  • Current Global, an IPG PR company: Reframing MS with Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Novartis
  • HUNTER: A Breath of Fresh Air Wick
  • Konnect Agency: Noodles & Company’s LTO Care Bears Share Menu
  • McDonald's USA x BODEN Agency: Uniting Abuela and Gen Z Through the Grandma McFlurry
  • Miami International Airport: Unveiling the Modernization in Action (M.I.A.) Plan
  • Sanofi, Ruder Finn, Patients & Purpose, Havas Media Network: Launching The 1 Pledge Movement
  • Texas A&M AgriLife: Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications
  • The Bliss Group: “It’s Gotta Be A CFP®” Public Awareness Campaign
  • UW Medicine: Center for Behavioral Health & Learning
  • VyStar Credit Union: Financial Fitness / Reality Fair

Finalists:

  • Broadsheet Communications: Raptive’s ‘Keep It Real’ Campaign Takes on Google’s AI Power Grab
  • Spirit AeroSystems: Safety Quality Compliance
  • Vanderbilt University: Sticking to Your Values & Steering Public Perception amid Campus Unrest

Finalists:

  • AGEAN Public Relations: Owning Manhattan: Making Sure Reality TV Delivered "Real" Business Results for Real Estate Brand, SERHANT.
  • Amp Agency for Popilush: Popilush PR Campaign: Building Credibility for Shapewear Apparel Pioneer
  • Broadcom and Big Valley Marketing: Enabling AI Infrastructure Campaign
  • Broadsheet Communications: Roblox and Pubmatic Put In-Game Advertising on the Cover of the Wall Street Journal
  • EDO and KCSA: Game-Changing Analytics: EDO and KCSA Promote the Power of NFL TV Advertising
  • ESPN: ESPN Bristol Media Day
  • EY Consulting: AI Anxiety in Business
  • Haleon: TUMS Fuses Food, Fashion and Heartburn Relief through Limited Edition TUMS Bag
  • Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc.: Revolutionizing Digital Therapeutics with Rejoyn
  • Sanofi, Ruder Finn, Patients & Purpose, Havas Media Network: Launching The 1 Pledge Movement
  • Spirit AeroSystems: Safety Quality Compliance
  • Wells Fargo: Autograph Journey Launch Campaign

Finalists:

  • Bayer Consumer Health: Bayer Consumer Health Brings Plant-Powered Digestive Relief with Launch of Iberogast
  • Channel V Media: Heimdall Power’s “Magic Balls” Break Into the U.S.
  • Godfrey: CASE Construction Equipment 580EV Electric Backhoe Product Launch
  • HUNTER; International Delight: International Delight Iced Coffee: Delight Saving Time Campaign
  • Planit: Current Backyard Launches the Current Model G at CES 2024
  • Praytell: Peet’s Coffee Launches Bright Collection In Brightest Spot On Earth
  • Spirit Airlines: Media Coverage Soars to New Heights: Spirit Airlines Launches Strategic Media Relations Campaign for Transformation and New Guest Experience
  • Wells Fargo: Autograph Journey Launch Campaign

Finalists:

  • Autodesk: Autodesk's May the Fourth - Star Wars Day - Droid Maker Campaign
  • BarkleyOKRP: E-Z-GO x Trevor Lawrence
  • Bospar: Beyond the Blue Screen: Parametrix Puts a Price on CloudStrike Crisis
  • Broadsheet Communications: Newsjacking: Putting the Breaks on Google's New AI-Powered Search Results
  • Cleary Strategies & National Test Prep Association: The Future Of Standardized Testing Post COVID
  • Felix Cat Insurance: Cat Dad Hoodie Campaign
  • NRGized Media: 2024 American Cornhole League Media Campaign
  • PAN: Putting the Flex(tirement) in Media Relations
  • The Hoffman Agency: The Hoffman Agency

Finalists:

  • Bospar: Launching The Climate College
  • Cleary Strategies & The Seeing Eye: Changing Lives With Volunteer Puppy Raisers
  • Easterseals DC MD VA: Walk With Me
  • FleishmanHilard on Behalf of the White House Historical Association: Introducing America to The People's House: A White House Experience
  • Koch Comm: CARC Real Life, True Purpose
  • M Booth / Penn Engineering: Penn Engineering Launches First Ivy League Degree in Artificial Intelligence
  • Paradox Public Relations: Preserving Art in Crisis
  • PepsiCo Beverages North America: PepsiCo Spotlights Veteran Drivers in Annual Rolling Remembrance Relay
  • PRLab: PRoBono 2024
  • World Wildlife Fund: UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution (INC-4)

Finalists:

  • Agnieszka Pilat: HETEROBOTA
  • Aperol and M Booth: Cementing Aperol Spritz into the Cultural Lexicon
  • Coriolis Company: Publicity Campaign for Black Woman On Board by Donna J. Nicol
  • Hilton: Crafting an Eventized Storytelling Vessel with Hilton Brand Showcase: The Art of the Hilton Brand
  • Koch Comm: EMBARK Bus Rapid Transit (RAPID) Launch Public Engagement Plan & Execution
  • Landis Communications Inc.: Doctor’s Check-up for General Sherman Tree
  • Michelin North America, Inc. & Ketchum: Michelin Sustainability Summit: Driving Towards a Greener Tomorrow in Transportation
  • Oakley: Oakley x 2024 Summer Games: An Exoplanetary Experience
  • Onyx Collective: "Queenie" - London Event
  • OraPharma: Cover Your Bases: Alex Rodriguez Teams Up with OraPharma to Educate Americans About Gum Disease
  • PATRÓN Tequila: PATRÓN F1 Vegas
  • The MRKT: Celebrating Culture & Community: The PR Strategy Behind Candy Cane Lane’s Success
  • Ubisoft: Star Wars Outlaws
  • Viettel Group: Viettel's 35th Anniversary
  • Wells Fargo: Autograph Journey Launch Campaign

Finalists:

  • Broadsheet Communications: Creating a New Category of Therapy: Off the Couch and into the Great Outdoors
  • Paradox Public Relations: Preserving Art in Crisis

Finalists:

  • American Academy of Family Physicians: Immunization Awareness Month
  • HUNTER: Lysol HERE for Health Schools
  • Sanofi, Ruder Finn, Patients & Purpose, Havas Media Network: Launching The 1 Pledge Movement

Finalists:

  • Asylum Public Relations: 4KINSHIP Indigenous Futures
  • Cellebrite and FleishmanHillard: Empowering Change: Combatting Internet Crimes Against Children
  • Next PR: Raising the White Flag on Mental Health Awareness
  • Paradox Public Relations: Preserving Art in Crisis
  • The Bliss Group: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Weather Kids Campaign

Finalists:

  • Heineken: Heineken 0.0 Brings the L0VE.L0VE for Moderation to US Open
  • Personify Health: Because Health is Personal: The Introduction of Personify Health

Finalists:

  • EY Consulting: AI Anxiety in Business
  • Kaplow x HearingLife: Campaign for Better Hearing
  • Neo4j, Ruder Finn: The ElectionGraph Project
  • Northeastern University: Northeastern University Media Relations Research
  • PAN: Finding the “Blue Space” in Mainstream Media

Finalists:

  • California Pizza Kitchen: Cheese & Mac
  • Henry Schein, Inc.: Henry Schein Medical's Athletics and Schools Rising Star Award
  • Miami International Airport: I am MIA

Finalists:

  • Agnieszka Pilat: HETEROBOTA
  • H&S Communications: Martha Stewart's Thanksgiving-Inspired Farm Stay by Booking.com
  • International Delight: International Delight x Bridgerton: Coffee & Courting Event
  • Konnect Agency: Kraft Natural Cheese Signature Shreds Event
  • Landis Communications Inc.: Doctor’s Check-up for General Sherman Tree
  • Panda Express: Panda Express Sparks Connections, Hosts One-of-a-Kind Culinary Experiences for Return of Firecracker Shrimp LTO
  • PATRÓN Tequila: PATRÓNDesert
  • Sanofi, Ruder Finn, Patients & Purpose, Havas Media Network: Launching The 1 Pledge Movement
  • TK PR: Eugenia Duke's Unofficial Mayo Guide to Greenville
  • Travel + Leisure Co.: Club Wyndham SeaWorld Suite
  • When We All Vote: When We All Vote Rally

Finalists:

  • AdventHealth: The Career Experience at International Pathfinder Camporee: Technology
  • Agnieszka Pilat: HETEROBOTA
  • Broadcom and Big Valley Marketing: Enabling AI Infrastructure Campaign
  • Channel V Media: Heimdall Power’s “Magic Balls” Break Into the U.S.
  • Neo4j, Ruder Finn: The ElectionGraph Project
  • PAN: Finding the “Blue Space” in Mainstream Media
  • Proofpoint: Safeguarding the Inbox: Helping Consumers Around the World Better Understand the Risk of Phishing and Email Fraud

Finalists:

  • Bitso: Crypto Landscape in Latin America
  • Black Futures Lab and Black to the Future Action Fund: Kristin Powell Thought Leadership
  • Cargill: One Cargill
  • EY Consulting: AI Anxiety in Business
  • Hoboken Public Library: Hoboken Public Library Fights for the Right to Read
  • Ivanti: Ivanti CSAM
  • University of Notre Dame: Asher Kaufman: Conflict in the Middle East

Finalists:

  • Agnieszka Pilat: HETEROBOTA
  • Bayer Consumer Health: MiraLAX Exposes The Gut Gap
  • Brooks Running: "Let's Run There" with Jeremy Renner
  • Current Global, an IPG PR company: Reframing MS with Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Novartis
  • M Booth: RoC Skincare Look Forward Project
  • McDonald's USA x BODEN Agency: Uniting Abuela and Gen Z Through the Grandma McFlurry
  • Orangetheory Fitness: Orangetheory's “WTF is OTF?! Comedy Event” Blended Humor and Fitness to Ease Gym-timidation
  • Praytell: Barefoot Bandwagon with Donna Kelce
  • Reach Agency: Lil Jon x Natural Vitality: A Mindful Partnership
  • Samsung Electronics America: Galaxy Ring x LaQuan Smith
  • Sanofi, Ruder Finn, Patients & Purpose, Havas Media Network: Launching The 1 Pledge Movement
  • Santa Monica Travel & Tourism: Santa Monica Beach Volleyball Olympic PR Campaign
  • UScellular: UScellular's Global Day of Unplugging

Finalists:

  • Brooks Running: "Let's Run There" with Jeremy Renner
  • Miami International Airport: Safety first at MIA: Skytrain repairs and partial reopening
  • Praytell & Destination Canada: Destination Canada and Nicole Byer Give Americans a “Crash Course” in Canadian Winter

Seating is limited, reserve your spot today!

A limited number of tables of 10 are available, along with individual tickets.

BEST OPTION

Table of 10
Great for Teams and Clients

$8,999 per table

Includes:

  • 10 reserved seats for your colleagues and team
  • Priority seating at the front of the room
  • Networking reception
  • 3 course meal
  • Awards ceremony
  • Crystal award to commemorate your recognition
  • 2 bottles of champagne
  • Photo opportunities with your colleagues, team and industry peers

Individual Tickets

$625 Per Person

Includes:

  • Networking reception
  • 3 course meal
  • Awards ceremony
  • Crystal award to commemorate your recognition
  • Photo opportunities with your industry peers

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