BuddyTV 2011 Top Publicist Award Winners

SEATTLE- BuddyTV, a leading television app and website, has announced the winners of the BuddyTV 2011 Top Publicist Award. The BuddyTV Top Publicist Award recognizes publicists who combine new social media strategies with traditional PR tactics to achieve outstanding results. As social media becomes more persuasive and influential, publicists have had to adapt and leverage tools such as Facebook, Twitter and Google to make their campaigns and outreach more effective. This year, close to 100 publicists were reviewed for this award. BuddyTV's President David Niu explains, "We had an extremely challenging time narrowing down the competitive field to the few who stand head-and-shoulders above their industry peers. After significant discussion with Rachel Cameron, it was clear who the award winners should be this year."

The following, in alphabetical order, are this year's winners of the BuddyTV 2011 Top Publicist Award:

Moira Curran, NMS

Keri Dizney, FOX

Emily Garvey, 360i

Cait Hood, FOX

Brandon Oropallo, Warner Brothers

Rachel Cameron states, "As more people's tune-in decisions are driven by Facebook and Twitter, we've seen some amazingly creative outreach efforts by these 2011 Award Winners to capitalize on this trend to the benefit of their clients. In addition, these winners still use traditional PR outreach, interviews and set visits to complement social media. Moving forward, we anticipate that more and more of our publicity counterparts will need to further embrace this growing trend. I feel fortunate to be able to build relationships and work with them on an ongoing basis."

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