December 9, 2020 Holiday Program & Scholarship Fundraiser Join the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table for a Virtual Lockdown Comedy Break With Comedians Lisa Geduldig and Greg Proops Wednesday, December 9, 2020 12 noon – 1 p.m., with networking from 11:50 a.m.-noon We are thrilled to present two stars of the local comedy scene as […]
Read MoreNovember 18 Virtual Event: San Francisco Chronicle Columnist Otis Taylor Talks About His Beat—Race, Politics, Housing, Policing and Immigration

In these times of COVID, national soul searching and election upheaval, it seems an apt moment to host San Francisco Chronicle columnist Otis R. Taylor Jr. at the Wednesday, November 18, noontime meeting of the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table, which will convene on Zoom. Twice a week, Taylor writes human-centered columns about race, […]
Read MoreKatharine Mieszkowski and Lance Williams of Reveal News Share How They Unearth the Facts

Two veteran Bay Area journalists spoke about investigative reporting at the October 7 meeting of the San Francisco Public Relations Round Table. Lance Williams and Katharine Mieszkowski, both senior reporters with Reveal News (part of The Center for Investigative Reporting nonprofit), discussed what makes a good investigative report, and then provided a case history for […]
Read MoreBeverly Butler Rose and Blodwen Tarter Named PR Round Table Life Members

Two longtime Round Table members have been named Life Members by the Round Table Board of Trustees. Beverly Butler Rose, APR, ABC, retired in early August as senior vice president and department head of Customer Experience Communications, Treasury Management, at Wells Fargo, and Blodwen Tarter, PhD, retired in late August as chair of the Marketing and […]
Read MoreHow PR Practitioners Can Help Make a Better World

A Statement by the Board of Trustees of the Public Relations Round Table of San Francisco It is hard to find the right words to say to people who are feeling great pain, and this, most unfortunately, is that time. We are all disturbed about our world in the aftermath of the tragic deaths of […]
Read MorePriya Clemens: A Journalist’s Journey Across the Country and Back

“Knowledge is our most precious resource,” says journalist Priya Clemens. She learned that during her stint as editor-in-chief of her elementary school newspaper. It’s still the foundation for all she does. And what she’s done! Washington, DC, New York, California – she’s been a TV producer and reporter for network and local news stations all […]
Read MoreHow Your PR Round Table Colleagues Are Coping With COVID-19

It’s early May 2020. We’ve all read the stories about how people are coping with the current pandemic. While some of us have it easier than others, it’s no party for anyone. We asked five PR Round Table members to share with us what life has been like since the onset of COVID-19. We also […]
Read MoreMeet the 2020 Scholarship Winners

Go to the end of the story for videos of our scholarship winners, or view on YouTube. At a time when the Covid-19 crisis is disrupting colleges across the land, and putting many students and their families in a financial bind, the PR Round Table’s long-running Philip N. McCombs Scholarship Program will bring welcome relief […]
Read MoreKQED Newsroom Host Priya Clemens Discusses PR, the Media and COVID-19

JOIN THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC RELATIONS ROUND TABLE FOR THIS FREE ONLINE EVENT PR Round Table Virtual Scholarship Lunch with “KQED Newroom” host Priya Clemens will focus on what it’s like to work in news during COVID-19. New KQED Newsroom Host Priya Clemens generously said “yes” when asked to join PR Round Table at our annual Scholarship […]
Read MoreColumnist Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez Gives the City Hall Back Story at Valentine’s Day Gala

Scholarship Fund Nets $5,000 at PR Round Table Annual Fundraiser “What? No weapons? No hatchets?” Such was the surprise expressed by Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez, political columnist with the San Francisco Examiner, on finding himself addressing an audience of public relations practitioners at the PR Round Table annual fundraiser on February 14, held at the top […]
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