OAKLAND, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/08/09 -- PR and corporate communications professionals who want to learn how to nurture close professional relationships with influential journalists and engage their expertise to create powerful narratives will discover practical strategies at the largest media relations conference in the communications business: Bulldog Reporter's Media Relations Summit 2009. Abrams' keynote address is "The Future of Media Relations: Engaging Journalists as Media Strategy Advisors." Attendees will come away with valuable insights on how to engage journalists as media strategy survivors.

This Media Relations Summit takes place on May 17-19th, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, New York City. The keynoters include former media executive and longtime broadcast journalist Dan Abrams and four illustrious journalists:

-- Dan Rather, Managing Editor, News Anchor, Dan Rather Reports

-- Tara Parker Pope, Health Reporter, Blogger, The New York Times

-- Andrew Ross Sorkin, Assistant Business Finance Editor, The New York Times

-- Saul Hansell, Blog and Technology Editor, The New York Times

The conference offers attendees more than 50 sessions and more than 100 speakers over this 2 1/2-day event. Five session tracks will cover new PR technologies and new media; tactics that work; media relations strategies; special problems in PR; and meet the editors.

PR professionals will learn pitching advice at "meet the editors" sessions featuring bureau chiefs, reporters, and bloggers from Dow Jones, Family Circle, Reuters, Popular Mechanics, Marketwatch, Inc., Men's Vogue, Playboy, and dozens more. Plus, they will choose from 32 advanced PR skills sessions with representatives from Kodak, Jet Blue, Chrysler, Brigham Young University, Intel, Bankrate, Raytheon, Dewberry Capital, Tesla Motors, Clorox and scores more. Attendees will also be able to meet and question communications visionaries from prestigious PR service providers, such as Expansion Plus, Inquiro, Dome Consulting, iContact, MWW, Fortex, Expertizing, Rocket XL Entertainment and many others.

To get the lowest possible price -- save $150 as a Super-Early Bird. For more information on taking part in this 2 1/2 day intensive summit, go to the registration page or call 1-800-959-1059.

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