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Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Bulldog PR Awards

June 27, 2024 8:00 am edt | source: bulldog reporter.

Ridgefield Park, New Jersey--(Newsfile Corp. - June 27, 2024) - Bulldog Reporter is proud to announce the 2024 Bulldog PR Awards winners, celebrating outstanding achievements in the PR and communications industry over the past year.

Esteemed as the only PR awards program judged exclusively by journalists, the Bulldog PR Awards offer a unique perspective on the most exceptional work within the industry.

For more than two decades, the Bulldog PR Awards have celebrated remarkable campaigns, agencies, and individuals who have advanced the industry through innovation and excellence.

Each category awards a prestigious Grand Prize to the most exceptional entry, highlighting the finest examples of PR and communications success. To qualify for the Grand Prize, entrants must have participated in multiple categories and earned Gold Awards at least twice.

This year's Grand Prize winners, selected for their exemplary contributions to the PR field, are:

• CableTV.com - Ho Ho Holiday Dream Job by Clearlink for Best Campaign of 2023
• David Claxton, Wise Up PR for PR Star of 2023
• French/West/Vaughan for Best PR Agency of 2023

"Nothing came easy to any of the winners this year—in some cases, it was a small budget; in others, a blown deadline or a deadline that came out of nowhere; or often it was hand-holding a client; and in nearly every case, battling the economy," said Pulitzer Prize-winning veteran journalist and 20-year Bulldog PR Awards judge Tom Hallman, Jr. "As newsrooms continue to shrink, these smart teams placed an emphasis on creative storytelling through owned content and building the team's capabilities in video production/editing, podcasts, blogs and social media to expand the firm's offerings to clients and prospects."

"These were the strongest group of entrants I've ever seen," added nationally syndicated columnist and veteran Bulldog PR Awards judge Christopher Elliott. "It's really remarkable how the media relations business is innovating by using AI and podcasting to reach new audiences. I can't wait to see what's in store for next year."

"The improving technology and processes that intend to make things easier, and ultimately will, created some unprecedented challenges that practitioners had to work extra hard to overcome," said Richard Carufel, Bulldog Reporter editor and longtime judge. "But this year's entries were loaded with new creative approaches that prove PR is staying ahead of those challenges and learning new ways to succeed for their companies and clients."

"For the agencies that did not win a top award this year: All of you did excellent work. You served your clients well. You kept the doors open, retained clients and found new ones. That is the best measure of success," added Hallman. "Leadership matters more than ever, and every single entry this year affirms that."

Congratulations to all the talented winners of the 2024 Bulldog PR Awards! With more than 60 categories, the Bulldog PR Awards encompass a wide range of PR and communications specializations, ensuring that diverse achievements and talents are recognized and celebrated.

We are thrilled to share the complete list of this year's outstanding winners below.

To stay informed about the Bulldog PR Awards and be notified about upcoming events and deadlines, please visit bulldogawards.com and join our mailing list. We look forward to celebrating more brilliant work in the future.

Campaign Categories

Grand Prize – Best Campaign of 2023

• CableTV.com - Ho Ho Holiday Dream Job by Clearlink

Best Arts & Entertainment Campaign

• Gold: Step into Jurassic Park Experience at SDCC by NVE Experience Agency
• Silver: Uplifting LGBTQ+ Voices by Lucky Break PR

Best Healthcare Campaign

• Gold: Putting Ableism in the Spotlight: A First-of-its-Kind Musical by Syneos Health Communications
• Silver: GSK x Lifetime Present: I Never Thought to Ask: A Mom's Quest for Answers by Genentech/Syneos Health - Chandler Chicco Agency / GSK
• Bronze: SolComms LLC

Best Food & Beverages Campaign

• Gold: The Family That Makes Meals Together Prospers Together by Coyne PR
• Silver: Dole Whip Day X Peppercomm by Peppercomm
• Bronze : It's the One for Me with Jessica Simpson by HUNTER

Best Business to Business (B2B) Campaign

• Gold: North Carolina's Clean Energy Boom by Violet PR
• Silver: All Points PR x Smalls Sliders - Fueling Growth and Brand Awareness by All Points PR

Best Business to Consumer (B2C) Campaign

• Gold: Coldwell Banker Realty Dream Campaign by G&S Business Communication
• Silver: WhistleOut.com Cell Phone Plan Overspending Report by Clearlink

Best Technology/Software Campaign

• Gold: Launching from Stealth Mode to Launch to Well-Known Industry Solution by Amendola Communications
• Silver: T Phone: The App-less Phone by UPRAISE Marketing + PR

Best Beauty, Fashion or Lifestyle Campaign

• Gold: Thayers Takes Skincare to Extreme with X Games Partnership by Coyne PR
• Silver: Barbie Takes a Ride to the Wild West: French/West/Vaughan Coordinates Launch of Wrangler x Barbie Collection by French/West/Vaughan

Best Campaign on a Shoestring Budget

• Gold: CableTV.com Ho Ho Holiday Dream Job by Clearlink
• Silver: Camp Bow Wow's National Puppy Day by SPM Communications
• Bronze: Doggone It! - Nicor Gas by Nicor Gas / Southern Company Gas

Best Local/Hyperlocal Campaign

• Gold: Kaplow Communications
• Silver: FWV Energizes Largest Indian Company Investment in U.S. EV market by French/West/Vaughan
• Bronze: Tropic Like It's Hot by Diamond Public Relations

Best Purpose/Brand Values Campaign

• Gold: Orangetheory Fitness and Coyne PR Remind Moms That Self-Care Isn't Selfish Through the Mother's Other Day Movement by Coyne PR
• Silver: French/West/Vaughan Helps Media Saddle Up for an Immersive Western Press Trip by French/West/Vaughan
• Bronze: Girls who play, women who lead by Deloitte

Best Green/ Environmental/ Sustainability Campaign

• Gold: Generation180
• Silver: US Wind by The Hatcher Group
• Bronze: Georgia Commute Options

Best Not-for-Profit/ Association Campaign

• Gold: Shining a Light on Vision Health: Supporting Service Animal's Sight by French/West/Vaughan
• Silver: "Don't Give Up…Don't Ever Give Up!": 30th Anniversary of the V Foundation by Coyne PR
• Bronze: Loot for Good - Call of Duty Endowment by Activision/Call of Duty Endowment

Best Issue/ Cause Advocacy Campaign

• Gold: Mental Health Human Rights: Protection of Children by Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida
• Silver: Protecting Mental Health Human Rights: Coercive Psychiatry by Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida

Best Community Relations Campaign

• Gold: Portraits of Hope - Seattle's Union Gospel Mission by The Thomas Collective
• Silver: Unveiling Downtown Cary Park: French/West/Vaughan Executes PR Campaign for Park 20+ Years in the Making by French/West/Vaughan
• Bronze: Legacy in Motion by Flowers Communications Group

Best Public Affairs Campaign

• Gold: Stomping Ground Strategies
• Silver: TxHQIM by The Mach 1 Group

Best Government/ Public Service Campaign

• Gold: Safe Driving Campaign by Reingold & Cannabis Control Authority

Best Community Engagement Campaign

• Gold: The Hispanicization of Topeka, Kansas by Violet PR
• Silver: Havas: Chase Back to School Festivals by Havas Formula
• Bronze: NASCAR Chicago Street Race by Flowers Communications Group

Best Crisis Management

Best Content Marketing Campaign

• Gold: Freezing the Competition with iovera° by Coyne PR

Best Consumer Product Launch

• ​ Gold: How VSC and Pebble Introduced an Electric, Semi-Autonomous Future for RVing by VSC​ Silver: AIR-AOKE POP-UP WITH LYSOL AIR SANITIZER by HUNTER
• Bronze: Notably Shines Light on Wellness with SKYVIEW 2 Lamp Launch by Notably

Best Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives Campaign

Best Global Campaign

• Gold: Oklahoma: North America's Ideal Location for Global Business by Violet PR
• Silver: Hilton's Global 2024 Trends Report: Spotlighting Generational Insights for a Fresh Look at Travel Trends by Coyne PR

Best Holiday Campaign

Best Integration of Traditional and New Media

• Gold: Launching The 1 Pledge Movement by Ruder Finn
• Silver: Freezing the Competition with iovera° by Coyne PR
• Bronze: Stomping Ground Strategies

Best Brand Launch

• Gold: Solar Powers Illinois Best Brand Launch by Hawthorne Strategy Group

Best Media Relations Campaign

• Gold: EclipseGlasses.com Public Relations Campaign by Goody PR - American Paper Optics
• Silver: Launching The 1 Pledge Movement by Ruder Finn
• Bronze: Young & Associates PR

Best Newsjacking Campaign

• Gold: Taxbit Cryptocurrency Regulations Newsjacking Campaign by REQ
• Silver: Crenshaw Communications for the National Cybersecurity Alliance by Crenshaw Communications
• Bronze: Rebranding classic Shipley Do-Nuts bear claws to "Cougar Paws" for Houston March Madness fans by SPM Communications

Best Special Event or Publicity Stunt

• Gold: Delsym Bring Comfort Home by HUNTER
• Silver: Peppercomm for Japanese Green Tea by Peppercomm
• Bronze: Launching The 1 Pledge Movement by Ruder Finn

Best Thought Leadership Campaign

• Gold: Nielsen's Black Audience Communications Efforts in Collaboration with Flowers Communications Group by Flowers Communications Group
• Silver: SutherlandGold x M12 by SutherlandGold
• Bronze: IBM Takes de Media - SmartPR by SmartPR S.A.S

Best Use of Influencers

• Gold: CeraVe Schools Influencers from Around the World to Clear Up Acne Confusion by Coyne PR
• Bronze: Influencing the Next Generation of Dental Professionals by Hawthorne Strategy Group

Best Use of Personality/Celebrity

• Silver: Kaplow by Kaplow Communications
• Bronze: Delsym Bring Comfort Home by HUNTER

Best Use of Research - Business/Consumer

• Gold: Allianz Partners' Vacation Confidence Index Earns Media Dividends with Focus on New Travel Trends Including "Pay-cations" by FINN Partners
• Silver: Make Guesswork Illegal, Wise Up PR & Attest by Wise Up PR
• Bronze: Reviews.org Cell Phone Usage Report by Clearlink

Best Use of Social Media

• Gold: Driving Change: French/West/Vaughan's Social Media Triumph with Stephen Curry's Underrated Golf Tour by French/West/Vaughan
• Silver: The Bliss Group - CareOne Campaign by The Bliss Group
• Bronze: Drag Brunch Social Media Campaign by Diamond Public Relations

Best Use of Video/Multimedia

• Gold: Empowering Veterans, One Sip at a Time: Pendleton Whisky Teams Up with Bob Woodruff Foundation by French/West/Vaughan
• Silver: GSK x Lifetime Present: I Never Thought to Ask: A Mom's Quest for Answers by Syneos Health - Chandler Chicco Agency / GSK
• Bronze: NPCA & Yellowstone Bourbon Park Sessions by National Parks Conservation Association

Best Viral Campaign

• Silver: Champion Management
• Bronze: Don Julio's 1942 Minis Win Big At Oscars by HUNTER

Best Virtual Event Campaign

• Gold: SEGA Unites Sonic Fans Through Annual Sonic Central Livestream by SEGA

Best Visual Storytelling Campaign

• Gold: VSC for BrandShield
• Silver: SolComms LLC

Most Effective/Creative Use of Generative AI in a PR Campaign

• Gold: The Abbi Agency

Most Innovative Media Relations Campaign

• Gold: Flyover Country No More: Putting Kansas City on the Map by Violet PR
• Silver: Uproar PR CES Media Showcase by Uproar PR

Best PR Podcast

• Gold: Pressing Matters by Big Valley Marketing by Big Valley

Individual Categories

Grand Prize – PR Star of 2023

• David Claxton, Wise Up PR

Leader of the Year (Agency)

• Gold: Rick French, French/West/Vaughan
• Silver: Megan Driscoll
• Bronze: Philip A. Nardone, Jr., PAN Communications

Best PR and Communications In-House Team of the Year

• Gold: Citizens Financial Group In-House Corporate Communications Team

Public Relations Professional of the Year

• Gold: Adeena Fried
• Silver: Becky Carroll, C-Strategies Inc.

PR Up and Comer

• Gold: Samantha Casamento
• Silver: Laura Leininger, Clearlink
• Bronze: Kai Heslop, KCSA Strategic Communications

PR Star Under 40

• Gold: David Claxton, Wise Up PR
• Silver: Kate Tumino Dougherty, KCSA
• Bronze: Brianna Rabe, Ruder Finn

Agency Categories

Grand Prize – Best PR Agency of 2023

• French/West/Vaughan

Most AI-Ready Agency

• Gold: 10 to 1 Public Relations
• Silver: Merritt Group

Business to Business (B2B) Agency of the Year

• Gold: Aspectus Group
• Silver: Fahlgren Mortine
• Bronze: Forefront Communications

Business to Consumer (B2C) Agency of the Year

• Gold: French/West/Vaughan
• Silver: Coyne PR
• Bronze: Fahlgren Mortine

Best Boutique Agency

• Gold: The Brandman Agency
• Silver: Forefront Communications
• Bronze: Belle Communication

Best Industry-Focused Agency

• Gold: Violet PR
• Silver: Vested
• Bronze: Kahn Media, Inc.

Best New Agency

Most Innovative Agency

Best PR and Communications Agency Team of the Year

• Silver: Kingston Marketing Group

Large Agency of the Year

• Gold: MWWPR - MikeWorldWide
• Silver: French/West/Vaughan
• Bronze: Coyne PR

Midsize Agency of the Year

• Gold:  ROKK Solutions
• Silver:  Kahn Media, Inc.
• Bronze:  10 to 1 Public Relations

Small Agency/ Sole Practitioner of the Year

• Gold: Capwell Communications
• Silver: Powerhouse+Co.

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The Montevallo Bulldogs have been on the rise in recent years in many sports, trying to make statements and push farther in the postseason. Now, the girls basketball program is gaining some attention with its newest college signing.

Senior center Tristan Stoutermire has officially signed with Arkansas State University after a phenomenal final season with the Bulldogs.

The 6-foot-5 inch standout was a serious problem to play against in Class 4A in 2024, and she has the stats to back it up.

She scored 12.6 points per game and collected 11.2 rebounds per game, averaging a double-double throughout her senior season. She dropped a career-high 27 points against Holt during the final year for her high school campaign, improving the scoring average in a big way.

She also was a force defensively, recording 118 blocks throughout the season, a mark that was good enough to be the best in the county.

Stoutermire was named to the 2023-24 All-County Second Team for her efforts, helping the Bulldogs to reach the area championship game in Area 6 and a sub-regional appearance, where they lost to Dora and ended the season at 11-14.

Now, she will make her way out to Jonesboro, Arkansas, to play for a Red Wolves squad that is coming off of a 13-17 year and trying to turn their program around, hoping to make noise in the Sun Belt Conference and make a push towards the NCAA Tournament.

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An English bulldog named Babydog makes a surprise appearance in a mural on West Virginia history

Gov. Jim Justice has made his English bulldog, Babydog, a minor celebrity in West Virginia where she often joins him on gubernatorial trips. Now she’s enshrined in a new mural under the golden dome of the state Capitol.

This photo provided by the West Virginia Legislature shows West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s English Bulldog, Babydog, depicted in this zoomed-in shot of a new mural unveiled at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislature via AP)

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This photo provided by the West Virginia Legislature shows Randall Reid-Smith, West Virginia secretary of the Department of Arts, Culture and History, left, as he hands Gov. Jim Justice, center, a commemorative plaque about four new murals installed at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislature via AP)

This photo provided by the West Virginia Legislature shows crowds as they greet West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s English Bulldog, Babydog, center, at the unveiling of four new murals depicting the state’s culture and history at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislature via AP)

This photo provided by the West Virginia Legislature shows West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s English Bulldog, Babydog, depicted in a new mural unveiled at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, W.Va., Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislature via AP)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The English bulldog had never been featured prominently in West Virginia history. It has now.

Gov. Jim Justice’s 4-year-old pure breed Babydog joined the ranks of Abraham Lincoln, Civil War soldiers and odes to Appalachian folk music in new murals under the golden dome of the state Capitol last week, alongside other state cultural symbols. Tucked into a mural about artistic traditions, the dog sits placidly between a banjo player and an artist painting the Seneca Rocks, one of the state’s best-known natural landmarks, in West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest.

Babydog made another memorable appearance at the Capitol in 2022, when the governor hoisted her up during his State of the State address and pointed her rear end at the camera. Days earlier, singer and actress Bette Midler, on what was then Twitter, had called West Virginians “poor, illiterate and strung out” after U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., refused to support a bill promoted by President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress.

“Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there: Kiss her heinie,” Justice said to a standing ovation from the crowd, which included state Supreme Court justices and members of the Legislature.

Justice, a Republican now running to succeed Manchin, has made Babydog a minor celebrity in West Virginia during his two terms as governor.

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The star of the governor’s “Do it for Babydog” COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the dog was a gift from Justice’s children in 2019. Referring to her lovingly as a “60-pound brown watermelon,” Justice has taken the dog on gubernatorial trips across the state ever since. He extols Babydog’s ability to bring people joy and he raves about her fondness for Wendy’s chicken nuggets. The dog, more often than not, sits panting quietly beside him in her signature chair.

So far, Justice has been playing innocent about Babydog’s appearance in the murals, which were commissioned as part of an effort to finish work inside the Capitol that started and then stopped during the Great Depression.

“I was just as surprised, in my ways, as anyone,” he said Wednesday during a news briefing. “Really and truly, I wasn’t a party to ... putting Babydog in the mural.”

Justice said a committee led by Randall Reid-Smith, secretary of the Department of Arts, Culture and History, made the call.

“They wanted to put a dog in and, well, had to pick some kind of dog, you know, so they picked an English bulldog,” the governor said. “A long, long, long time ago and everything before we ever really became a country, the English were in charge, and everything seemed kind of fitting, you know?”

Justice told reporters that Reid-Smith told him the dog in the mural was not necessarily Babydog, but her “20th grandma.”

The owner of the posh Greenbrier Resort and more than 100 other businesses, the billionaire was first elected governor in 2016 as a Democrat. The next year, at a rally with then-President Donald Trump, Justice announced he was switching parties .

In May, Justice easily beat U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney in the Republican Senate primary. Justice’s campaign has included the sale of merchandise emblazoned with his dog’s face, such as “Paw-litical Strategist” beverage coolers and “Re-Pup-Lican for Justice.”

His Democratic opponent in November, Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott, does not find Babydog all that funny. Elliott said he saw Justice later on the day the mural was unveiled, at another arts event to celebrate a new statue of the state’s first governor, Arthur Boreman, in Wheeling.

“In his remarks, he spoke at length about his own dog and said nothing about Governor Boreman,” Elliott wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “This total lack of respect for anything beyond himself is why he is wholly unfit to represent West Virginia in the United States Senate.”

Asked about Elliott’s criticism, Justice had this to say: “Tell Glenn to get a life.”

West Virginia’s limestone state Capitol was designed by the renowned Cass Gilbert, the architect behind the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Gilbert’s original design for the interior of the West Virginia Capitol, left incomplete because of limited funds, included murals that he said should “be historical and allegorical.”

The “Shiveree of Seneca Rock” piece featuring Babydog depicts Seneca Rocks, a majestic 900-foot Tuscarora quartzite formation, along with important aspects of West Virginia industry and culture, including glass blowing, craftwork, music, dancing, painting and wildlife.

This photo provided by the West Virginia Legislature shows West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s English Bulldog, Babydog, depicted in a new mural unveiled at the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, W.Va.(Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislature via AP)

The tiny image of the dog was not included in initial designs shared with the public, nor was it mentioned at the dedication. Babydog did attend the June 20 event, where she sat on a camper chair after being hoisted up by Justice staffers.

It was not until afterward that people started noticing the bulldog in shots of the murals shared on social media. And there was not much debate about whose dog it was.

Reid-Smith said at a news briefing this past week that he had been working for years to get a governor to invest in completing Gilbert’s vision and that Justice was the one who finally made it happen. So far almost $350,000 in state money has been paid to Connecticut-based installers John Canning & Co. for the first four murals, with four more scheduled to be installed this fall.

“The only involvement that Jim Justice had in these murals is he gave us the money to pay for these murals that had not been done in 92 years,” Reid-Smith said Wednesday.

Babydog’s ancestor was not the only addition to the painting after the artists’ designs had been shared with the public.

The murals originally did not contain any African Americans, and Reid-Smith and the rest of the mural committee, mostly Justice administration staffers, decided that needed to be rectified. They added a depiction of a Black man talking to a Union soldier and tweaked the initial renderings to make more visible the Harper’s Ferry Armory, where the abolitionist John Brown took refuge during his raid on the town in 1859 after inciting an anti-slavery revolt.

Reid-Smith said an elk, a cardinal and other animals were also added to the murals.

An English bulldog named Babydog makes a surprise appearance in a mural on West Virginia history

The English bulldog had never been featured prominently in West Virginia history, until now

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The English bulldog had never been featured prominently in West Virginia history. It has now.

Gov. Jim Justice’s 4-year-old pure breed Babydog joined the ranks of Abraham Lincoln, Civil War soldiers and odes to Appalachian folk music in new murals under the golden dome of the state Capitol last week, alongside other state cultural symbols. Tucked into a mural about artistic traditions, the dog sits placidly between a banjo player and an artist painting the Seneca Rocks, one of the state’s best-known natural landmarks, in West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest.

Babydog made another memorable appearance at the Capitol in 2022, when the governor hoisted her up during his State of the State address and pointed her rear end at the camera. Days earlier, singer and actress Bette Midler, on what was then Twitter, had called West Virginians “poor, illiterate and strung out” after U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., refused to support a bill promoted by President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress.

“Babydog tells Bette Midler and all those out there: Kiss her heinie,” Justice said to a standing ovation from the crowd, which included state Supreme Court justices and members of the Legislature.

Justice, a Republican now running to succeed Manchin, has made Babydog a minor celebrity in West Virginia during his two terms as governor.

The star of the governor’s “Do it for Babydog” COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the dog was a gift from Justice’s children in 2019. Referring to her lovingly as a “60-pound brown watermelon,” Justice has taken the dog on gubernatorial trips across the state ever since. He extols Babydog’s ability to bring people joy and he raves about her fondness for Wendy’s chicken nuggets. The dog, more often than not, sits panting quietly beside him in her signature chair.

So far, Justice has been playing innocent about Babydog’s appearance in the murals, which were commissioned as part of an effort to finish work inside the Capitol that started and then stopped during the Great Depression.

“I was just as surprised, in my ways, as anyone,” he said Wednesday during a news briefing. “Really and truly, I wasn’t a party to ... putting Babydog in the mural.”

Justice said a committee led by Randall Reid-Smith, secretary of the Department of Arts, Culture and History, made the call.

“They wanted to put a dog in and, well, had to pick some kind of dog, you know, so they picked an English bulldog,” the governor said. “A long, long, long time ago and everything before we ever really became a country, the English were in charge, and everything seemed kind of fitting, you know?”

Justice told reporters that Reid-Smith told him the dog in the mural was not necessarily Babydog, but her “20th grandma.”

The owner of the posh Greenbrier Resort and more than 100 other businesses, the billionaire was first elected governor in 2016 as a Democrat. The next year, at a rally with then-President Donald Trump , Justice announced he was switching parties .

In May, Justice easily beat U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney in the Republican Senate primary. Justice’s campaign has included the sale of merchandise emblazoned with his dog’s face, such as “Paw-litical Strategist” beverage coolers and “Re-Pup-Lican for Justice.”

His Democratic opponent in November, Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliott, does not find Babydog all that funny. Elliott said he saw Justice later on the day the mural was unveiled, at another arts event to celebrate a new statue of the state’s first governor, Arthur Boreman, in Wheeling.

“In his remarks, he spoke at length about his own dog and said nothing about Governor Boreman,” Elliott wrote on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. “This total lack of respect for anything beyond himself is why he is wholly unfit to represent West Virginia in the United States Senate.”

Asked about Elliott’s criticism, Justice had this to say: “Tell Glenn to get a life.”

West Virginia’s limestone state Capitol was designed by the renowned Cass Gilbert, the architect behind the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Gilbert’s original design for the interior of the West Virginia Capitol, left incomplete because of limited funds, included murals that he said should “be historical and allegorical.”

The “Shiveree of Seneca Rock” piece featuring Babydog depicts Seneca Rocks, a majestic 900-foot Tuscarora quartzite formation, along with important aspects of West Virginia industry and culture, including glass blowing, craftwork, music, dancing, painting and wildlife.

The tiny image of the dog was not included in initial designs shared with the public, nor was it mentioned at the dedication. Babydog did attend the June 20 event, where she sat on a camper chair after being hoisted up by Justice staffers.

It was not until afterward that people started noticing the bulldog in shots of the murals shared on social media. And there was not much debate about whose dog it was.

Reid-Smith said at a news briefing this past week that he had been working for years to get a governor to invest in completing Gilbert’s vision and that Justice was the one who finally made it happen. So far almost $350,000 in state money has been paid to Connecticut-based installers John Canning & Co. for the first four murals, with four more scheduled to be installed this fall.

“The only involvement that Jim Justice had in these murals is he gave us the money to pay for these murals that had not been done in 92 years,” Reid-Smith said Wednesday.

Babydog’s ancestor was not the only addition to the painting after the artists’ designs had been shared with the public.

The murals originally did not contain any African Americans, and Reid-Smith and the rest of the mural committee, mostly Justice administration staffers, decided that needed to be rectified. They added a depiction of a Black man talking to a Union soldier and tweaked the initial renderings to make more visible the Harper’s Ferry Armory, where the abolitionist John Brown took refuge during his raid on the town in 1859 after inciting an anti-slavery revolt.

Reid-Smith said an elk, a cardinal and other animals were also added to the murals.

WHCA 'deeply concerned' CNN won't allow pool reporter into presidential debate

WASHINGTON − The White House Correspondents’ Association expressed deep concern about CNN’s decision to deny their request for a White House pool reporter inside the studio during the network’s presidential debate in Atlanta between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, in a statement released on Thursday.

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“Through conversations and advocacy, we urged CNN to grant access to at least one print pool reporter for the duration of the debate,” the group wrote in a statement on Thursday.

Currently, CNN rules state that a pool of still photographers will be allowed in the studio, but a print pool reporter will be given access during commercial breaks.

“That is not sufficient in our view and diminishes a core principle of presidential coverage,” the statement says. “The White House pool has a duty to document, report and witness the president’s events and his movements on behalf of the American people.”

Senior journalists, on behalf of the White House Correspondents’ Association, sent a letter to CNN on Wednesday insisting that at least one print pool reporter be present at the studio venue, according to the New York Times.

The letter, signed by journalists from The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Bloomberg News, says their request is “necessary both in terms of the precedent and historic nature of the debate.”

“There are many scenarios where having a pool reporter in the room would be necessary to fully report on the entire debate and provide an independent record of what transpired,” the letter says.

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MediaMiser president Chris Morrison, said “If you work in PR you know Bulldog Reporter, and chances are you’ve subscribed to one of their solutions. We are excited about the opportunity to bring Bulldog Reporter back to life and to serve the PR community with cutting-edge media intelligence solutions. Both MediaMiser and Bulldog Reporter customers will benefit from our combined product offerings. We also expect that Bulldog Reporter business will accelerate our development cycle for certain products and our further penetration into the U.S. market.”

MediaMiser has hired certain key and experienced staff of Bulldog Reporter and has reopened the Oakland, CA office. Customers of Media Pro and Inside Health Media now have access to their subscriptions, and the Bulldog Awards will be re-launched in 2015, including those that went unfulfilled earlier this year. The popular PR industry newsletter, the Daily Dog, with editor Richard Carufel back at the helm, will re-launch shortly with daily updates to subscribers. Customers of Bulldog Reporter solutions will receive the benefit of enhanced monitoring and analysis solutions from MediaMiser that will complement their existing media relations subscriptions.

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Indian River County Watchdog Reporter Nick Slater began at TCPalm in July after graduating from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. A Windy City native and die-hard Cubs fan, Nick is quick to point out that ketchup does not belong on a hot dog.

Before moving to the Sunshine State, he completed an internship at the Billings Gazette in Montana. Though he has reluctantly traded in his cowboy boots for flip-flops, he is quickly calling the Treasure Coast home.

Q : Why did you choose to be a watchdog journalist?

A : Municipal government infiltrates every aspect of day-to-day life. By bringing Indian River County factual and accurate reporting, I can help readers stay up-to-date on the issues that affect their lives and ultimately do the most good. I have the opportunity to learn and grow every day as a reporter and citizen. Covering Indian River County truly is an honor. I cannot think of a better place to begin my career.

Q : What do you like most about covering Indian River County?

A : There is never a dull moment! Even in the short time I have covered the county it has changed and evolved. Vero Beach has two huge projects in Three Corners and downtown revitalization that will captivate residents for years; Sebastian is celebrating its centennial; and Fellsmere is on the verge of a population boom. I am so excited to see what the future holds, and I plan to bring accurate reporting and compelling storytelling to readers as we sit on the precipice of history.

Q : What is your most memorable story?

A : I have two. One is the first story I wrote as a member of TCPalm on the Humane Society of Vero Beach and Indian River County . The shelter was suffering from overcrowding and it was my first taste of being a member of the news team. The other was the devastating floods in Fellsmere and Vero Lake Estates in November. I waded through knee-deep water to gather stories of the victims, and it was a truly humbling experience.

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A : Go outside! I spent three summers as a kayak guide on Lake Superior in Wisconsin, so I love paddling and exploring the Indian River Lagoon. Though I'm not related to World Champion Kelly Slater, I have been trying to teach myself to surf. I also am a huge history buff, so I find myself diving down rabbit holes and using my investigative chops to piece together stories from our past.

Nick Slater  is TCPalm's Indian River County Watchdog reporter. You can reach him at  [email protected]  and 224-830-2875.

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