New York is Celebrating its First National Publicist Day

NEW YORK - Oct. 25, 2018 - PRLog -- New York City public relations professionals will finally be celebrating National Publicist Day on October 30th with the day's founder, Jordanna Stephen. The inaugural event called Power Up: A Social Mixer to celebrate National Publicist Day, and is in collaboration with Fatou Barry, founder of PR Girl Manifesto. It will take place at The Loft in Flatiron (20 West 23rd Street, 4th floor) from 6-8pm in New York.

The Loft in Flatiron is just one of the event's major sponsors. Guests will enjoy live digital sketching and printout by Chic Sketch, TruA.G.E. scanning by Saving Face, beverages by Drink Temple, snacks by Blake's Seed Based, and jello shots from Original Jel Shot Co. There will be games, giveaway prizes by Digital Rebel and Glam+Go, and gift bags by 4imprint, Morinda, Digital Rebel, Original Jel Shot Co., Blake's Seed Based, and Footpetals. Official event photos will be taken by Luke Lamar Photography. This year, Jordanna has National Publicist Day teaming up with the popular female-ran PR digi-community PR Girl Manifesto, run by Fatou Barry.

National Publicist Day was founded in 2015 by Jordanna Stephen of Conscious Communications. October 30th was chosen to celebrate because it represents a day in PR history. On October 30th, 1906, The New York Times printed the first press release verbatim by Ivy Lee, also known as the "father of modern PR." This press release was in response to a tragic railroad accident on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Knowing the history of the press release and being a publicist, Jordanna thought it would be nice for publicists to have a day of appreciation. "Public relations is not an instant-gratification career. We work hard behind the scenes for our clients and National Publicist Day is for all publicists, no matter your industry, to be publicly appreciated and recognized not only by your clients but also from your fellow publicists for what we do to improve brand to consumer communication. It's a day just for us to come together," she quotes. National Publicist Day also encourages brands that do not currently have a publicist to look into the benefits of having one on their team and research a firm or freelance publicist that is right for them.

The official hashtag for National Publicist Day is #NationalPublicistDay.

For more information on the event: http://nationalpublicistdaynyc2018.eventbrite.com
For more information on National Publicist Day: http://www.nationalpublicistday.com