Be judgmental. We insist. That’s what I told the 6 judges from various disciplines that judged the work for the 2010 Addy Awards. And well RAF members, we had a very successful first day here in the suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. They combed through all the print work and were very impressed. [...]

Yesterday, in accordance with their expanded mission and year round events, High Falls Film Festival launched its new brand: 360|365 Live Breathe Film. With this, the organization is broadening their mission beyond the traditional week-long film festival to include a year round Shorts Contest and New Director Series. All an effort to engage [...]

Post Central editor and RAF member Dave Marshall is debuting his documentary, “Swimming with Lesbians,” this Sunday at the Dryden. The Emmy-award winning director’s film documents the life of gay rights activist Madeline Davis as it chronicles the GLBT rights movement in Western New York. Marshall and Davis will be on hand for a Q&A [...]

Hi, I’m Whit, and I’m a comment junkie. I live for comments. Comments are evidence that people are listening. Comments are testimony that you’ve made someone, somewhere think about something enough that they feel compelled to agree or disagree with you. Comments beget more comments. I only post status updates on Facebook when I think [...]

If you haven’t already, you should definitely make plans to see Art & Copy, playing this week at The Little Theatre. The film, directed by Doug Pray, details the creative genius of several relatively well-known and highly influential advertising creatives, such as George Lois, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney, and Rich Silverstein, [...]

Long-time RAF members and supporters Ferdinand Smith and Gregory Smith of Jay Advertising will be inducted into the 2009 Rochester Business Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will take place on October 7, 2009 and is sponsored by the Rochester Business Journal, Junior Achievement and Rochester Museum & Science Center.

Rochester is home to considerable communications talent. On the heels of yet another successful Addy Award ceremony, the Public Relations Society of America Rochester Chapter celebrated the 20th year of its annual PRism Awards program. The event was held on June 11 at Casa Larga Vineyards.
The PRisms acknowledge the highest standards of performance in public [...]

Huge props to David Nardone who scored some more hardware for his trophy shelf at the national ADDY Awards Show & Gala in Atlanta last weekend. David took home National ADDY Gold for his “Houdini” poster series for the Museum of Magic. David also won gold at the district and local levels.
Apparently, advertising talent [...]

We are super proud that not one, but TWO RAF board members will be honored at the Ad Council’s annual Spring Luncheon Celebration on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Rochester. Matt Jones of Wegmans and John Myers of John Myers Photography will both receive the organization’s coveted Lantern Award.
Also, Kodak CMO [...]

The “newspaper deathwatch” tale must be the year’s best covered story. In last week’s installment, the Boston Globe faced extinction while Sen. John Kerry convened hearings to discuss how the industry might be preserved (surely a coincidence).
So when you find a newspaper succeeding, it’s worth investigating. Fortunately, we have a hometown example: City [...]