Announcing the Winners of the 2025 Bulldog PR Awards

Ridgefield Park, New Jersey--(Newsfile Corp. - June 27, 2025) - Bulldog Reporter is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 Bulldog PR Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in the PR and communications industry over the past year.

Renowned as the only PR awards program judged exclusively by journalists, the Bulldog PR Awards offer a unique and media-savvy evaluation of the most exceptional campaigns, individuals, and agencies in the field. For more than 2 decades, the program has celebrated those who advance the industry through innovation, creativity, and meaningful storytelling.

Each year, the Bulldog PR Awards honor a Grand Prize winner in each major category, highlighting work that stands out. To qualify for a Grand Prize, applicants must have entered multiple categories and earned Gold Awards at least twice.

This year's Grand Prize winners are:

• More Plants on Plates Illinois by Stomping Ground Strategies for Best Campaign of 2024
• Brittany Krysinski, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc. for PR Star of 2024
• Vicarious PR for Best PR Agency of 2024

"What fascinated me about judging this year's contest is the steady hand of veteran leaders at legacy firms. They nurture their teams and can articulately explain to clients why the firm's creative work is vital," says longtime Bulldog PR Awards judge Tom Hallman, Jr., a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer with The (Portland) Oregonian. "I was also pleased to see the emergence of the next generation of young leaders, and the birth of new firms with new ideas."

"Another terrific year of entries showcasing the sheer talent and ingenuity in PR, from the creative brainstorming these teams engage in to the brilliant strategies and execution that follow," says Richard Carufel, Bulldog Reporter editor and awards judge. "I'm always amazed to see so many new approaches in these campaigns, how effectively firms are incorporating new tools and technologies, and achieving such remarkable results."

"The level of talent and creativity in the PR/marketing industry—as seen in all these entries—is at an all-time high. Being a judge allows me to see behind the scenes, and that is where the hard work and magic takes place," adds Hallman. "Congratulations to all the winners."

The full list of the 2025 Bulldog PR Awards winners is below.

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Campaign Categories

Grand Prize - Best Campaign of 2024

• Stomping Ground Strategies - More Plants on Plates Illinois

Best Integration of PR and Marketing

• Gold: Edelman Italy - Knorr, "Regenerate your Vibes"
• Silver: Stomping Ground Strategies - More Plants on Plates Illinois
• Bronze: (W)right On Communications - Outreach Program to Support a $5.5-Billion Legal Settlement

Best Arts & Entertainment Campaign

• Gold: Coriolis Company

Best Healthcare Campaign

• Gold: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center with MediaSource - The Parental Loneliness Epidemic
• Silver: The Abbi Agency - Nevada Health Link 2024-25 Open Enrollment Campaign
• Bronze: VSC PR - Baby or Your Money Back

Best Business to Business (B2B) Campaign

• Gold: Wireside Communications - Sygnia
• Silver: French/West/Vaughan - FWV Helps Eaton Let Media Drive Into The Future of Electric Trucks
• Silver: Tier One Partners
• Bronze: Wireside Communications - NTT Upgrade 2024

Best Technology/Software Campaign

• Gold: Red Fan Communications for S&S Activewear
• Silver: Coyne PR - Revolutionizing Digital Therapeutics with Rejoyn
• Bronze: Wireside Communications - Enfabrica

Best Financial Services Campaign

• Gold: French/West/Vaughan - FWV Secures Positive Results for Combination Announcement of Two Credit Union Industry Powerhouses
• Silver: Havas Formula - Chase Fraud & Scam Prevention: Back-To-School Season Scams Earned Media Campaign
• Bronze: 10 to 1 Public Relations

Best Beauty, Fashion or Lifestyle Campaign

• Gold: Kaplow Communications x Madison Reed: Advancing the Next Generation of Women Athletes with the Team ColorWonder Campaign

Best Campaign on a Shoestring Budget

• Gold: Hawthorne Strategy Group and Lasagna Love - National Lasagna Day 2024
• Silver: Clearlink - Chief of Cheer - CableTV.com & DIRECTV
• Bronze: Coyne PR - Booked in a Blink: PEEPS® Sweet Suite Is a Smash Success

Best Local/Hyperlocal Campaign

• Gold: Clearlink - Houston Compare and Save
• Silver: Coyne PR - Fore the Win: Coyne PR and LIV Golf's Breakthrough Year in PR
• Bronze: Coyne PR - Claritin Takes the Itch Out of Wichita

Best Purpose/Brand Values Campaign

• Gold: Edelman Italy - Mentadent "How Old is Your Smile: Prevention extends the life of your teeth; at any age"
• Silver: AC Milan - Her Name in the Game
• Bronze: HUNTER - Lysol HERE for Healthy Schools

Best Green/ Environmental/ Sustainability Campaign

• Gold: elemental mktg
• Silver: Tier One Partners
• Bronze: SolComms LLC - Blueland: Pods Are Plastic

Best Not-for-Profit/ Association Campaign

• Gold: Jewish Federation of Delaware - Together As One
• Silver: The Mach 1 Group - Bike MS: Texas MS 150 2024
• Bronze: White House Historical Association and FleishmanHillard: Introducing The People's House: A White House Experience

Best Issue/ Cause Advocacy Campaign

• Gold: Stomping Ground Strategies - More Plants on Plates Illinois
• Silver: American Cleaning Institute - ACI Packets Up! Campaign

Best Public Affairs Campaign

• Gold: Stomping Ground Strategies - Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Land Back Campaign
• Silver: The Mach 1 Group - Texas Secretary of State 2024 Voter Education Tour
• Bronze: FleishmanHillard - Fighting for Our Nation's Caregivers

Best Community Engagement Campaign

• Gold: Sterling Communications changes perspectives for a high-tech water utility

Best Crisis Management

• Gold: Hawthorne Strategy Group - Communicating McCormick Place's Strides in Bird Protections
• Silver: C-Strategies - Utilizing Proactive, Strategic Communications to Guide Howard Brown Health Through Financial Restructuring

Best Content Marketing Campaign

• Gold: Clearlink - Houston Compare and Save
• Silver: Coyne PR - Blitzing the Region: A Targeted Approach for iovera°

Best Consumer Product Launch

• Gold: Gregory FCA - MAMMOTION LUBA 2 Launch
• Silver: Adobe - Photoshop Mobile Launch

Best Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives Campaign

• Gold: Syneos Health - Magnolia's Guide to Adventuring

Best Global Campaign

• Gold: Coyne PR - Hilton's Global 2025 Trends Report: Unlocking the Year of the Travel Maximizer

Best Holiday Campaign

• Gold: Clearlink - Chief of Cheer - CableTV.com & DIRECTV
• Silver: Public Dialog - AMADRIA PARK - 'Time for Undiscovered Croatia'

Best Integration of Traditional and New Media

• Gold: Clearlink - Chief of Cheer - CableTV.com & DIRECTV
• Silver: RH Strategic Communications - Achieving Narrative Escape Velocity: Shaping Forescout's Market Position From Legacy to Leader
• Bronze: Havas Formula - Chase Family Banking

Best Brand Launch

• Gold: Edelman Italy - Knorr, "Regenerate your Vibes"
• Silver: French/West/Vaughan - FWV and AMP3's PR Victory: Wrangler x Lainey Wilson
• Bronze: Public Dialog & Inchcape Motor Polska

Best Media Relations Campaign

• Gold: MikeWorldWide - Impactful Insights: Thrivent's Surround Sound Survey Strategy
• Silver: Coyne PR - Setting the Stage for Summit Therapeutics: Introducing a New Leader in Lung Cancer Treatment
• Bronze: Stony Brook Medicine - Knowledge is Contagious: Educating the Public of Emerging Infectious Diseases

Best Newsjacking Campaign

• Gold: Havas Formula - Progressive Insurance's "Un-Become Your Parents in Paris" Campaign
• Silver: SolComms LLC - Nadya, "Dear President Biden"
• Bronze: Clearlink - ACP Report - 23 Million Households Could Lose Internet Access

Best Special Event or Publicity Stunt

• Gold: Coyne PR - CeraVe Embarks on a Multi-City Drama Free Cleansing Tour
• Silver: HUNTER - Lysol Air Sanitizer The Germ Zone
• Bronze: Stomping Ground Strategies - 2024 National Women's Soccer League Championship

Best Thought Leadership Campaign

• Gold: French/West/Vaughan - FWV Energizes Freedom Solar Power CEO Bret Biggart's LinkedIn

Best Use of Influencers

• Gold: Stomping Ground Strategies - More Plants on Plates Illinois
• Silver: French/West/Vaughan - Influencers Grow NC By Train Socials in Lightning-Speed
• Bronze: Hawthorne Strategy Group and Chicago Dental Society - Driving ROI through Authentic Influence

Best Use of Personality/Celebrity

• Gold: EvolveMKD - Tackling Viking's Disease with a Pro Football Hall of Famer
• Silver: Coyne PR - Missy Franklin Dives into Kidney Disease Awareness with Otsuka Collaboration
• Bronze: Coyne PR - MiraLAX Exposes The Gut Gap

Best Use of Research - Business/Consumer

• Gold: REQ - Turning Data into Headlines: How SpyCloud and REQ Partnered to Amplify SpyCloud's Cyber Research
• Silver: Say Communications & Gigamon - Hybrid Cloud Security: Closing the Cybersecurity Preparedness Gap
• Bronze: Clearlink - Mobile Overspending Report

Best Use of Social Media

• Gold: Syneos Health - What's Your Legacy?
• Silver: Hunter PR - BAND-AID® Brand "Stuck on You"
• Bronze: Adobe - Surreal Juxtapose

Best Use of Video/Multimedia

• Gold: Syneos Health - Magnolia's Guide to Adventuring
• Silver: Orlando Health with MediaSource - Skin Cancer Awareness Month
• Bronze: French/West/Vaughan - FWV and Pendleton Whisky Shine on the Year of the Cowgirl

Best Virtual Event Campaign

• Gold: SEGA Unites Sonic Fans Globally Through Sonic Central's 2024 Virtual Event

Most Innovative Media Relations Campaign

• Gold: Coyne PR - Immersive Storytelling in Hospitality: Showcasing the Best of Hilton
• Silver: Havas PR

Individual Categories

Grand Prize - PR Star of 2024

• Brittany Krysinski, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.

Leader of the Year (Agency)

• Gold: Katherine McLane, The Mach 1 Group
• Silver: Dara Busch, HAVAS PR North America
• Bronze: Rick French, French/West/Vaughan

Public Relations Professional of the Year

• Gold: Kylee Kaetzel, SolComms LLC
• Silver: Becky Carroll, C-Strategies

PR Up and Comer

• Gold: Rachel Davenport, Guarisco Group, LLC
• Silver: Caroline Payne, The Mach 1 Group
• Silver: Lilly Bromberg , SolComms LLC
• Bronze: Payton Kaufman, Fahlgren Mortine

PR Star Under 40

• Gold: Brittany Krysinski, Advanced Correctional Healthcare, Inc.
• Silver: Amanda Drum, Press Kitchen
• Bronze: Alice Martinez, Zebra Partners

PR Professional Who Makes a Difference

• Gold: Mary Bell Love, The Mach 1 Group
• Silver: Stacy Martinet, Adobe

Media Relations Professional of the Year

• Gold: Karalyn Hoover, SolComms LLC

Agency Categories

Grand Prize - Best PR Agency of 2024

• Vicarious PR

Best Client Service/Client Relations

• Gold: The Abbi Agency
• Silver: Kaplow Communications
• Bronze: SolComms LLC

Most AI-Ready Agency

• Gold: 10 to 1 Public Relations

Business to Business (B2B) Agency of the Year

• Gold: Red Fan Communications
• Silver: Merritt Group
• Bronze: Aspectus Group

Business to Consumer (B2C) Agency of the Year

• Gold: French/West/Vaughan
• Silver: Coyne Public Relations
• Bronze: HAVAS Red U.S.

Best Boutique Agency

• Gold: Disrupt PR
• Silver: MediaSource
• Bronze: Capwell Communications

Best Industry-Focused Agency

• Gold: Vicarious PR
• Silver: Vested
• Bronze: Violet PR

Most Innovative Agency

• Gold: French/West/Vaughan

Best PR and Communications Agency Team of the Year

• Gold: Digital PR Team at NP Digital
• Silver: REQ PR Team

Large Agency of the Year

• Gold: HUNTER
• Silver: Fahlgren Mortine
• Bronze: Havas PR North America

Midsize Agency of the Year

• Gold: SolComms LLC
• Silver: C-Strategies
• Silver: EvolveMKD
• Bronze: KCSA Strategic Communications

Small Agency/ Sole Practitioner of the Year

• Gold: Capwell Communications
• Gold: elemental mktg

Agency That Gets Results

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

About Bulldog Reporter

Bulldog Reporter has been providing news, best practices, and insights to PR and communications professionals since 1980. Filled with insights on topics critical to PR pros and communicators, including media relations, crisis communications, influencer marketing, and many other topics you won't find anywhere else, the Bulldog Reporter email newsletter brings you compelling and relevant articles, plus timely updates about journalist moves and agency news so you can stay on top of your PR game. The Bulldog PR Awards, the only PR awards program judged exclusively by working journalists, are run by Bulldog Reporter and celebrate the best and brightest in corporate communications and public relations. Bulldog Reporter and the Bulldog PR Awards are a subsidiary of Agility PR Solutions, a provider of media outreach, monitoring, and measurement solutions for PR and communication professionals.

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