The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has made a profound mark on the way journalists cover the governor and state legislature. In this second installment—posted as the General Assembly wraps up its second special session of the COVID-19 era—we focus on what it’s like for the members of the State Capitol Press Corps to cover the legislature—which prematurely ended the 2020 legislative…

As we always say at Sullivan & LeShane: winning awards is nice, but it doesn’t compare with accomplishing our clients’ goals. The Greater Connecticut Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA-CT) announced the winners of its 2020 Mercury Awards this week and Sullivan & LeShane Public Relations, Inc. took home six honors, including four Gold Mercury Awards, spotlighting work…

I’m giving a thumbs up to Facebook for finally doing away with its infamous, long-in-the-tooth 20% rule. Until now, Facebook discouraged its advertisers from using images with more than 20% text, either by limiting an ad’s reach or by flat out rejecting the ad altogether. Their public justification was that images with less text performed better—they also implied that it would…