FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Brendan Gannon
Senior Marketing Manager, Awards Programs
Ragan Communications and PR Daily
brendang@ragan.com

PR Daily Announces Finalists in Media Relations Awards

Event Date: September 26, 2025
Location: Yale Club, New York City

PR Daily is proud to announce the finalists for its Media Relations Awards, recognizing the most effective, creative and impactful campaigns of the past year. These organizations, communicators and agencies are redefining how brands build trust, tell stories and make headlines.

These finalists represent a wide range of industries and sectors—from nonprofit to corporate to agency work—and showcase excellence in media outreach, crisis communications, thought leadership, media events, press materials and more.

Winners in each category will be revealed during a live luncheon on September 26, 2025, at the Yale Club in New York City. The event will gather the industry’s top media relations professionals and teams for an afternoon of celebration, networking and storytelling excellence. Learn more and secure your seat here.

Finalists in this year’s program include:

• AARP and FleishmanHillard
• American Medical Association
• Chick-fil-a
• ESPN
• EY
• Heineken
• Hilton
• Mastercard
• McDonald’s
• University of Notre Dame

See the full list of finalists here.

Finalists have also been recognized in special Editorial programming, which you can read here.

“This year’s finalists demonstrated masterful media strategies, compelling narratives and impressive results that helped their organizations and clients stand out in an always-evolving media landscape,” said Brendan Gannon, Senior Marketing Manager for Ragan’s Awards Programs. “We can’t wait to celebrate their achievements in person this September.”

Event Details:

• Date: September 26, 2025
• Location: Yale Club, New York City

For any questions regarding the event, please contact Barbara Kanady at barbarak@ragan.com.

For sponsorship opportunities, reach out to Morgan Einspanier at morgane@ragan.com.

About Ragan Communications and PR Daily:

For more than 50 years, Ragan Communications has been the go-to source for news, training, and intelligence for communications and PR professionals. Its brands, including PR Daily, deliver essential insights to communicators through daily news sites, events, awards programs, and more. Each month, more than 600,000 industry leaders turn to PRDaily.com and Ragan.com for trusted content.