Golden Trumpet Awards - 2008

Tom Burrell, 2007 Lifetime Achievement Winner. Learn more...

51 Gold and 105 Silver Trumpets Awarded

Top Three Awards Announced

FOX 32 News Anchor Robin Robinson and Bill Zwecker, feature/entertainment reporter and film critic, CBS 2 and Chicago Sun-Times columnist, co-presented the Publicity Club of Chicago’s (PCC’s) annual Golden Trumpet Awards on May 16 at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago.

More than 500 public relations and communications professionals and their clients attended the awards presentation that honors distinguished individual achievement of public relations and other communications professionals. In total, 51 Gold Trumpets and 127 Silver Trumpets were awarded.

Thomas J. Burrell, founder and chairman emeritus of Burrell, one of the nation’s leading African-American owned full-service communications agencies, received the PCC’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Three top awards that illustrate special creativity, address an issue to improve the quality of life, and exhibit the best overall public relations also were announced. The entries were evaluated by leading public relations executives, who selected "the best of the best."

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Silver Trumpets

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• Golden Trumpet for outstanding achievement in public relations
• Silver Trumpet for distinguished achievement in public relations
• Quality of Life Award for the foremost contribution of the year to improve the quality of life in our society through public relations
• Creativity Award for exceptional creativity in public relations programs
• Platinum Award for the best overall public relations program