RoseComm is thrilled to announced that our founder and chief executive officer, Rosemary Ostmann, is the 2022 winner of the Bulldog PR Awards’ “PR Professional Who Makes a Difference,” having led a team of RoseComm employees during an important and successful pro bono effort within her home community of Maplewood, New Jersey.
The annual Bulldog PR Awards recognize the most outstanding PR and communications campaigns of the year as well as extraordinary individual and agency contributions. They are the only public relations industry awards judged solely by journalists.
In the summer of 2021, RoseComm provided its services pro bono to raise awareness of a young man, Moussa Fofana, who was gunned down in Maplewood. The campaign, #JusticeForMoussa, encouraged the community to come forward with information, keeping Fofana’s name and the investigation in the spotlight until an arrest was made. The effort led to more than 40 news stories in local, regional and national print and broadcast media, reaching nearly 300 million people. After more than eight weeks of no answers, an arrest was finally made.
Rosemary was also recognized for her dedication to supporting the next generation of public relations professionals. She speaks to college students on how to break into PR at schools ranging from New York University to the University of Baltimore, and volunteers to mentor students interested in public relations at her alma mater.
Congrats to Rosemary and everyone who contributed to this award-winning campaign. #justiceformoussa