St. Jude’s Downing honored as Communicator of the Year
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital CEO Dr. James Downing is honored by the Public Relations Society of America’s Memphis Chapter as the Communicator of the Year at a luncheon at the University Club Thursday, March 2, 2023. (Brad Vest/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Previous Communicator of the Year Award recipients include Liberty Bowl founder Bud Dudley, Cecil Humphreys, Linn Sitler, D’Army Bailey, Dr. Scott Morris, Fred Jones, Beverly Robertson, Otis Sanford, Penny Hardaway and Joe Birch.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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