Public Relations Society of America's PRisms Awards Spotlights MAYO Communications of Los Angeles For Corporate Communications And Media Placement- Campaigns for Wal-Mart and LAEDC Take Home Top Honors in Hollywood.

MAYO Communications wins first place in several categories of Public Relations Society of America Awards, including "Best Corporate Communications."

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) November 9, 2004 -- MAYO Communications will be singled out tonight (Nov. 9, 2004) for Best Corporate Communications," at the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA-LA) Los Angeles Chapter Annual Awards Gala at the Luxe Hotel Bel-Air Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90049.

MAYO has been given top honors in the category of Best Corporate Communications," for its Business Beat News Tip Sheet. The online one-of-kind communication also won first place for the Best Creative Other- Nonprofit," award. The news tip sheet, which goes to business editors, writers and assignment editors in California, has grown from 50 to 866 subscribers in 12 months. It comes in several formats and includes headlines and images of news tips to the media they might have missed or want to cover.

MAYO is also being recognized for its outstanding Education Campaign" category for its national and regional media management of the release on the economic impact of Wal-mart Superstores -- An Economic Impact," a controversial Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) study that revealed the pros and cons of 40 superstores locating in Southern California.

Additionally, this is the second year-in-a-row MAYO has been spotlighted for best media placement. Just weeks before the anniversary of 9-11 last year, MAYO launched a media campaign for Terror On The Tracks -- Homeland Security," the results of the nations first Homeland Security study with threats to the rail system, conducted by Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) and Rand Corporation.

The study was sanctioned by Orange North-American Trade Rail Access Corridor Authority, Brea, CA. OnTrac and Counterterrorism Expert Elsa Lee contributed to the report.

MAYO earned national media coverage for all three of its clients. Shortly Spains deadly bombings, the media campaign heated up again in Washington DC, where Congress took a second look at it and used it as a guide for Homeland Security legislation.

For more about MAYO Communications visit www.MayoPR.com.

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