Case Studies

Job Corps Earth Day Every Day Campaign

10/18/2011
In the summer of 2009, funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) enabled the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program to build and upgrade facilities and incorporate ...

The Friends of Gaile Owens Campaign

6/1/2011
Gaile Owens, a domestic abuse survivor on death row, nearly became the first woman executed in Tennessee in almost 200 years. But thanks to a legal effort closely coordinated with ...

Metro Nashville Airport Authority

2/16/2010
Nashville has grown significantly as a city over the last decade, from the dozens of relocated corporate headquarters to the renaissance of downtown Nashville. And as Nashville has evolved, the ...

Earth Hour Nashville 2009

1/25/2010
How do you convince hundreds of Music City businesses, owners of major buildings and residents to turn off all nonessential lights for one hour on a busy March Saturday night?

Nashville Health Care Council

4/14/2009
A national spotlight was shining on Nashville in October of 2008 as Belmont University hosted the second of three presidential debates between John McCain and Barack Obama. To take advantage ...

Nashville for All of Us Special Election Campaign

4/14/2009
For two years, a group in Nashville worked to make English the only permissible language for use by Metro government. Tapping into public anger over immigration issues, Metropolitan Nashville Council ...

Job Corps

8/22/2008
In 1995, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Job Corps program faced a problem in the Southeast: how to recruit more age- and income-appropriate students to the program’s education and job ...

Meth Destroys

7/29/2008
In September 2005, the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference retained MP&F to conduct a statewide anti-methamphetamine campaign. There were multiple objectives: to educate and inform the public, particularly school-age youth, ...

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McNeely Pigott & Fox Welcomes Fall Interns

10/4/2012

Four interns have joined McNeely Pigott & Fox Public Relations for the fall semester. The internship program at MP&F is open to college sophomores, juniors and seniors.

“Our intern program is designed to give students hands-on public relations experience in a variety of capacities,” said MP&F partner David Fox. “Each one of our interns has the benefit of participating in real projects at a full-service agency.”

The fall 2012 interns are:

• Jessica Burke (Johannesburg, South Africa; Lipscomb University junior)

• Shermaine Nettles (Clarksville, Tenn.; Tennessee State University senior)

• Kristen Scott (Gallatin, Tenn.; Middle Tennessee State University senior)

• Stephanie Winn (Nashville, Tenn.; Belmont University senior)

Jessica Burke is a junior at Lipscomb University majoring in public communication and leadership. Burke serves as co-anchor and video editor for Lumination, Lipscomb University’s official student news service. At Lipscomb, she also works at the university library and is a student supervisor for the campus Starbucks. A native of Johannesburg, South Africa, Burke will graduate in May 2014.

Shermaine Nettles is a senior at Tennessee State University majoring in integrated marketing communications and minoring in psychology. Nettles completed a previous internship with The Buntin Group, where she helped create social media campaigns and oversaw the development of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation’s annual diversity report. Nettles is also a contributing writer for an online women’s lifestyle magazine, www.askmissa.com. A native of Clarksville, Tenn., Nettles will graduate in December 2013.

Kristen Scott is a senior at Middle Tennessee State University majoring in advertising with a public relations concentration, and double-minoring in business administration and writing. Scott completed a previous internship with Sumner Regional Medical Center, where she assisted with public relations and community outreach. Scott is also a volunteer with the Girl Scouts of America. A native of Gallatin, Tenn., Scott will graduate in December 2012.

Stephanie Winn is a senior at Belmont University majoring in public relations and minoring in social justice. Winn completed a previous internship with Phired Up Productions, where she worked as a research assistant. At Belmont, Winn is active in the Student Government Association and her sorority, Alpha Sigma Tau. She also volunteers regularly with various Nashville nonprofit organizations. A native of Nashville, Winn will graduate in May 2013.