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Margaret Lawson

Margaret volunteers on local history and preservation interests through Salisbury Historic District Commission, MHT/Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, and the Friends of Poplar Hill Mansion, member SPJFreelance, NAPC and related preservation organizations. news and politics. In her media relations role, she advised on political campaigns, was a Certified Peer & Family Mentor at The Reeve Foundation, retired member of the National Press Club, and former board member at the Society of Professional Journalists DC Chapter. She is a Past Editor of Dateline, and has judged the Green Eye Shade Awards, the Dateline Awards and the DMA Excellence in Journalism Awards. Past board member of Boys and Girls Club Garfield NJ and Solas Nua.

The United States of Public Relations  

The image of Texas as a great state has been severely damaged in recent years, first by former Governor Rick Perry, who campaigned for the US Presidency in 2012. During that campaign, he failed to distinguish either himself or his state. Initially denying charges of racism which were subsequently proven to be accurate, he infamously failed to remember the name of a government agency he planned to get rid of during the course of a Presidential debate.