Author Archives: Jessica Lueck, Marketing Associate

NYSE Opening Bell with Warren Buffett: A Day in the Life of SVP of Marketing Tom Becktold

Here’s a glimpse into one of the best days I’ve experienced in my 23 years at Business Wire. This is a recap of my experiences planning and participating in the Business Wire 50th Anniversary NYSE Opening Bell events on Friday, September 30.  (Learn more about Tom Becktold) We had planned for months – event details, [...]

Business Wire’s College Video Contest Winner Jenna Marie James Gears Up to Meet Mr. Buffett

M&M’s? Check. Cherry Cokes? Got ‘em. Watch this video of our college video contest winner and Ball State Unversity Senior Jenna James as she readies herself for lunch with Warren Buffett at the NYSE this Friday with some serious media training.

Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary College Contest Highlight: Zan Zhang

We knew there was a reason to open up Business Wire college video contest to Canada and one of our top ten finalists is proof it was the right decision.  Zan Zhang, a junior working towards his Bachelor of Commerce at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada may just win the grand prize with the winner [...]

Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary College Contest Highlight: Eric Tawney

What kind of kid starts a “Stock Market Club” in high school? Eric Tawney, a Finance and Economics student from Oakland University does. With such a young excitement for investing, it is no wonder that Eric is a huge fan of Warren Buffett, chairman & CEO of Business Wire’s parent company, Berkshire Hathaway. Eric discovered [...]

Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary College Contest Highlight: Stephen Roegge

One google search on “How to meet Warren Buffett” was the beginning for our next finalist who is now one of the top ten finalists in Business Wire college video contest.  Stephen Roegge, a sophomore studying Business Administration at Georgia Tech, has always been a fan of Mr. Buffett and is even more so after [...]

Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary College Contest Highlight: Shannon McGreal-Miller

It’s been said in order to see the future, you must look into the past.  Our next finalist for the Business Wire college video contest just did that.  Shannon McGreal-Miller, a junior from Michigan State University studying Marketing, used examples from Abraham Lincoln’s campaign where Mathew Brady took a photo of Mr. Lincoln to communicate [...]

Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary College Contest Highlight: Haley Lesavoy and “Bob”

Our next finalist for the Business Wire college video contest knew she wanted to go into broadcast news when she anchored for her middle school’s morning announcement show Serendipity Live.  Haley Lesavoy is a senior studying Journalism and Mass Communications at The George Washington University.   She created one of our top ten selected videos, where [...]

Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary College Contest Highlight: Jenna James

Next up is our signature artist Jenna James, a senior from Ball State University studying Telecommunications. With an assortment of sharpies and some loose pages of construction paper, Jenna brought to life her vision for the future of public relations and communications.  As one of our top ten finalists in the Business Wire college video [...]

Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary College Contest Highlight: Jessica Funcannon or Lady Gaga?

Jessica Funcannon, a senior at Illinois State University studying Public Relations, is a living example of the future of communications.  How did she hear about Business Wire’s college contest?  By following and seeing a post on the contest by CEO of Lawrence Ragan Communications and one of the leading figures in the public relations industry Mark Ragan [...]

Business Wire’s 50th Anniversary College Contest Highlight: Zixiang “Max”Chen

Zixiang Chen or “Max” as his friends call him is one of the top ten finalists for Business Wire’s college video contest with the winner to receive a trip to New York city to meet Warren Buffett, chairman & CEO of Business Wire’s parent company, Berkshire Hathaway, at Business Wire’s NYSE Opening Bell luncheon on [...]