Spring Break
PR firm term at an end
by Jillian Wagner
News Editor
News | 4/7/09
Posted online at 6:41 AM EST on 4/7/09
Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications, Inc., the University's temporary public relations firm that was hired Feb. 2, will no longer serve in a day-to-day spokesperson role but will fulfill an assignment that it began prior to the completion of its contract, according to Senior Vice President for Communications Lorna Miles.
In an e-mail to the Justice, Miles wrote, "The Rasky Baerlein contract was for a two month duration and most of Rasky Baerlein's work was completed at the end of last week. Rasky Baerlein will no longer be serving in a day-to-day spokesperson role for the University with regard to the Rose [Art] Museum."
However, Miles also wrote, "They will be completing some assignments currently in progress that are part of their contract regarding working with some media outlets on stories near completion. It is expected that these assignments will conclude by the first week in May."
Miles explained in a phone interview that the contract was not extended, but "implicit in the contract was that any projects that had been started prior to the completion of the contract date would be completed."
President of Rasky Baerlein Joe Baerlein declined to comment. "All calls have to be forwarded through [Miles]," he said. Miles also responded on behalf of the rest of the senior administration.
Rasky Baerlein, which was hired Feb. 2, was paid for by 10-percent salary cuts taken by both University President Jehuda Reinharz and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Peter French.
In a phone interview with the Justice, Miles explained that Rasky Baerlein's assignment in progress is a story that involves the Rose that a Boston Globe reporter was working on but has not completed. "I think that [Rasky Baerlein] had worked on one story involving the Globe that has not seen the light of day. So it's a story that someone is working on that they arranged some interviews for. … I don't know where in the process it is, but I suspect that's the kind of project that we're talking about here," she said.
In an e-mail to the Justice, Miles wrote, "The Rasky Baerlein contract was for a two month duration and most of Rasky Baerlein's work was completed at the end of last week. Rasky Baerlein will no longer be serving in a day-to-day spokesperson role for the University with regard to the Rose [Art] Museum."
However, Miles also wrote, "They will be completing some assignments currently in progress that are part of their contract regarding working with some media outlets on stories near completion. It is expected that these assignments will conclude by the first week in May."
Miles explained in a phone interview that the contract was not extended, but "implicit in the contract was that any projects that had been started prior to the completion of the contract date would be completed."
President of Rasky Baerlein Joe Baerlein declined to comment. "All calls have to be forwarded through [Miles]," he said. Miles also responded on behalf of the rest of the senior administration.
Rasky Baerlein, which was hired Feb. 2, was paid for by 10-percent salary cuts taken by both University President Jehuda Reinharz and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Peter French.
In a phone interview with the Justice, Miles explained that Rasky Baerlein's assignment in progress is a story that involves the Rose that a Boston Globe reporter was working on but has not completed. "I think that [Rasky Baerlein] had worked on one story involving the Globe that has not seen the light of day. So it's a story that someone is working on that they arranged some interviews for. … I don't know where in the process it is, but I suspect that's the kind of project that we're talking about here," she said.
Be the first to comment on this story