CARMA News Coverage

Media Contact: Michael Carberry, President
Phone 202.842.1818; Fax 202.842.3275; Email mcarberry@carma.com

CARMA Introduces New, Automated Media Measurement Tool
Press release, March 12, 2008
CARMA NewsAccess Sorts, Monitors and Measures Daily Media Coverage with Metrics that Provide a Daily Snapshot by Keyword, Topic, Media Outlet and Competitor

Sonia LaFountain-Ginyard to Join CARMA as VP/Media Analyst
Press release, October 11, 2007
CARMA International today announced the addition of Sonia LaFountain-Ginyard to its staff as VP/Media Analyst.

CARMA DC Offices Relocate to 1615 M Street, NW
Press release, March 6 2007
New CARMA offices boast modern design, room for growth.

Measuring Bowl ROI? Good Luck
Advertising Age, January 29 2007
CARMA examines media coverage of Super Bowl 2005 advertisers.

Sensational and full of 'thugs' — what Germans think of UK press
The Observer, January 28 2007
CARMA demonstrates that the UK media increasingly has personalized serious topics.

CARMA Expands Analyst Team
Press release, January 25 2007
CARMA hires two new analysts to expand its Washington office's media analysis capability.

CARMA Partners With Pan Arab Research Centre
Press release, September 26 2006
CARMA partners with Pan Arab Research Centre in Dubai to serve clients with Middle Eastern media monitoring and analysis.

Controversy dwarfs cola giants in media space
The Economic Times, August 25 2006
CARMA examines the media coverage of the Coke-Pepsi pesticide crisis in India.

Conservative Party leader, David Cameron First 100 Days
BBC Worldwide, June 13 2006
Commissioned by BBC Television, CARMA has produced a study on the media reception of the first one hundred days in office of the new Conservative Party leader, David Cameron.

Posh and the 'WAGS' fly flag for England
Gulf Times (Qatar), June 29 2006
CARMA study shows the sideshow that "high-brow" British media have waded in.

'WAGS' fly flag for England
7 Days (UAE), June 29 2006
CARMA study shows that the WAG winning the most press coverage is Tweedy, a pop star of the group Girls Aloud.

Our Wags lift wives' world cup
Sunday Times (London), June 25 2006
CARMA study shows that Wags score four times more mentions in the British media than in Germany.

Self-interest, or How to get someone to care about human suffering
Elizabeth Corley, June 22 2006
Mike Carberry put it simply when he said that self-interest drives coverage.

PR Toolbox: Improving client service, survey strategies, and more
PRWeek, June 19 2006
CARMA Vice President Jennifer Hoffmann discusses how best practice communicators use technology to monitor coverage effectively.

Branding Human Crisis: From Darfur to Malaria-How To Get People To Care
Yahoo! Finance, June 14 2006
CARMA President Mike Carberry serves on a panel of experts who will discuss how international communicators can raise awareness about global crises.

Three PR Luminaries are Inducted into National Capital Public Relations Hall of Fame
PRSA-NCC, June 13 2006
CARMA President Mike Carberry was honored by PRSA's National Capital Chapter.

Industry Image Recovery Should Begin With Company Efforts - Merck Exec
The Pink Sheet, May 29 2006
PhRMA demonstrated that its image was improving using an analysis by CARMA.

Benchmarks
The Measurement Standard, March 9 2006
CARMA has released two new features, CARMA NewsAccess and CARMA MRM, which PR executives can use to measure a story from its creation.

The Best New Measurement Products of 2005
The Measurement Standard, February 10 2006
Unlike computer software that uses keywords to determine quality, CARMA Online Account Manager is powered by human-based research.

Self interest drives disaster reporting, says study
Reuters, January 30 2006
How do you get a humanitarian crisis into the headlines? And how can you convince editors to keep covering it? A new study by U.S.-based media analysts CARMA International may provide a few pointers.

Revolutionizing the clip book
PRWeek, November 14 2005
The days of bulging binders are over, as the clip book has become digitized and includes complex measurement.

Press your luck, have good karma
Washington Business Journal, October 28 2005
Want to know how the relationships you're building with journalists increase the coverage you're getting?

US Drivers Put On The Brakes
Energy Compass, October 14 2005
CARMA research shows auto companies should regard the current consumer interest in fuel efficiency as more than a passing fad.

SUV Sales Plummet After Hurricanes
Oil Daily, October 6 2005
Over the past two years, CARMA has found media coverage of hybrids to be rising steadily, while car safety discussions have declined.

CARMA unveils Journalist Relationship Management service
PRWeek, October 5 2005

Ads Aside: Measuring Other Forms of Promotion
Daily Research News Online, September 29 2005

Picking our battles
PRWeek, September 12 2005

US media analysis pioneers CARMA appoint new president
Research Magazine

CARMA's new web service lets users analyze coverage
PRWeek, May 4 2005

Review of Measurement Firms
The Measurement Standard, May 4 2005

CARMA International launches new online measurement tool
Research Magazine, April 28 2005

Going bust: It's time to move on
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, February 5 2005

PRSherpa
PRNews, February 2 2005
CARMA's analysis of media coverage about Eliot Spitzer reveals what his run for governor means for the insurance and other industries. View the full analysis in CARMA's Research Library here.

NFL strives to ensure superclean Super Bowl
USA Today
If the Super Bowl had been a kid, it probably would have had its mouth washed out with soap. Or been grounded. Or sent to its room. Instead, it's been sent to the image laundry.

Report shows benefits of openness in legal comms
PRWeek
A new report on legal communications verifies the wisdom of actively engaging the media in high-profile cases.

Making measurement count
PRWeek
Research and measurement play a strategic role in defining the success of companies' campaigns.

Crisis Management: Four Tips to Mitigating a Media Frenzy
CMO Magazine
Jennifer Hoffmann, a senior analyst with media analysis company CARMA International, offers these four tips for analyzing – and mitigating – negative media coverage during a crisis.

Good CARMA
Farm Journal
If you think watching the network news or reading the daily paper isn't quite as painful as it used to be, you're right. Media coverage of beef industry issues has been getting better.

PR in the spotlight
PRWeek
The media isn't as hard on the PR industry as many people think.

Undecideds fail to get a meaningful message as both campaigns focus almost solely on Iraq war
PRWeek
Editorial: PR should embrace its constant place in the spotlight.

It's Better News in Asia, Press Survey Says
Sydney Morning Herald
Media analyst firm CARMA International has questioned the effectiveness of crisis communication management, with a new report showing many leading brands had received "an avalanche of negative reporting" over the past three months.

Good CARMA for the Insurance Industry
Advisor Today
A media analysis group finds that the insurance industry is winning the press war against the banking sector.

Analyze That: LexisNexis Media Analyzer
ONLINE
Experienced business researchers know how difficult it is to track press coverage of companies. Ascertaining the slant of these articles—whether they treat the company in a positive, negative, or neutral way—remains a challenge. Help is on the way, thanks to Media Analyzer.

Character, Not Charisma, Drives Reputation
The Banker
Out-size egos, swashbuckling style and media savvy can't hide what lies beneath: The absence or low level of corporate character.

CARMA AP's Jim Macnamara voted PR Week's"Communicator of the Year"
Jim Macnamara, CEO of CARMA International (Asia Pacific), has been voted 'Communicator of the Year' in the 2002 PRWeek Awards in Asia Pacific.

CARMA Press Releases

CARMA Forms Partnership With Pan Arab Research Centre In Dubai, UAE

French Tourism Industry Unharmed By U.S. Media Coverage Of Riots

CARMA Research Shows Media Emphasize Fuel-Efficiency Over Safety In Autos

CARMA Online Upgrade Links Journalist Relationships with Media Measurement Results

Marketing and PR Veteran Joins CARMA As New President

CARMA Introduces Online Media Intelligence Tool

Inconsistent Media Coverage Fuels Investor Mistrust of Wall Street, Says New CARMA Study