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Weiner Public News First Media Team at National Press Club 5K

Sunday, September 9, 2007 General News
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 At the National PressClub's 10th Annual 5K race today, which starts and finishes at the NationalPress Club at 14th & F in Washington, Weiner Public News was first of ninemedia teams. Weiner Public News, the news reporting and op-ed writingdivision of Robert Weiner Associates Public Affairs and Issue Strategies haspublished over 60 op-eds in top 100 papers since Weiner left the White Housein 2001 and conducted over 500 radio and TV interviews. Weiner webmaster JayWind organized the team (only the top three count despite some media teamsentering as many as 12 members) -- which for Weiner Public News consisted ofJay Wind, Weiner, and Zeren Kelele.
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The Weiner team also won last year and was called up to the podium by theNational Press Club's Rick Dunham (of the Houston Chronicle), the meetdirector, as "defending champions."
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The Weiner team was first with a combined three-person total of 59:47.Here are complete results:

Weiner said, "The results show that athletes of all ages can compete andwin against younger athletes. Masters track and running are a lifetime sport.You need high energy, which running gives you, to write and generate goodmedia! Fitness matters for anything else in life for that matter." Weiner is60, Wind 57, and Kelele 26. Early in his career, long before serving in theClinton White House, Weiner was Chief of Staff of the House Aging Committee,and he now volunteers as the elected National Media Chair for USATF MastersTrack and Field.1)Weiner Public News (59:47) 2)US News (1:04:12) 3)Religion and ethics (1:07:20) 4)Bloomberg (1:09:41) 5)Hearst (1:11:43) 6)Gannett/USA Today (1:14:13) 7)McGraw Hill (1:14:44) 8)Reuters (1:24:48) 9)AP (1:25:14)

SOURCE Robert Weiner Associates Public Affairs and Issue Strategies
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