Laurel Mundth (left), Erica Campbell (center) and Korin Lamourt (right) were the panelists for CMJ's fourth annual public relations panel on this year's topic: tourism, travel and entertainment public relations.
The panel featured Laurel Mundth, account supervisor at Coyne PR, Erica Campbell, senior account director at NJF PR and Korin Lamourt, senior account supervisor at Wagstaff Worldwide.The panel discussion was moderated by Kean's Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) adviser Jeremiah Sullivan.
Mundth works as an account supervisor for Coyne PR's travel team. Her clients have included the Cayman Islands Department of Tourism, Hudson Group, Motel6/G6 Hospitality and more. She has worked for Coyne PR for about seven years now.
Campbell speaking at the fourth annual public relations panel hosted by CMJ.
and Newcastle. Some of her clients have included MasterCard, Starwood and Uber. Campbell has been in the field of public relations for over 10 years.
Lamourt is a senior account supervisor at Wagstaff Worldwide. Lamourt boasts over 10 years in the field of public relations working to promote vacation destinations. Some of her clients included Travel Guard, Empire State Development and vacation spots such as Chile, Rhode Island and Telluride, Colorado.
With some of these questions, Sullivan added to the discussion by asking follow-up questions on behalf of the students. This particular subject led to a tangent from the panelists on general life advice.
"If you're in a really challenging class, stick with it," said Campbell. "When it gets really tough, don't avoid that type of challenge, just push through it."
Students soaked up everything the public relations professionals had to tell them, eager to jumpstart a successful career in public relations field.