It is a position that is part art, part hustling for funding dollars, media coverage and government support on behalf of the company.
But Wall Street has been abuzz with the news that The Wall Street Journal's former star mergers-and-acquisitions reporter, Steve Lipin, plans to become a communication specialist who will handle media coverage of mergers and acquisitions on behalf of corporate clients.
Along with Senators Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch, she was a force behind the passage of the State Children's Health Insurance Program in 1997, a federal effort that provided state support for children whose parents could not provide them with health coverage, and conducted outreach efforts on behalf of enrolling children in the program once it became law.
"Their entire election-night coverage was an aggressive partisan campaign on behalf of Gore," she writes, letting a shrill generalization destroy the measured reasoning that has preceded it.
Ms. Dimitruk walked out of the studio and joined them, protesting coverage that was skewed almost entirely on behalf of Mr. Yanukovich's campaign before and after the runoff election.
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, which has sent a delegation to observe the election, issued a stinging report last week citing "a clear bias" in media coverage and abuses of government resources on behalf of United Russia's candidates.
Berezovsky's pals orchestrated the press coverage: Lord Bell provided publicity pro bono on behalf of the Litvinenko family, and the head of Berezovsky's foundation, Alexander Goldfarb, became its spokesman.
"Individuals without drug coverage pay a higher price at the retail pharmacy than the total price paid on behalf of those with drug coverage," said the report, which Mr. Clinton requested last October.
Press coverage around the world recognised her tireless work on behalf of women's right to vote – even if they didn't agree on the value of her contributions.
