Jay Byrne

Jay Byrne is president of v-Fluence Interactive Public Relations. Jay has 20 years of experience in public relations, campaign communications and government affairs. He has held senior communications positions at the White House, U.S. State Department, Monsanto Company and for the City of Boston. Jay has directed communications and media relations for various U.S. political campaigns, global activist campaign responses and other international public relations initiatives.

His media relations and interactive campaigns have won numerous awards and recognitions including: B2B Magazine’s top ten corporate web sites, Best Corporate Web Site from the Creativity in Public Relations Awards, and Reputation Management Magazine’s "Netty" award for Best Public Affairs Web Site.  An alumnus of Tufts University, Jay has also completed post-graduate studies at George Washington and Iowa State Universities.

He can be reached at jay.byrne(at)v-fluence.com. (St. Louis office)

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Publications and Articles

(2007) 'Blogs and Beyond: A guide to understanding and engaging consumer-generated media outlets', ACC Briefs Vol. 3, Issue 2, Association of Cable Communicators. Full Article…

(2006) 'Deconstructing the Agricultural Biotechnology Protest Industry', in Jon Entine (ed.) Let them Eat Precaution: How politics is undermining the genetic revolution in agriculture, Washington, DC, AEI Press.  Full Article...

(2003) 'Attack of the Killer Labels', PR Reporter: Tactics and Tips. Full Article...

(1999) 'When you're serious about culture change', Journal of Employee Communication Management, (with Susan Ryan).  Full Article...

(1999) 'How internal communications transforms a culture', Reputation Management Magazine.

(1999) 'Empowering People, Inproving Profits and Breaking Barriers', Phillips PR News Journal.