| 词条 | Patti Webster |
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| name = Patti Webster | image = PattiWebsterHeadShot.jpg | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date|1964|6|18}} | birth_place = Somerville, New Jersey, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|2013|9|13|1964|6|18}} | death_place = Somerville, New Jersey, United States | alma_mater = Virginia Tech | occupation = Publicist, author, minister }}Patti Webster (June 18, 1964 – September 13, 2013) was an American entertainment publicist, author, and minister. As the CEO of W&W Public Relations, a company she founded in 1991, Webster represented notable recording artists, athletes, and actors, including Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys, Usher, Halle Berry, Chris Paul and Holly Robinson Peete.[1][2] Early life and educationBorn in Somerville, New Jersey, Webster majored in engineering and operations research at Virginia Tech. After a series of summer internships, Webster decided not to pursue a career in engineering. Moving to Maryland, she took a job in 1985 as a marketing and publicity assistant at BET, then a fledgling network. In 1988, Webster moved to New York.[3] CareerPublic relationsIn New York, Webster worked at several entertainment-related companies, eventually working as an assistant at Jive Records where she "fell in love with publicity." Subsequently, she was hired by Rogers & Cowan; during her three-year tenure at the company, she worked with Quincy Jones’ Qwest Records, Stevie Wonder, Julio Iglesias, Gloria Estefan, Diana Ross and Celine Dion. In 1991, Webster founded W&W, a public relations agency focused on representing African-Americans,[3] signing her first client, Stephanie Mills, shortly thereafter.[4] By 2013, Webster had built W&W into a highly respected and influential public relations agency,[5] representing celebrities in a wide variety of fields, including Patti LaBelle, BeBe and CeCe Winans, Ludacris, Kelly Rowland, Dwight Howard, and Steve Harvey, as well as organizations including Creflo Dollar Ministries and BMI.[7] In 2008, Ebony honored Webster with an Outstanding Women In Communications award.[6] Author, minister, and community serviceDespite her success as a publicist, Webster said that her real job was to spread the word of Jesus Christ.[5] Raised in a family of clergy — her father, mother, great-grandmother, grandmother, and grandfather were pastors — Webster authored the book It Happened in Church: Stories of Humor from the Pulpit to The Pews in 2008. [7] A collection of humorous stories from friends, pastors and celebrities, Webster said "I think that if God created laughter, it isn't to be excluded from church. I think laughter is to be everywhere."[8] Webster was ordained as a minister in 2011 and served as a deaconess at Shiloh Pentecostal Church in Somerville, New Jersey, where she grew up.[9] She served as a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), on the boards of the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund and the TReach (Therapies Reaching & Educating Autistic Children) Foundation, and on the Make-A-Wish Foundation's Marketing Mavericks team.[10] Webster died of cancer at a hospital in Somerville on September 13, 2013.[1] References1. ^1 {{cite web|last=Associated Press|title=Patti Webster, Publicist to Stars, Dies of Cancer|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/patti-webster-publicist-stars-dies-cancer-20251741|work=September 13, 2013|publisher=ABC News/Associated Press|accessdate=14 September 2013}} 2. ^{{cite web|last=Mitchell|first=Gail|title=Noted Industry Publicist Patti Webster Dies|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/5695262/noted-industry-publicist-patti-webster-dies|work=September 13, 2013|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=14 September 2013}} 3. ^{{cite web |last1=Armstrong |first1=Joy|last2=Wilson |first2=Wendy L. |title=The Sharpest Image |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/21526029/sharpest-image |work=August 2006 |publisher=Essence |accessdate=14 September 2013}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |last=Tamarra |first=Ray |title=Patti Webster Founder & President |url=http://thecrusade.net/2005/06/aaprc-weekly-patti-webster/|work=June 7, 2005|publisher=The Crusade|accessdate=14 September 2013}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|last=Hicks|first=Jonathan P.|title=Publicist Patti Webster Has Died at 49 |url=http://www.bet.com/news/national/2013/09/13/publicist-patti-webster-has-died-at-49.html|work=September 13, 2013 |publisher=BET |accessdate=13 September 2013}} 6. ^{{cite web |last=Maul |first=Kimberly |title=Ebony honors outstanding women in communications |url=http://www.prweekus.com/ebony-honors-outstanding-women-in-communications/article/153857/ |date=May 1, 2008 |publisher=PR Week|accessdate=13 September 2013}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Laughing From The 'Pulpit To The Pews'|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98021988|work=December 9, 2008|publisher=NPR|accessdate=13 September 2013}} 8. ^{{cite web|last=King|first=Gayle|title=Humor in the Church|url=http://www.oprah.com/oprahradio/Humor-in-the-Church|work=November 27, 2008|publisher=Oprah|accessdate=13 September 2013}} 9. ^{{cite web|last=Nededog|first=Jethro|title=Patti Webster, Veteran Entertainment Publicist, Dead at 49|url=http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=827275|work=September 13, 2013|publisher=MSN/The Wrap|accessdate=14 September 2013}} 10. ^1 {{cite web|title=Entertainment industry mourns loss of veteran publicist Patti Webster|url=http://www.nj.com/messenger-gazette/index.ssf/2013/09/entertainment_industry_mourns_loss_of_veteran_publicist_patti_webster.html|work=September 13, 2013|publisher=New Jersey Messenger-Gazette|accessdate=14 September 2013}} External links
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