Hal Hilliard, Wantagh, N. Y. :: received the Highly Commended Applied Paper Award at a Corporate Communication International Conference in Hong Kong for his paper on the rebranding of the Associated Press. He recently earned a master's in corporate communication from the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences. He works as senior design manager in the Associated Press’ corporate communication department. He joined the AP in 2011, just before AP’s new brand was launched, and managed the implementation of the global rebranding of internal and external marketing materials.