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Sep 2024
38m 31s

9.26.2024 - Nancy Elder, New York Mets

Steve Barrett, PRWeek
About this episode

Nancy Elder was a mid-season acquisition for the New York Mets in 2022. Since then, she’s served as the team’s chief communications officer, handling much more than beat writer relations for the Major League Baseball team.

She talks about the club’s down-to-the-wire playoff push, promoting food and drink options at Citi Field and this season’s memeable moments, including those starring Grimace

Plus, the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including AI Deciphered, U.N. General Assembly week in New York City and the Halloween season’s biggest sensation, the Pop-Tarts mascot

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