Penn State Hires Ketchum

Penn State’s Board of Trustees has hired Ketchum to handle crisis comms, Ad Age reports. The hire was made on November 6, the day after former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was arrested. The firm has already helped with the press conference announcing that coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier were leaving their positions.

According to Ad Age, Ketchum has about 50 crisis experts in the U.S.

It had previously been reported that Penn State’s former coach Joe Paterno was working with MSLGroup’s TMG Strategies for crisis help.