Dannia Hakki is a DC-based PR guru and co-owner of the entertainment, hospitality, design and fashion PR agency Moki Media. I first met lobbyist and hospitality entrepreneur, Vinoda Basnayake, in 2009. I had just moved back to my hometown of Washington, D.C. after cutting my teeth in NYC at a high profile boutique lifestyle PR agency. I had some great experience as a publicist in NYC, but at just 25 years old, I had just taken an entrepreneurial leap to start my own PR agency, MoKi Media. DC was a new market for me, and I needed clients. I remember walking into Vinoda’s downtown rooftop lounge, Eden, and feeling like I was back in NYC. I had experience with nightlife accounts. I knew what to do, and how to do it. I needed to meet the owner of this place and introduce myself. The connection was instant. He went to Gonzaga High School. I went to Georgetown Day School & The Field School. He went to Georgetown. I went to George Washington University. He was a political lobbyist by day – with a JD/MBA from Wharton Business School – and nightlife entrepreneur by night. I was definitely going to be his publicist.

Famous communications pro and photographer Charlotte Sellmyer is on the up and up. With PRing two major committees under her belt, Charlotte’s heading to the NMPA to be VP of comms. She got an excellent quote from the President of NMPA on her new position: “The breadth and depth of Charlotte’s …

Congrats to Lia Seremetis on her new gig at The Raben Group. After a stint at NAMIC Lia is making the jump over to the agency side where we’re sure she’ll do good things. But don’t worry, she’ll still be running DC Bike Party and writing for us like a boss. P.S. …

As we’re all watching the news focus shift to the retirement of Pope Benedict XVI, let’s remember that the Vatican knows how to drive and control global news cycles. The Vatican released the announcement at 6 am Eastern on a Monday morning, had video ready to roll-out and an army …

Edelman recently released the findings of our 2011 Capital Staffers Index which is our annual study that analyzes trends in communications and public affairs. [View full size] A new study by Edelman, the 2011 Capital Staffers Index, shows the meteoric rise in Twitter use and social media channels is shaping and …

If you live in the DC area and use Twitter, this is a great way to snag a free hotel room from @HiltonHHonors. 1. Follow @HiltonHHonors on Twitter. 2. Take a photo of yourself in front of your favorite DC monument/landmark and tweet it to @HiltonHHonors using the hashtag #HHfreenight …

The Bucs are undefeated and Grella’s Twitter machine is on fire. RELATED: Grella goes 1-0 in Tampa Bay

What would we DO, baby, without us? And there ain’t no nothing we can’t love each other thruu-hoo! What would we do baby…  Without us? Sha la la laaaa. The Hill’s Molly Hooper: Reps. Steve King and Michele Bachmann to share press staffer Side note: this has to be the …

As Augusta approaches … AP: Tiger Woods ESPN Interview To Air Sunday Night UPDATE: Fleischer no longer working with Woods (h/t Jennifer Moire)

Ari will make a great caddy: Two sources in the golf community have told The Post that Ari Fleischer, the former presidential advisor to George W. Bush and the man who was brought in to help repair the steroid-shattered image of Mark McGwire, has been huddling with Woods, plotting a …

Chris Frates and the cool kids read Jezebel, Randy Barrett doesn’t like the DC who’s-who blather, Daniel de Vise is unimpressed by lawmakers’ Tweets, Christina Bellantoni left the Washington Times to join Josh Marshall at TalkingPointsMemo, Texas Republic celebrated winning the House Softball league,  thankfully Christopher Columbus did not share the same drive …

Who were the ad wizards behind this PSA?  And who in their right mind thought featuring a Pope bobblehead riding the metro was a good idea? Incase you missed it, DC Metro went in-house [not suggested] and created what someone thought was a creative PSA attempting to motivate people to …