Hartling Consulting

05/28/2026

The Campaign School at Yale's Summer Session June 8-12 may be my favorite project each year. Helping reporters tell the story of nearly 80 women (and a few men) learning to win elections offers a peak into the political future and the barriers women can face to winning.

Supporting students attending The Campaign School at Yale's Summer Session is a joy. Through press release instruction and a mini-training, these amazing women are getting their own coverage. Acceptance to the school is something to brag about. https://lnkd.in/ed2gMNix

05/23/2026

I get to work with her!!! Patricia Russo is the force of nature behind The Campaign School at Yale, a nonprofit that teaches women how to win elections. There big Summer Session intensive campaigning boot camp is June 8-12. It’s a great story!

Patti Russo is the inaugural recipient of the Teresa C. Younger Award! We were so thrilled to honor her at our recent gala with this new award, which recognizes leaders whose most enduring legacy is the leadership they cultivate in others — a core tenet of both Teresa and Patti's leadership. We're proud to recognize trailblazers like Patti, who continues to center and uplift women and girls in Connecticut and across the nation.

05/14/2026

This week I held a PR training for students accepted to The Campaign School at Yale's Summer Session campaigning boot camp and stressed:
1. You are never off the record with a reporter unless solidly agreed upon beforehand.
2. Every mic is a hot mic.

The politician in this story was getting ready for an interview and said to reporter of KTLA, "By the way, this is a profile piece, this is not a ‘gotcha’ piece, right?” He then shared his definition of a profile interview. The reporter rightly reported the exchange and the politician is getting deserved blowback.

Politicians and hopefuls, GET TRAINED by people who know media, respect how media works, and take very seriously your responsibility to be authentically who you are with the media and with voters.

Last night I held a PR training for students accepted to 's Summer Session campaigning boot camp and stressed: 1. You are never off the record with a reporter unless solidly agreed upon beforehand. 2. Every mic is a hot mic. This politician was getting ready for an interview and said to repo...

04/12/2026

10/17/2025

AI-driven search means high-authority news hits are more valuable than ever. Collaborating with of The Campaign School at Yale on this opinion piece in Hearst's gives me such pride because I believe in the school's mission to get more women of all parties elected to public office, and I know the school will benefit via direct readership and search currency.

Hartling Consulting is accepting new clients for public relations, communications, social media, and writing services. Contact me at [email protected] to see if we’re a fit to amplify your message.

'Women of all parties are less ego-driven, more likely to work across the aisle, and are more focused on passing solid legislation.'

06/29/2025

Nine news stories. Nine opportunities for people to learn about this amazing program to teach women to win public office, The Campaign School at Yale. The beauty of PR is matching the story to the news outlet so the client, the reporter, and the audience are well served. That’s what I love about PR.

Congratulations to the TCSYale Class of 2025!

06/29/2025

Nine news stories. Nine opportunities for people to learn about this amazing program to teach women to win public office, The Campaign School at Yale. Nine news outlets we helped tell the story. The beauty of PR is matching the story to the news outlet so the client, the reporter, and the audience are well served. That’s what I love about PR.

Congratulations to the TCSYale Class of 2025!

06/09/2025

One of my favorite projects is PR for The Campaign School at Yale's annual Summer Session campaigning boot camp all this week at . Watch NBC Connecticut at 4:30 today for Jennifer Cuevas's interview with Patti Russo and rockstar students , and Ojala Naeem, Windsor Town Councilor .

03/06/2025

Many churches did drive through "ashings" for Ash Wednesday but the right pitch got Rocky Hill Congregational Church, United Church of Christ coverage on FOX61 and NBC Connecticut. Big thanks to the reporters for telling the story so well.

It's a way those observing Ash Wednesday can do so in a quicker way.

01/23/2025

It is especially gratifying to connect clients and media on subjects of such importance while helping promote the rebirth of the True Colors convention under The Health Collective. They and Robin McHaelen are fighting for trans kids' lives. Thank you FOX61, Emma Wulfhorst, and Skylar Haines for reporting on the devastating impact of the "two genders" edict.

There is mounting uncertainty over a slew of executive orders signed by President Donald Trump, as some say they target transgender and non-binary Americans.