Hanser & Associates Wins International Public Relations Award

Communicator Award for Video News Release

DES MOINES , IOWA (March 15, 2007) - Des Moines-based Hanser & Associates (H&A) announced today that it was recognized with an international Award of Distinction in the Communicator Awards video competition.

The award was presented for a video news release (VNR) H&A created and produced in 2006 for New York, N.Y.-based Coach USA to launch megabus.com intercity bus service in the United States .

H&A placed the VNR on 49 local TV stations throughout the Midwest and on the NBC Nightly News network. Television news coverage was part of a national PR campaign that placed 908 total news stories and registered 228 million impressions for Coach USA in 2006.

The annual Communicator Awards in Arlington , Texas are an international competition honoring excellence in communications. H&A is included in winners recognized among 3,000 entries. Other winners in the international video competition include Bank of America, Con Edison and Lockheed Martin. "We are honored to have our work for clients recognized again this year among the world's top communicators," said H&A President Ronald Hanser.

ABOUT HANSER & ASSOCIATES

Hanser & Associates is a national public relations firm that helps companies build and maintain relationships with the people who are important to their future. Founded by Ronald Hanser and Bonnie Hanser in 1996, the firm is headquartered in West Des Moines , Iowa and has an office in Omaha, Neb. Hanser & Associates is nationally ranked among the top independent PR firms in Midwest cities. The firm has won more than 40 international, national and local awards for its public relations work, including the Public Relations Society of America's "Best of Show" and two national Bronze Anvils - the "Oscars" of PR. The firm has a strategic alliance with Redstone Communications, an Omaha-based advertising agency, and the two firms share offices in Des Moines and Omaha . Visit www.hanser.com for more information.