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Coles Marketing Communications welcomes Christopher Lloyd to its award-winning staff of marketers, media specialists and public relations experts.

As Senior Copywriter and Editor, Lloyd’s role is to be a writer, idea man and make products and communications shine. He joined the company April 6.

Lloyd has more than 15 years of experience as an editor, reporter, broadcaster and blogger, winning nearly 30 journalism awards. He previously worked at The Indianapolis Star as an arts and entertainment editor and reporter, and held a similar role at a New York Times-owned daily newspaper in Ocala, Fla.

A graduate of the Medill School of Journalism master’s program at Northwestern University, Lloyd also has a bachelor’s degree in cinema from New York University. Lloyd is a respected movie critic and founding member of the Indiana Film Journalists Association.

“Christopher is a media veteran who knows the ins and outs of print, web and airwaves,” said Barbara Coles, president of Coles Marketing Communications. “His distinguished career in journalism further bolsters an already outstanding team of communications experts.”

Welcome, Christopher!!

To help busy teachers out, Bright House Networks has extended the deadline for submitting entries to its national Star Teacher Award competition and enabled teachers to submit entries online. The deadline for teachers to submit entries this year has been pushed back to April 2.

To be eligible for a Star Teacher Award, teachers must demonstrate how they’ve utilized cable TV programming to develop curriculum, cross-curricular studies, classroom-to-community activities and more. Classroom projects must have been taught between September 2009 and March 2010. Teachers must also work in a state-accredited public or private school in grades kindergarten through 12 within a Bright House Networks service area, which in Indiana includes Marion, Hamilton, Hancock and Grant counties.

Teachers can visit the official Bright House Networks Star Teacher Award Web site to submit their entries online. See the Indianapolis Star for more about the new deadline.

The Indianapolis Colts landed a new sponsor this week: Bright House Networks. During the 2009-10 season, Bright House plans to schedule three central Indiana elementary school convocations that will feature Colts mascot Blue and some player appearances. Details of the sponsorship are on Indystar.com.

The company is also teaming up with the Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis Public Schools and the Penrod Society to create the Legacy Art Initiative to benefit the arts culture of Indianapolis and provide opportunities in the arts for Indianapolis students. In the first phase of the Legacy Art Initiative, IPS students in grades kindergarten through 12 created canvas art that will be displayed in Lucas Oil Stadium this season. Bright House will also be sponsoring Colts mascot Blue’s appearance in October’s Circle City Classic Parade.