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Topic:	Crain's: Richard Jurek, "bonafide space junkie"

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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#ffffff" FACE="arial, helvetica">T O P I C     R E V I E W</font></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">Robert Pearlman</FONT></TD><TD><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">Crain's Chicago Business this week <A HREF="http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130907/ISSUE03/309079992" TARGET=_blank>profiles Richard Jurek</A> (cS: "rjurek349") in an article (and accompanying video) titled, "In our midst: a bonafide space junkie." <BLOCKQUOTE><I>Richard Jurek is like a kid — a really big, 46-year-old kid—in a candy store, a candy store whose goodies literally are (or were) out of this world. Two decades ago, the Oak Brook marketing executive began amassing a collection of space memorabilia he values in the mid- to high six figures. Its more than 300 pieces are crowned with a checklist from the last moon mission...</I></BLOCKQUOTE> <center><iframe width="400" height="300" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WP5OlO6BUmA?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

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Congratulations Rich on the accolades! Glad to see you and space memorabilia make the news!

David Carey

Kudos Rich!

Great piece - they just need to give you and the collection more air time.

SkyMan1958

Fun piece.

Congratulations Rich on nicely explaining the field to the wider public!

NJSPACEFAN

Rich, a fine article and excellent video. You are a credit to our hobby. I'll trade you a crisp new $100 Benjamin for that old $2 Jefferson in the article photo!!

Ken Havekotte

Just saw the video; well done! Good to see some of your space-flown $2 bills depicted as part of the world's biggest flown US currency collection. Nice presentation, Rich, as I enjoyed the video.

Rick Mulheirn

Neat piece Richard. It is always rewarding to see another enthusiasts passion for the subject.

space1

Very nicely done. Congratulations!

Greggy_D

Nice job, Rich!

Joel Katzowitz

Nicely done Rich.

Now if you could just let me know where you keep that stuff stashed...

rjurek349

Thanks guys - I appreciate the feedback. Crain's does a great job with something like this -- a video, a print article, and a full-on social media campaign with Twitter, Tublr, etc. Half the fun was watching how this news organization has adapted to new media.

A big thank you, too, to Robert for not only posting the article, but also spending time talking to the reporter about the collection and for his gracious comments.

Gilbert

Very nicely done, Rich.

SkyMan1958

By the way, Rich, is there a full length video that will be shown by Crain's (hopefully via YouTube) or is this edited clip it?

rjurek349

Unfortunately, this edited clip is it. It really is designed as just a sneak peak for their print/online article. Just an added feature to tease their readers. Since they are a weekly business publication, the videos go out in advance via social media and eblast to drive traffic and hardcopy sales.

SkyMan1958

Thank you for the info!

heng44

Very nice collection, Rich. The lighting and quality of the images almost make it look like a clip from a movie...

Larry McGlynn

Rich, the video was top shelf in it's quality. The location and the presentation of the artifacts really worked well.

Craig's use of all types of media such video, print and the Internet really covered all the bases of the media world.

Nice job in getting the hobby presented to the general public.

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