Keith Poston, the former public face for Progress Energy before leaving for a PR job in Atlanta in 2006, is back in town working for a new boss: Time Warner Cable.
Poston started with Time Warner on Friday as director of public affairs. He will be the cable company's spokesman for its Triangle operations and will also handle philanthropic initiatives and employee communications.
Time Warner, the Triangle's cable TV service provider, employs more than 4,800 people in the state, including more than 1,000 in the Triangle.
Poston previously worked as managing director for corporate communications at AGL Resources, a natural gas utility in Atlanta. AGL recruited Poston away from his job at Progress and then laid him off last April during a corporate restructuring.
From his utility background, Poston is well-versed at handling public relations issues that vex cable TV companies: rates, service quality and customer service.
John Murawski has been a full-time newspaper reporter since 1991, with stints at Legal Times and The Chronicle of Philanthropy (both in Washington, DC), The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Palm Beach Post (in South Florida) before arriving at the N&O in December 2004. At the N&O he covers energy (nuclear, coal, renewable, efficiency), hydralic fracturing (or "fracking"), public utilities (both electric and natural gas) and health care. His beat includes Progress Energy, PSNC Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas, PowerSecure International, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Biogen Idec and others. You can reach him at 919-829-8932 or