Creel Committee

• The CPI was also known as the Creel Committee, named after its chairman, George Creel. Prior to holding his position at the CPI, Creel worked as a journalist in Missouri. Other committee members included the Secretaries of State, Navy and War.
  
  

Poster Campaign

• CPI enlisted a team of illustrators, led by artist Charles Dana Gibson, to create patriotic images for posters and billboards. Working within the Division of Pictorial Publicity, the team produced over 1,400 images for distribution throughout the U.S.
  
  

Censorship

• The CPI established a set of guidelines for the news media to follow. Journalists who failed to comply with the guidelines were removed the information loop needed to complete their stories.
  
  

Press Releases

• The CPI produced its own flow of information through its Division of News. The division produced and distributed over 6,000 press releases and became the primary source for information about the war.
  
  

CPI Abolished

• Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918. The CPI continued its work until it was abolished in August 1919.