The continuing unhinged actions of former President Donald Trump is the saga favored by lovers and haters of a criminally-indicted, twice impeached individual who has been successfully sued for sexual assault and running a fake university.

Elon Musk this week ended his destructive charade as the owner and operator of Twitter not by ceding operational control to someone more capable or by admitting his vision for the product is completely unworkable, but instead by just killing it entirely.

If we take Musk and Linda Yaccarino, X’s CEO, at face value, it is the latest in a line of decisions to unburden Twitter from the weight of its past, “move at the speed of light”, and take a new direction.

To all the businesses associated with the games, and especially to the network televising the games in the U.S. - NBCUniversal - the Paris Olympics will be the most important happening since humans appeared on our planet.

With America still trying to come to terms with racism, discrimination and other societal ills, should today's journalist focus more on advocating for change rather than merely reporting the facts of a given story?

You’ve no doubt heard of someone with perfect pitch in music?  Well, there’s such a thing in PR too—well, sometimes!  

Tom Brady's recent endorsement deal with FTX highlights the mixed perception of athlete endorsements among consumers and journalists, with some recognizing the paid spokesperson role while others may take endorsements more seriously.

The far-reaching injunction against government departments and individuals against engaging with social media companies around disinformation, while providing free rein to individuals (and bots and foreign governments) to spread falsehoods, is in fact a looking-glass-world version of “1984” – completely at odds with George Orwell’s writings.

It is telling that, on the nation’s birthday, a Trump-appointed judge handed down a ruling in support of a phenomenon that’s working to undermine democracy. 

This question is likely to reach the Supreme Court for a final decision, but what’s the role of brands in this ongoing battle?

Between the panels, industry conversations, networking, and of course, croissants, I took a moment to reflect on why we were all there in the first place – to listen to new perspectives and continue to drive our industry forward. Below are my top four takeaways for PR professionals.

Judge Terry A. Doughty’s ruling enjoining federal government departments and employees from urging or even encouraging social media platforms to remove false and dangerous information is an affront to justice, to democracy, and to truth.

Many new valuable “not to do” PR lessons will emerge, as they have since the beginning of the various civil and criminal investigations of Mr. Trump began.

If your boss told you that she noticed something about your performance and wanted you to come to her office to discuss it, would you assume that she had noticed an area of your special competence and wanted to bring it to your attention?

Over the past 10 years growth in the PR agency sector has become remarkably robust at the net fee, net income and exit strategy levels.

As fireworks light up the night sky and Americans come together to celebrate their independence, the 4th of July holds great significance not only for the nation but also for the communication and public relations (PR) industries.

On this last day of Pride Month, we welcome an editorial from Robert Conner, an activist and expert in LGBTQ communications and media, on how this moment is fraught, “You must rise to meet it.”

The hiring frenzy brought on by George Floyd’s death inspired a great deal of agencies to hire more young Black creatives. Fantastic right? Well, to a point.

Vladimir Putin’s communicators undoubtedly took a page from the PGA playbook and improved it.

The two that I think are the most important were the announcements by two old-timers, President Biden and former President Trump to run for re-election, even though actuarial tables suggest that both might not be able to serve a full four year term.