Best Practices

This week’s PR Roundup looks at how Ben & Jerry’s and Unilever would have to approach a decoupling from a communications standpoint, if Apple’s new product announcements were an opportunity or mistake, and how bird flu is affecting tertiary companies .

Dr. Shamard Charles discusses how a strong pitch stands out by balancing timeliness with accuracy, and explains why kindness, integrity and flexibility are essential for shaping stories that go beyond the headline.

The Washington Post’s crisis and the erosion of trust it faces represents a perilous moment for media relations professionals and the general public who rely on the press for competent and independent reporting.

As the proliferation of AI-generated articles continue, the PR industry must be prepared for a future where combatting bad AI in journalism becomes part of the job description.

This week’s PR Roundup looks at how to the 24-Hour Economic Blackout went viral from a grassroots level, how AI is improving productivity for comms, and Sprout Social’s social listening platform for the Oscars.

The lessons from DeepSeek’s rise offer a blueprint for how brands, especially challengers, can capture attention, navigate controversy, and take over the conversation.

This week’s PR Roundup looks at whether or not Delta’s compensation to crash survivors is good PR, fun partnerships between brands and “The White Lotus,” and the Institute for Public Relations’s new report that looks at the most impactful research of 2024 for communicators.

A new C-suite outlook report from The Weber Shandwick Collective indicates that business executives have little confidence in their teams’ abilities to properly respond to an unexpected PR disaster. But communications professionals shouldn’t panic. Executives cited their team’s lack of resources to handle crises—which creates a tremendous opportunity for CCOs and their teams to bring value to C-suites and play a bigger leadership role in corporate structures.

Making crisis drills a regular occurrence can improve communicator response skills and boost team confidence.

Ahead of the season three premiere of HBO’s “The White Lotus” on Feb. 16, the network is leaning into multiple brand partnerships to help expand its audience.