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  PR Roundup: Creators Get Certified, Bieb-chella Buzz and Philanthropy’s Trust Problem

  This week’s PR Roundup looks at a new credentialing push to professionalize influencer marketing, Justin Bieber stealing the Coachella conversation and troubling new data for philanthropy’s reputation.

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  Amid Crisis, Banana Ball Benefits from Uncharacteristic Serenity

  Banana Ball’s handling of one recent story holds just as many lessons about the value of restraint and discipline in communicating through a crisis.

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  PRNEWS Unveils 2026 Purpose & Impact Award Winners

  PRNEWS has unveiled the winners of the 2026 PRNEWS Purpose & Impact Awards, which recognize the organizations, teams and communicators redefining public relations through purpose-driven leadership and measurable social impact.

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  PR Roundup: Burgers Win, Macy’s’ Clear Warning and Lush Stands Up

  From a viral fast food run at In-N-Out to a candid Macy’s CEO and Lush’s purpose-driven product launch, this week had no shortage of brand moments worth studying.

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  PR Roundup: Target Targets Families, White House Reframes Deportation, AI and CEO Trust

  From Target’s bid to win back skeptical shoppers, to the White House’s quiet attempt to reframe one of its signature policies, to what actually builds credibility in the AI era—this week offered a masterclass in how brands and institutions communicate under pressure.

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  Anthropic Walked the Walk

  The refusal of Anthropic to waiver under political pressure and compromise its AI safeguards can lead to improved employee morale, increased productivity, attracting and retaining talent, gaining news business and engendering trust.

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  PR Roundup: Claude’s Crash Course, McDonald’s CEO Goes Viral and Why Sustainability Messaging Still Matters

  PR Roundup covers Anthropic’s Claude buckling under the weight of its own viral moment, the McDonald’s CEO trying to sell America on a new burger, and a new conscious consumerism report quietly dismantles the narrative that sustainability is dead

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  What Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Moment Reveals About Crisis Leadership

  The “Bad Bunny approach” offers crisis managers a set of lessons that apply across government, philanthropy, business and community networks.

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  Silence Used to Feel Safer. It Isn’t Always. Not Anymore.

  For communications leaders, there are moments when the job stops being theoretical. When a city is under a national microscope, and employees are watching from their kitchens, discussing in their group chats, and thinking on their commutes, the questions arrive quickly and personally: Are we safe? Does leadership see what we’re seeing? Are we expected […]

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  Silence, Statements or Stands: What the Minnesota ICE Crisis Reveals About Corporate Activism

  As social issues, such as those in Minnesota, escalate rapidly and play out in real time, business leaders are increasingly forced to decide not just whether to speak or make statements, but how clearly—and at what risk—in moments when silence, caution or ambiguity can be interpreted as a message of its own.

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