National Hug a Newsperson Day, celebrated every year on Apr. 4, is a cute idea. But let’s be practical—hugging a journalist these days might not go over well. Here are seven better (and more professional) ways to show love to the media.
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Branding a Viral Moment: The Complexities of Trademarks for Famous Phrases
April 1st, 2025 by Taylor OsherViral social moments can make phrases powerful cultural assets, leading individuals and businesses to try to protect them as trademarks and cement their reputation in culture. Registering a phrase as a trademark however can be challenging.

PRNEWS Live: AI Is Making Women Leaders MORE Burned Out, Not Less
March 31st, 2025 by Nicole SchumanWe talked about how AI adoption is impacting women at work, particularly those in PR and communications positions.

How to Leverage LLMs for Brand Reputation and Crisis Management
March 31st, 2025 by Kelly AyresLarge Language Models (LLMs) offer functionality that’s helping marketers and PR pros raise the bar for modern brand reputation management. Here are ways brands can use them to monitor brand reputation with speed and at scale.

Burger King’s Left-handed Whopper and Other April Fools Fails to Learn From
March 28th, 2025 by Lindsey BradshawThink deeply about the potential impact to an audience. Not all April Fools brand jokes are good ones.

PR Roundup: PR Lessons from the Signal Crisis, PR Employee Engagement and Job Satisfaction, UPS Launches Tariff Tool
March 27th, 2025 by Nicole SchumanThis week’s PR Roundup looks at the crisis issues surrounding the fallout from sending of government Signal messages to a journalist, a new study about PR employee engagement not reflecting job satisfaction, and how a new online tool created by UPS is helping to alleviate tariff stress for customers.

Navigating Layoff Communication—With or Without a Plan
March 26th, 2025 by Lindsey BradshawDownsizing staff is never easy, but how it’s communicated can define a company’s reputation both internally and externally.

PRNEWS Announces Winners of 2025 Digital Awards
March 25th, 2025 by PRNEWSPRNEWS today announced the winners of its 2025 Digital Awards, which celebrates the most the most innovative and industry-altering digital campaigns and initiatives.

The Benefits of Building a Velvet Rope Around Your Brand
March 25th, 2025 by Mark SatterfieldWhether a product or service is priced for the one percent or the everyday American, there are strategies to put in place to create a velvet rope around a brand to make your clientele feel like VIPs.

5 Key Takeaways from Muck Rack’s State of AI in PR Report
March 24th, 2025 by Justin HallAs AI becomes more embedded in PR workflows, having a clear use case policy and providing proper training are essential. PR pros must also balance leveraging these tools and preserving the core skills that make great communicators—critical thinking, creativity, and relationship-building—so the next generation of PR talent isn’t left behind.