Internal Communication

Most companies prepare for technical outage recovery. Very few prepare for reputational recovery.

This week’s PR Roundup takes a look at a prime example of unprompted employee advocacy on LinkedIn, lessons from the Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage and a new study from GIPHY showing the triumphant preference of the group chat for sharing important information.

This week’s PR Roundup explores the high stakes of personal conduct in a hyperconnected world, how AXE’s tongue-in-cheek TikTok collaboration proves the power of creator partnerships, and why new research shows PR pros must rebuild trust as young audiences turn to (but doubt) social media for news.

Industry leaders note that the real power of AI in PR lies in giving teams their time back. When communicators spend less time sorting media mentions and formatting briefings, they can focus on the insights themselves and on what their organizations should do next.

This week’s PR Roundup looks at the chilling effect of employer retribution for triggering Charlie Kirk remarks on social media, how a new Comscore tool can inspire brand creativity and a new study that shows how Gen Alpha controls many purchasing decisions in the household.

PRNEWS’ sixth annual Agency Elite honors, which pays homage to the industry’s most innovative PR, marketing and communications firms in the business, highlights 120 influential agencies this year—from well-known industry players to smaller boutique firms that punch far above their weight.

Organic brand reach on LinkedIn sits at just over 1%—a steep drop from 7% just four years ago—and many PR professionals and business leaders are facing a hard truth: branded company content is no longer enough.

PR Roundup examines the current company instability at Nestlé—which dropped another CEO, a new Pew study on news sources and demographics, and football is back!

Frontline workers are a company’s most valuable asset, yet many organizations fail to connect with them on a consistent basis.

This week’s PR Roundup examines the Taylor Swift effect on brands, how miscommunications at a federal level can cause crisis, and LinkedIn’s back-to-school data. Brands Hop on Taylor Swift’s TS12 Announcement What happened: Taylor Swift… Continued