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Hall of Femme is testament to the resilience of PR
The Class of 2021 represents an industry that reacted admirably to the challenges of the past 15 months while juggling multiple other responsibilities simultaneously.
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Coffee Break with Pereira O'Dell's PJ Pereira
The Pereira O'Dell founder talks brand evolution, creative work during the coronavirus pandemic and more.
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Coffee Break with Yap Global's Samantha Yap
The CEO and founder of Yap Global talks Tesla, cryptocurrency, the blockchain and more.
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Brand film comes of age
The work on display in PRWeek, Campaign and MM+M’s celebration of brand filmmaking is a testament to a format that is increasingly driving return on marketing and communications investment.
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Coffee Break with Ketchum's Rob Flaherty
The outgoing Ketchum chairman talks long-term changes in the industry, the pandemic, DE&I and BLM and more.
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CDC botched mask guidance
Last week’s announcement on mask-wearing by the CDC led to more confusion than clarification, and underlined the fact that health issues will be on every PR person’s radar for the foreseeable future.
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Coffee Break with Racepoint Global's Bob Osmond
The Racepoint Global president talks about the challenges of returning to the office, planning a hybrid work environment, rebuilding an agency after a scandal and more.
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LGBTQ visibility leads to acceptance
The latest phase of Procter & Gamble and GLAAD’s Visibility Project demonstrates that inclusion in marketing is a powerful force for social change – as long as it is authentic.
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Coffee Break with Bospar's Curtis Sparrer
The Bospar principal talks about remaining remote after the coronavirus pandemic, DE&I, being LGBTQ in the PR industry and more.
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The big return to hybrid work has many nuances
As "le grand retour" looms on the horizon for the people business that is PR, employers and employees alike are working out the full implications of the new normal.
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Coffee Break with Shift Communications' Rick Murray
The managing partner talks about the unprecedented personal and professional challenges of the last year, business results and more.
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Not so super communication disrespects sporting heritage
The recent abortive attempt to upturn the structure of European soccer was an object lesson in how not to treat consumers and how not to safeguard a brand.
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Coffee Break with Omnicom Group’s Emily Graham
The company’s chief equity and impact officer and SVP, D&I communications discusses taking on her new role in January and diversity in the PR industry.
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8 takeaways from the Agency Business Report
PRWeek’s annual review of the agency sector profiled an industry that showed its mettle in a super-challenging year.
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Coffee Break with The Sway Effect's Jennifer Risi
The boutique firm's founder and president discusses the consultancy’s growth, the diversity of its creative partners and purpose as an agency leader.
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Agency Business Report 2021: A year unlike any other
Agencies clawed their way through 2020 and took care of their own.
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Strategic PR counsel is valued more than it’s ever been
This week’s statement by America plc on the voting laws issue was another example of the central role of communications in determining business strategy and shaping corporate reputation.
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Coffee Break with UCLA’s Mary Osako
The vice-chancellor for strategic communications discusses the university being in lockdown for a year, her career working in tech PR and comms responses to anti-Asian hate attacks.
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Life is not what happens but how you deal with it
Communications leads at major companies are overseeing one long political-style campaign in which their brand is the candidate and the electorate is unforgiving.
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Coffee Break with Archetype’s Helena Maus
Maus discusses her role as CEO, the tension between the tech industry and mainstream media and setting up a WFH environment.
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