Danny Rogers
Editor-in-chief, PRWeek UKDanny Rogers is one of the UK's pre-eminent journalists covering the world of advertising, PR, marketing and media. He has edited PRWeek and Campaign and been deputy editor of Marketing. Danny has also been a contributing editor to the Financial Times and the Guardian. He has won Editor of the Year at the British Society of Magazine Editors and been twice shortlisted as Editor of the Year by the PPA. Danny is also a frequent contributor to broadcast and print media, including a regular column in the Independent.
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From the editor-in-chief: 'We're going back to work, but how much have we changed?'
Week 10 working from home, the warm spring mornings continue to bring cheer and I’ve been reading a lot about how we could all WFH forever, as Twitter suggested last week.
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From the editor-in-chief: ‘Furloughing is just kicking the can down the road’ – PR now faces tough decisions
This ninth locked-down week has been something of an emotional rollercoaster.
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Flop of the Month: Hiscox 'reputation' hit by pandemic
Insurance firm Hiscox has built an impressive brand over the past decade, which made it the insurer of choice for many small firms, including PR agencies.
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From the editor-in-chief: This crisis brings ethical purpose to a critical juncture, meaning tricky calls for bosses
Brands and leaders will long be remembered for how they acted during the great Coronavirus crisis of 2020.
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From the editor-in-chief: Top 150 report shows underlying viability of an industry facing its next big challenge
I am confident that the sector will take even the latest crisis of COVID-19 within its stride, and emerge even stronger in the end.
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From the editor-in-chief: Industry will be 'rebooted' with flexibility, loyalty and humanity
There is a definite sense, in the seventh week of this blog, that we are at least approaching the end of the beginning.
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From the Editor-in-chief: 'We’re not playing second fiddle to marketing now' – optimism as PR proves its resilience
Week six of our brave new, socially restricted world and the PR industry at least is displaying welcome signs of optimism.
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PRWeek Middle East Power Book set for 2020 relaunch
PRWeek is reviewing the 2020 Middle East Power Book project, with a view to publishing it in early summer.
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From the editor-in-chief: Corporate comms is ‘having a good war’ – but practitioners should forget pay rises and bonuses
As we enter the second month of Lockdown Britain the economic impact of the crisis is only beginning to dawn on some people.
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Exclusive: PRCA slashes pay and furloughs one third of staff
The trade body has agreed to reduce pay for all staff – including director-general Francis Ingham – in response to the COVID-19 crisis and to allow new ways of delivering member services.
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From the editor-in-chief: COVID-19 crisis is not ‘a leveller’ – some are fighting for survival
Long-established agencies in travel and hospitality, in particular, are being devastated due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Leaders I speak to are trying their best to protect staff, but have been forced into survival mode.
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‘Crisis management and corporate brand rising up agenda’ – FTSE comms chiefs
The need for better crisis-handling ability and a more defined sense of corporate purpose was rising up the agenda of FTSE 100 companies even before the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a new report by executive search firm Watson Helsby.
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From the editor-in-chief: Reasons for business survival and kindness in the time of coronavirus
So, we find ourselves at the beginning of Q2 of 2020 and in the third week of UK lockdown.
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Exclusive: Sorrell predicts bullish Q4 recovery but warns spending through recession idea is ‘nonsense'
Sir Martin Sorrell, former chief executive of WPP and currently boss of S4 Capital (S4C), is now bullish that marketing services will enjoy a healthy rebound in the final quarter of this year, although he argues the old adage of brands ‘spending their way through a recession’ no longer applies.
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Edelman Trust Barometer: consumers put brands on notice over coronavirus behaviour
Consumers have warned brands that their actions during the coronavirus pandemic will have an impact on future purchasing behaviour, according to a special edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer.
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Richard Edelman tells global staff: 'No job losses due to coronavirus'
Edelman has guaranteed to protect the jobs of his global agency's 6,000-strong workforce during the coronavirus outbreak, PRWeek has learned.
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From shock to acceptance: how PR professionals are managing, and leading, during COVID-19
If last week was about shock, this week is about acceptance. And real leadership: political, business and moral. More of that in a moment.
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From the editor-in-chief: an events update for PRWeek UK
The latest detail on PRWeek’s live events schedule from editor-in-chief Danny Rogers.
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PRWeek Global Awards 2020 live event cancelled
Haymarket Business Media has decided to cancel its PRWeek Global Awards 2020 live event, due to take place on 19 May in London, in light of the situation regarding the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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Weber Shandwick EMEA and APAC chair Tim Sutton steps down
Tim Sutton, Weber Shandwick’s chairman for the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions, is to leave the firm after 16 years’ service.