PR roundup covers what Cornell’s response to a sexual assault lawsuit, new Edelman-Yale research showing that facts alone won’t earn trust in healthcare and how Logan Airport turned an overhead announcement into one of the more viral PR campaigns of the fall.
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PR Roundup: White House Press Bans Test the Limits of Media Access, DoorDash’s Rare Admission and What Holiday Shoppers Really Want From Brands
September 24th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanPR roundup covers the White House’s ongoing press access battles, why DoorDash’s “we screwed up” settlement statement is worth studying and what data says about how holiday shoppers are expecting more from brands on social.
PR Roundup: Arch Manning’s Vanishing Apology, the Sheeran-Macklemore-Kraft Fallout and Why Reputation Is Worth $1.2 Billion
September 17th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanPR roundup covers Arch Manning’s AI video moment and subsequent apology, why the Macklemore-Sheeran-Kraft dispute shows that neutrality is hard to claim and new research that finally puts a dollar figure on what a strong reputation is actually worth.
25 Years Later, the PR Community Reflects on Sept. 11
September 10th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanTwenty-five years ago, on Sept. 11, 2001, the world changed in an instant. For communicators, that moment carried a particular weight. They are, by profession, the people tasked with finding words when words feel impossible.
PR Roundup: Anthropic Researcher Sounds an Apocalyptic Alarm, Communicators Are Burned Out, and TEMPTATIONS Nails the Bodega Cat Moment
September 10th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanPR roundup covers what happens when Anthropic employees publicly confirm its risks, new research showing that communicators are increasingly burned out and eyeing the door, and how TEMPTATIONS turned the beloved “bodega cat” into a textbook experiential PR campaign.
PR Roundup: MapQuest’s Unlikely Comeback, USPS Navigates a Public Information Crisis, and New Research Says Corporate Credibility Is at a Breaking Point
September 3rd, 2026 by Nicole SchumanPR roundup covers how MapQuest won a map-naming controversy, what the USPS mail-in voting statement reveals about communicating clearly in chaos, and new research shows corporate credibility eroding fastest among the educated, affluent audiences.
PR Roundup: Lovesac Learns a Viral Lesson, a Billionaire’s AI Op-Ed Sparks a Bigger Debate, and Consumers Are Spending Smarter
August 27th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanPR roundup covers Lovesac’s viral complaint response, why a billionaire’s AI-written WSJ op-ed is raising questions and what new consumer data says about how Americans are spending—and what they expect from brands.
Five Questions With Jon Arons: What a Year of Food Recalls Has Taught Giant Food About Crisis Communications and Community
August 26th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanFrom food recalls to brand health scores, Jon Arons, Communications and Community Relations Manager at Giant Foods, makes the case that trust isn’t built in a crisis—it’s built long before one ever arrives.
PR Roundup: Lucky Charms Wins RushTok, AI Search Rewards Relevance Over Scale, and eos Shows What Community Engagement Looks Like
August 20th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanPR roundup covers Lucky Charms’s sorority partnership, what new data on AI search visibility means for GEO, and why eos’s U.S. Open activation is a case study in letting community lead the way.
PR Roundup: Claude’s Watermark Debate, the Say-Do Gap Is Killing Culture, and a Giant Hairball Rolls Through NYC
August 13th, 2026 by Nicole SchumanPR roundup covers what Anthropic’s new AI watermarking feature means for communicators navigating transparency questions, new research confirming that leadership behavior—not messaging—is the real driver of workplace culture, and how a car-sized hairball rolling through… Continued