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Next Gen Media Relations: Inside AI Visibility Reporting

December 15th, 2025 by

Discover how AI visibility tools are revolutionizing PR client reporting. Our presenters reveal strategies for tracking competitors, identifying top sources and optimizing content for better visibility.

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PR Roundup: Nuzzi and Vanity Fair Split, Instagram’s Carversations and the Social Media Word of 2025

December 11th, 2025 by

This week’s PR Roundup looks at how Vanity Fair and journalist Olivia Nuzzi decided to part ways after a public scandal, how Instagram is promoting its Teen Accounts through conversations with Usher and his kids, and what was the word of the year on social media in 2025?

Yesenia Reinoso, Founder and Principal at Y Communicate

Optimizing Press Releases for Maximum Visibility Across Digital and AI Platforms

December 8th, 2025 by

In this clip, Reinoso discusses the secret formula for crafting engaging headlines, subheadings and quotes in press releases which can capture AI and human attention effectively.

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PR Roundup: Cheese Recall, Black Friday Frenzy and a Holiday PSA That Hits Home

December 4th, 2025 by

This week’s PR Roundup examines how a nationwide shredded-cheese recall put brand trust and transparency to the test, Black Friday chatter revealing just how quickly attention spikes—and disappears—in today’s media ecosystem, and Meals on Wheels delivering one of the season’s most resonant Giving Tuesday messages.

Natan Edelsburg of Muck Rack, Gabriel Sands, Head of News and Lifestyle Partnerships, Reddit, Scott Lamb, VP, Content, Medium and Shelagh Dolan, Head of Business Marketing, Quora, speak at Muck Rack's Generative Pulse event.

GEO, Citations and Trust: Five Takeaways for Communicators from Muck Rack’s Generative Pulse Summit

December 3rd, 2025 by

Muck Rack’s Generative Pulse Summit opened on the heels of its Dec. 2025 “What is AI Reading?” Report release, which showed just how much AI search engines and GEO rely on journalism and other forms of earned media to shape their answers. 

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PR Roundup: Piggy Problems, Cloudflare Outage Response, Bluesky and the Holidays

November 20th, 2025 by

PR Roundup examines how to respond when your leadership insults members of the media, using the example of Trump and a reporter he called “piggy,” how the Cloudflare CEO responded after another outage and a new report acknowledging that users want brands on Bluesky for customer care.

Bobby Blanchard, Senior Director of Audience Development at Morning Consult

PRNEWS Live: TikTok and AI Fuel 2025’s Fastest Growing Brands, Morning Consult Finds

November 19th, 2025 by

PRNEWS sat down with Morning Consult for an inside look at its latest Fastest Growing Brands report. The discussion provides PR pros with information regarding Gen Z and traditional media consumption, tips for earned media in the era of AI, and the big impact of TikTok. 

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PR Roundup: Airline Comms in Turbulent Times, USAA Campaign Goes Beyond Veterans Day

November 14th, 2025 by

This week’s roundup looks at the communication strategies from airlines amid travel disruptions and a Q&A with USAA’s chief communicator on its Honor Through Action program for Veterans Day.

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PR Roundup: SNAP and Brand Confusion, State of PR Measurement, a Beefy Play for A.1.

November 6th, 2025 by

This week’s PR Roundup explores how brands should approach SNAP and the government shutdown, Muck Rack’s latest “State of PR Measurement” report and a beefy campaign from A.1.

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Truth, Trust and Tech: Key Takeaways from PRSA ICON 2025

November 5th, 2025 by

2025 PRSA ICON gathered comms professionals, educators and students to explore themes on impactful storytelling, industry ethics, leadership and reputation in polarized times, and the effect of technology on the profession.