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In the Houston area the priorities are rescue, assistance and recovery. Finger pointing about who’s to blame has started, but properly should come much, much later, if at all. Still, there are PR lessons in the early stages of what looks to be a years-long issue. Here are a few.

PR News recently asked its community to tell us who should be listed among the top game-changers of PR in the last few years. Here, we look at game-changer Alyson Roy, a leader in the world of fashion PR. When she was just 23, Roy co-founded AMP3 PR, and has since led the boutique New York-based firm to be ranked among the top fashion PR agencies in the nation.

Our weekly roundup of news, trends and personnel announcements in communications and marketing. This week’s stories include PR lessons from the disaster in Houston, Uber’s new CEO, Bell & Pottinger’s fate and Chipotle gets a CCO.

With both Google and Facebook placing increasing value on the mobile experience, the era of focusing on “internet trends” may be over, while mobile trends have taken center stage—the internet is mobile now and vice versa. So how are smartphone users interacting with their devices and engaging with apps and websites?

At Microsoft, storytelling centers on customers that are doing great things (big and small) with its products and services, instead of the other way around. The company highlights what it calls “People of Action,” sharing authentic tales of success written by none other than the customers themselves. Here are four elements that Microsoft always keeps in mind to make its storytelling shine.

PR News recently asked its community to tell us who should be listed among the top game-changers of PR in the last few years. Here, we look at game-changer Kelly Rossman-McKinney, who joined forces with John Truscott to establish Truscott Rossman in 2011. Rossman-McKinney truly shines when she is helping her clients through even the toughest times.

This is the eighth year PR News is including the Hall of Fame as part its PR News’ Platinum PR Awards. For the Hall of Fame, PR News’ editors select communications campaigns or initiatives that will likely be remembered for years to come because of their originality and unexpectedly large impact beyond their intended audiences.

Swipe, skip or scroll, audiences are increasingly dismissing advertisements on Instagram. Many users take to the platform primarily to promote their individual interests, and smart brands must think about how to give audiences the spotlight rather than the other way around. Here are five ways communicators can use the tactic to convert Instagram audiences into content heroes.

The experts we talk to routinely stress the importance of having a crisis plan. Of course, as we all learned when writing papers in school, it’s not enough simply to do the initial work—we must revise mindfully and make important adjustments. Attempting to appraise every aspect of your plan is intimidating and overwhelming, so start the evaluation process in stages.

The contest Saturday night between boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. and mixed martial artist Conor McGregor is being called a fight, but really it’s an event. A PR event. The hype surrounding it has been tremendous. So, just for fun, which of these two athletic welterweights and social media heavyweights would you choose as your brand’s ambassador? We might have the answer.