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PR News recently asked its community to tell us who should be listed among the top game-changers of PR. Here, we look at game-changer Jamie Diaferia. A former journalist and lawyer, Diaferia founded Infinite Public Relations (now Infinite Global) in 2001, which specializes in providing PR for law firms. Today, the company is one of the largest and fastest growing international communications agencies devoted to the professional services market, and has been named Best Overall PR Firm five years in a row by The National Law Journal.

Instagram had cause to crow Aug. 2: It posted a celebratory blog for the one-year anniversary of Stories. Today it boasts 250 million daily users. A larger proof point for the success of Stories is how Snapchat is faring, and an auspicious date for Instagram coincided with a dismal one for Snap Inc.

A best practice of crisis communications, or any branch of PR, is to avoid making statements to the press that you are unsure about or might be unable to prove later. It’s far better to say you’ll check on the question’s answer and ask the media member when he or she needs an answer. Several recent examples have put this best practice to the test.

The role that PR and marketing professionals are asked to play is constantly expanding, requiring mastery over many aspects of communications—such as live video, measurement, data analysis, SEO and social listening—above and beyond traditional skills like crisis management and media relations. This nonstop evolution in creativity and versatility will be celebrated at PR News’ annual Platinum PR Awards, which praises the best communications programs and teams of the past year.

A weekly roundup of news stories, trends and personnel moves in PR and marketing.This week stories feature Anthony Scaramucci’s quick departure and HBO’s Confederate issue. Personnel moves include appointments and promotions at APCO Worldwide.

Pop-up ads, TV commercials, ad-blocker-blockers, sponsored posts: How many of these messages have annoyed you in the past day alone? Consumers are faced with interruptive marketing tactics at every turn, and the fierce resistance to this messaging bombardment is a common barrier for many brands—maybe even yours. In his book “Friction: Passion Brands in the Age of Disruption,” Jeff Rosenblum argues that it’s imperative for brands to escape such “Mad Men”-era aggressive marketing and find a new way to stand out, build loyalty and win evangelists.

It seems that nearly everything Mark Zuckerberg supports grows like a mushroom. Facebook Live is just one example. So why hasn’t your brand begun using it? Fear? Fear not, as Jamie Izaks provides several tips that will help ease your worries as you make an initial foray into Facebook Live streaming.

It’s far from breaking news that video is dominating many aspects of the social media scene. Despite overwhelming statistics affirming this proposition, many brands have yet to embrace a Facebook video strategy. So, what can you do to grab eyeballs with video? Here are Facebook video strategies that, when combined, will propel your brand.

In the 24 hours following statements made by President Trump and the Department of Justice that could endanger the civil rights of LGBT Americans, the ACLU rapidly established itself as the dominant counterpoint in the media narrative, and deployed successful calls to action from organizing rallies to soliciting followers’ questions and concerns, which were addressed by ACLU lawyers in a live stream that garnered thousands of views and shares.

When it comes to Google AdWords, there’s a lot of advice out there about how to get ahead of the competition in your bids for keywords that will capture your audience. But Zach Wallis, paid search strategist at IBM, would caution everyone working in this area to be mindful of another possibility: You could be competing against your own business.