Media Relations

PR practitioners representing sponsors of high-visibility events like the Super Bowl and World Series face the same problem as those who work on Olympic accounts, in that “official sponsor” brands expect their PR reps to promote their multi-million dollar sponsorships. Here are tips for landing positive media coverage from both.

The PRNEWS team has announced the 2024 People of the Year honorees. The coveted awards program showcases top talent, passionate professionals and budding communications leaders who are redefining the modern PR world.

Today, the average consumer can likely name several major supply chain disruption events while still knowing little about the intricacies of the supply chain. The logistics industry faces a problem: It is only recognized for its catastrophic failures, like the bridge collapse, rather than being recognized for its innovation and growth in the $26B industry.

PR Roundup looks at the potential impact of creators and influencers at the DNC, helping educators in crisis, and how an agency is revealing all the numbers on how AI has impacted its bottom line.

While many have experienced heightened pressure from clients to demonstrate measurable results for PR efforts, conversations in the PR reveal that changes have made it become increasingly hard to get those results in the first place.

In this landscape, shifting from short-term gains to long-term strategies is crucial in demonstrating the value of small PR agencies and fostering ongoing partnerships. Here’s how to make that shift effectively.

During high-traffic news cycles—including social and political global events—many brands may feel obligated to join the thread and contribute to the trending story, feeling mounting pressure for their corporate teams to comment on headlining news.

Most PR practitioners will never work on political campaigns, but they can still extract valuable lessons from following political happenings to be used in corporate, brand and PR crises beyond the political realm.

There’s another major LinkedIn benefit that communications professionals are starting to catch onto, and that’s the power of having company news covered, shared and amplified by LinkedIn News.

This week’s PR Roundup examines the crisis over at Sticker Mule, a new report on disinformation following the assassination attempt and the endurance of trade publications.