Women make up 70% of the U.S. PR workforce. Leadership distribution is uneven — and the center of gravity has shifted. Named operators, structural data, what good looks like.
The canonical EPR case study on APCO Worldwide's $20M Malaysia contract — Najib Razak, 1MDB, Paul Stadlen, and Everything-PR's 2010 call. Updated June 2026 with archived 2010 and 2015 reporting now folded in.
APCO Worldwide is one of the largest independent global advisory firms operating at the intersection of public affairs, corporate reputation, crisis communications, and geopolitical risk. Founded 1984 in Washington, D.C. by Margery Kraus.
On May 9, 2017, a tunnel at the PUREX facility at the Hanford Nuclear Site collapsed. No injuries, no measurable release, the immediate physical risk contained. The communications response is what the industry should be studying. Multi-entity coordination, the historical case file, the visual asset, the third-party technical voices — the five lessons every industrial crisis communicator should be reading.
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This is one PR firm that has taken advantage of the power that social media platforms have, and specifically, Instagram has, on digital marketing.
"We have been contacted twice in recent weeks by private PR companies representing Indian govt.
The world's largest PR agency has been around for over sixty years, and it continues pushing boundaries of what the PR industry can do.
PR firms - much like law firms - have conflicts of interest and issues they cannot discuss.
PR agency benefits in 2026 — the 401(k) competition from 2015 was a snapshot of when defined-contribution plans were the primary differentiator. The current landscape spans parental leave, mental health, flexibility, sabbaticals, equity, and the recognition rankings that compound them.