Insights & Strategy
Should You Get a Masters in Communication?
A clear-eyed guide to whether a master's in communications is worth the cost — top programs, tuition, salary outcomes, and when experience beats the degree.
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PR Firms & Communications Agencies
Richard Attias & Associates: The Strategic Communications Firm Behind Future Investment Initiative
Richard Attias & Associates is the independent strategic communications firm behind the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, the New York Forum, and Doha GOALS Forum. Independent since 2019, when WPP sold its stake back.
Industry Leaders
The Modern PR Practitioners Who Shaped the Discipline
Modern PR was shaped by Deirdre Breakenridge, Shel Holtz, Gini Dietrich, Stuart Bruce, Sarah Evans, Mark Schaefer, Robert Phillips. The frameworks they built.
Industry Leaders
Brooke Hammerling: From Brew PR to The New New Thing
Brooke Hammerling founded Brew PR in 2005, sold it to London-based Freuds in 2016 for $15 million, and launched The New New Thing in January 2020 as a strategic communications advisory for founder-driven companies.
Insights & Strategy
Michigan State's $500 Million Nassar Settlement: The Reference Case
However, that comparison also provides a way forward for the school, whose leadership is desperately trying to separate their institution from Nassar's crimes.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
The Dershowitz Group: The Boutique PR Firm Behind FDD and US National Security Advocacy
The Dershowitz Group is the Washington DC boutique PR firm behind the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a leader in US national security advocacy communications.
PR Firms & Communications Agencies
Fahlgren Mortine: The Columbus-Headquartered Midwest Integrated Independent
Fahlgren Mortine is a PR company that believes in the highly personalized nature of modern marketing and communications.
Public Relations
Coyne PR: PR Agency Profile, History, and Industry Coverage
Coyne PR is one of the longer-running founder-led independent PR firms in the US — 35 years old, founded 1991 by Tom Coyne in Parsippany, NJ. Tom Coyne is Founder & CEO; John Gogarty is President. 150+ pros, 1,000+ industry awards. 2026 PRSA Best Mid-Sized Agency.
Insights & Strategy
What Makes a Great PR Degree
A methodology for evaluating a public relations program — industry reputation, faculty, placement, curriculum modernization — with the U.S. programs that consistently surface as evidence of the framework.
PR, AI & Communications News
Cirque du Soleil Aerialist Death: The VOLTA Crisis Communications Case
Cirque du Soleil aerialist Yann Arnaud fell to his death during a VOLTA performance in Tampa on March 17, 2018. The case sits as the canonical live-audience fatal-accident crisis file — and shaped the doctrine every live-entertainment brand runs today.