Public Relations
Crisis Spokesperson: How to Front the Storm
The crisis spokesperson is a different role from the everyday executive. How to pick the principal, how to prep them, and how to protect them when the cameras turn on.
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Multicultural Marketing & DEI
LGBTQ+ Advocates Who Shaped Public Communication
The advocates whose communications craft — speeches, framing, media work — built the modern public conversation on LGBTQ+ rights. A study in spokespeople, not slogans.
PR, AI & Communications News
Health Agency Spokesman Steps Away in the Wake of Rant
This week we have yet another lesson of how "speaking one's mind" on social media can hamper or sideline a career, especially in public relations.
Insights & Strategy
When the President Is His Own Press Secretary
Five months in, the Trump White House has inverted a press-secretary convention American administrations have held since Truman. The president is his own primary voice; the press secretary is amplification. The trade press has been asking the natural question: does this operation need a substantial communications team at all?
PR, AI & Communications News
Japan Coast Guard: A Government Spokesperson Accountability Case
In September 2010, Japan's Transport Minister fired a regional Coast Guard chief over false post-accident press information — a reference case in how Japanese government communications enforces spokesperson factual accountability through public ministerial-level discipline.