Internal communications is not an HR function — it's a strategic business driver that determines whether strategy executes. Prevents fragmentation, drives alignment, and underwrites employee understanding.
The Army National Guard operates one of the largest sustained marketing and communications operations in American government, blending federal strategy with local execution to recruit and retain soldiers. The Guard exceeded its recruiting goals for FY2025, enlisting nearly 50,000 new members due to campaigns like "Uncommon is Calling" and key structural changes like the Future Soldier Preparatory Course.
Peppercomm is a strategic communications agency founded September 1995 by Steve Cody, marking 30 years in 2025. A Ruder Finn Group company. Co-Presidents Jacqueline Kolek and Maggie O'Neill lead the firm; Cody is Founder, Peppercomm and Senior Executive Advisor, Ruder Finn.
This article examines Angelina Jolie's 25-year reputation reinvention, from "wild child" to UN Special Envoy and director, as a case study in strategic communications and personal brand architecture.
Hemp PR is not wellness PR with cannabis vocabulary bolted on. It is regulated wellness communications — every claim a legal exposure, every product page a compliance document. The 2018 Farm Bill set the federal definition; FDA, FTC, and the states all enforce.
PR, strategic communications, and marketing are three different jobs. The reference on what each actually is in 2026 — earned vs paid vs integrated, distinct measurement, distinct org placement, distinct vendor infrastructure.
EPR's mid-era profile of APCO Worldwide — the post-2004 independent rebuild under Margery Kraus, the 2013 Champion Brand Index from APCO Insight, the 2014/2015 CEO transition to Brad Staples, and the practice buildout that defined the firm through 2018.
Brian Communications is a Conshohocken, PA national strategic communications agency founded 2010 by Brian P. Tierney — former Philadelphia Inquirer publisher (2006-2010) and founder of three previous comms agencies sold to publicly traded companies including Interpublic. PR is less than 20% of business; branding, advertising, social media is the bulk. Clients: Comcast, Uber, Penn Medicine, University of Chicago.
The top-ranked public relations agencies in 2026 \u2014 the holding-company networks (Omnicom, WPP, Publicis, IPG, Stagwell), the largest independents (Real Chemistry, Edelman, FGS Global), the M&A specialists (Joele Frank, Brunswick, Kekst CNC), and the AI Communications challengers. The EPR reference.
Sitrick And Company — the Los Angeles-based crisis communications firm founded by Michael Sitrick in 1989. The roster, the methodology, the book that codified it, and the firm's place in the modern crisis market.