Kalshi and Polymarket moved more money in July 2026 than legal U.S. sportsbooks took in bets that month, according to a Pew Research Center analysis cited by CBS Sports. That is a big number for a category most PR professionals still file under "fintech curiosity"...
How to use AI in PR without diluting your brand
PR teams have moved past the question of whether to use AI and landed on a harder one: how much of it should show. Drafts, pitch angles, media lists and even crisis statements are increasingly AI-assisted, yet the brands doing this well rarely look any different from...
AI gives recommendations, not search results: How PR now owns discoverability
For 20 years, communicators have measured visibility by where a brand landed on the search results page. Now, that metric is becoming obsolete. A growing share of consumers no longer type a query into a search bar and scroll through 10 blue links. Instead, they ask an...
We scored 30 DC prep schools on AI curriculum—why the PR industry should pay attention
My firm just published the Washington DC Private School AI Curriculum Index 2026 — the first study to score the capital's top private schools on whether they teach artificial intelligence. Thirty schools. Five dimensions. Two pass. Sidwell Friends ranks #1 at 88.4....
Bigger boat, new audience: What PR pros need to know about GEO
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the SEO … Dun dun dun … you now have to consider a whole new audience: AI. Regardless of whether you think AI is a technology to embrace or swim away from faster than a great white shark, how your content is framed...
AI trust and transparency: The 2026 brand playbook for ethical communication
Artificial intelligence (AI) isn't a side project in communications anymore. It's how brands listen and speak. Think of auto-drafted emails. Chatbots answering questions at 3 a.m. Personalization engines that remember your preferences. AI sits in the middle of...
Zero business schools teach GEO—why that’s a problem for every communications team
I've spent twenty-five years building brands through earned media. I've watched the industry survive social, mobile, the collapse of print, the rise of influencer, and the platform wars. None of it compares to the structural shift happening right now. More than a...
AI didn’t make thought leadership generic—it exposed that it already was
Thought leadership is entering a new era, where both journalists and public relations professionals are navigating the reality that AI has fundamentally changed how ideas are created and shared. Highly polished perspectives can seemingly be churned out in a matter of...
The human signal: What still makes journalists pay attention in an AI-generated world
Artificial intelligence has reshaped the way public relations teams produce and share content. From writing press releases to creating media pitches, AI enables communicators to work faster and at a much larger scale. While these capabilities have improved efficiency,...
What do you need in your toolkit? The best AI tools For PR in 2026
There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence is redefining how we approach PR in 2026. While it was once a fun addition to the PR toolkit, AI has since become an essential part of modern communications strategies. From assisting with media monitoring to automating...
How businesses are adapting their marketing strategies for Google’s AI search engines and overviews
Google answered 68% of US searches last year without sending a single click anywhere. It marks the biggest change in how customers find businesses since search began. AI Overviews now answer questions directly on the results page, AI Mode turns search into a...
The EU AI Act is now a PR problem. Your clients will ask—can you answer?
U.S. communications professionals have a reflex when a European regulation makes headlines: file it under legal's problem, someone else's continent. That reflex is about to cost the profession a seat at a table it should own. On August 2, 2026, the European Union's AI...












