10 proven ways to increase earned media coverage for your business
Press coverage that people receive for free reminds me of how they need to work to get a table at a crowded restaurant without making any reservations. Everybody desires it, but most people lack the knowledge to create it in reality. The good news? Earned media is...
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Crisis Comms & Media Monitoring
Many PR pros are monitoring media. Not all are understanding it.
Media monitoring has become a standard function inside modern PR and communications teams. Alerts arrive instantly, dashboards refresh in real time, and coverage reports are generated with little effort. On the surface, this suggests that organizations are more...
AI-powered media monitoring: The future of crisis prevention and reputation management
In today’s digital-first world, traditional media monitoring struggles to keep pace with the speed and complexity of modern communication. Mentions are scattered across social platforms, news outlets, blogs, and forums, making it increasingly difficult for PR teams to...
How to use media monitoring to spot safety issues before they trend
Safety conversations don’t stay inside the fence line anymore. A single photo, a frustrated post, or a short video clip can jump from a job site to a local Facebook group to a reporter’s inbox in a day. Even when the facts are still unclear, the public tends to fill...
PR Tech & AI
The media list is wrong. The AI engines just proved it.
The PR industry's operating system is the media list. Every account team runs one. Every measurement framework anchors to placements earned inside it. The list is wrong. The Trade Press AI Index 2026 audited 680 million AI citations across nine industries and five...
RAG against the machine: What is RAG and how does it impact PR and marketing
I recently attended a seminar presented by the venerable Andrew Bruce Smith. In it, he used that phrase, ‘retrieval augmented generation (RAG)’. I immediately asked myself why a term that is really about programming an AI had found its way into a PR seminar, but there...
How AI search summaries are quietly reshaping brand authority online
Search has evolved beyond a simple gateway to websites and now functions as a direct answer hub. Thanks to AI-powered search overviews, users obtain summarized insights, suggestions, and brand comparisons within the results page without clicking any link. This change...
Content & Media Relations
How spot illustrations enhance visual storytelling in marketing and public relations
Struggling to grab attention with your marketing or PR content? Spot illustrations can make your message clearer and more engaging. This post will show you how these visuals simplify ideas, boost brand identity, and improve reader connection. Keep reading to discover...
PR has always been System 2 work. AI is making it System 1.
Jessie Chambers is a travel writer with bylines across the British national press. Her face is AI-generated. Her articles are AI-generated. Her employer, the company Global Work and Travel, told Press Gazette in February 2026 that she does not exist. The...
Press release format breakdown: What journalists want in 2026
The press release format still exists for one reason: journalists need something they can use quickly without having to fix it. That’s it. Not storytelling. Not brand voice. Not a clever narrative arc. Speed and usability win. Every time. In 2026, the gap between a...