Best Practices

From a crisis communications misstep on one of the entertainment industry’s biggest stages and new data showing employees now outpace CEOs in brand trust, to Burger King’s surprisingly human response to a decade of customer complaints, this week’s PR Roundup highlights the power—and pitfalls—of modern communications.

Building a modern communications stack doesn’t mean adopting every new tool. But you do need to select the right ones. To do this, brand communicators need to understand three fundamentals: voice, velocity and verification.

Land O’Lakes, a multi-billion-dollar cooperative of farmers, sponsors a stock image collection and launches a toolkit for the entertainment industry to help portray rural America as a vibrant community.

Build a robust crisis immune system for your organization against AI-generated risks.

PRNEWS has unveiled the winners of the 2026 Content Marketing Awards, which recognize the campaigns, creators and communicators redefining what public relations can achieve through content.

A look at Oura’s wearable story at the Olympics and how it’s approaching segmentation across various global markets.

PR Roundup explores how trust and accountability are being tested across communications, from AI hallucinations landing in public-facing content to former President George W. Bush’s Substack debut and renewed backlash against Tyra Banks.

Milani CMO shares insights into the brand’s new campaign ‘What’s Inside Is Everything’ and why it reformulated one of its staple products.

This week’s PR Roundup shows how quickly trust can unravel. Ring’s Super Bowl ad received backlash for its AI-powered “Search Party” feature, which aimed to charm viewers with a lost-puppy story, but many found it “creepy,” igniting privacy concerns.

Virality is fleeting. Sustained relevance is an economic driver that promotes long-term success. Alix Earle’s Netflix deal is a case study in true brand power.