Sarah Hall covers a huge range of PR industry subjects on on her Sarah Hall Consulting blog. With a breadth of consultancy experience, and as a former President of the CIPR, Sarah brings unique knowledge ...

The Economist has launched a daily 20-minute global current affairs podcast called ‘The Intelligence’. The new show has been created by host Jason Palmer, co-editor of Economist Espresso, alongside a team of eight newly hired ...

As part of its 50th-year celebrations, the PRCA has launched its first ever podcast: PRcast. PRcast has been created as a way to share insight into the PR and communications industry, with bite-sized news stories ...

In the second of our ‘blind date’ series, we introduced freelance journalist, Rosie Mullender to Kate Bailey, senior account manager at Taylor Herring. Here’s what happened when they went for, a longer than expected, lunch last ...

The Cairncross Review details the findings of the investigation into the sustainability of journalism. The Review makes nine recommendations from a code of conduct to ‘rebalance’ the relationship between online platforms and publishers, to an ...

TikTok is the latest social networking site to take the world by storm with reportedly over 500 million users – a number that’s rising fast. Launched in China, the app is similar to Vine (RIP ...

The PRCA has appointed Barry Leggetter as its first international president to continue to build on the presence of the industry body around the world. Starting his role at the PRCA on 25 February, Leggetter ...

The CIPR has announced its Institute’s Board of Directors for 2019, with all three honorary officer positions held by women. A first in the 70-year history of the CIPR, the president and two vice president ...

Hand Luggage Only scooped its second Best Travel Blog award at the Vuelio Blog Awards 2018 in November. Written by Lloyd Griffiths and Yaya Onalaja-Aliu, Hand Luggage Only has had an incredible 12 months and ...

The 2019 Edelmen Trust Barometer reveals that while the UK public trusts every institution more than it did a year ago, generally we’re still a distrusting nation. Across the six major institutions the report tracks – ...

Richard Nichols, Deputy Chairman of Instinctif Partners, has been appointed to the Board of Management of the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA). Nichols recently took over the role of Deputy Chairman of Instinctif Partners, ...

Building, developing and keeping track of corporate relationships with different stakeholders is a challenge often faced by anyone working in public affairs. Whether you’re faced with losing vital information when an individual leaves or lacking ...

An Apple and Android app called ‘Facebook Research’ paid users, including teens, to provide access to the content they access on their phones. Facebook is in the news once again for its use of data. ...

Faya Nilsson created Fitness on Toast in 2013 to share great recipes and advice with her personal training clients. The site has since evolved into a one-stop shop for everything fitness, from active escapes to ...

The Creative Shootout last week announced its 2019 winner – Wire PR. Described as ‘The Apprentice’ meets ‘The Great British Bake Off’, The Creative Shootout is like no event. Nine of the most vibrant and ...

The Fyre Festival, the botched attempt to run the most luxurious and Instafriendly festival ever, was already famous thanks to several viral posts highlighting failings at the time in April 2017.  However, two documentaries, on ...

A&R Factory was launched in 2012 by Stefan Toren and has grown to become one of the most respected artist and repertoire (A&R) blogs. With a hugely influential readership made up of record labels and radio ...

Following an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), 16 celebrities including Ellie Goulding and Rita Ora have agreed to make it clear when they have received gifts or payment to endorse products online. ...

The CIPR’s Artificial Intelligence panel (#AIinPR) continues to build on research into the use of AI in the PR industry and has set out its plans for 2019.   The panel is chaired by Metia’s ...

Reuters Institute has released its annual Journalism, Media, and Technology Trends and Predictions report for 2019. It surveyed 200 editors, CEOs and digital leaders, one-third from the UK, the rest across 29 countries including Germany, ...