For Immediate Release

Neville Hobson and Shel Holtz analyze the news in digital and social media for communications professionals.

FIR #444: Preparing for Trump 2.0

Media outlets and communicators are strategizing in anticipation of chaos and challenges

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FIR #442: Justin Baldoni’s Attack on Blake Lively Explains Why PR Is a Dirty Word

The tactics brought to bear against the actor violated just about every ethics code imaginable.

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FIR #441: PR, AI, and Social Media Are All Shook Up

Seismic shifts in the online world and in media are roiling the PR world

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FIR #440: Experimenting for Influence

Experiments as part of a marketing campaign can sway customers

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FIR #433: Something Old, Something New

A Look at the State of Blogging (30 years old) and Generative AI (2 years old)

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