Great Tuesday to you! Read today's Daily PR Brief - March 24, 2026
Pinterest CEO's op-ed favoring under-16 social media ban; How AI misuse can thwart clients' PR goals; Tips for employee newsletters; more!
Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
Trust Is Your Brand's Most Valuable Asset—But How Do You Build It? (Forbes - March 24, 2026)
Fast, Vast and Generic: How AI Misuse Can Thwart Your Clients' PR Goals (O'Dwyer's - March 24, 2026)
The Scoop: Pinterest CEO writes op-ed advocating for under-16 social media ban (PR Daily - March 23, 2026)
From Soundbite to Story: Media Training for New Media (PRNEWS - March 23, 2026)
What Europe's Top CCOs Say About AI's Challenges and Future (Institute for Public Relations - March 23, 2026)
How PR teams can use AI to create visual content for media and social campaigns (Agility PR Solutions - March 24, 2026)
AI and PR with Microsoft's CCO Frank Shaw | On Top of PR (Axia Public Relations - March 24, 2026) [PODCAST]
PR Masters Podcast Series Episode #104 - Michael Kempner (CommPRO - March 24, 2026) [PODCAST]
Journalism Isn't Dead. It Evolved (EIN Presswire - March 23, 2026)
Perspective: What Today's New Geopolitical Realities Mean for B2B Communicators (PRovoke Media - March 24, 2026)
Study finds AI-generated content performs poorly in search (Sword and the Script - March 24, 2026)
9 tips for employee newsletters (Ragan Communications - March 24, 2026)
How to Engage with Journalists on Social Media: Data-Backed Best Practices (Cision Media Research - March 18, 2026)
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Summary Section:
Trust Is Your Brand's Most Valuable Asset—But How Do You Build It?
By Nikki Little, CMO at Franco
Forbes - March 24, 2026
Consumers now have more choices and more access than ever. Trust is the critical asset that separates the brands people choose from the ones they scroll past.
Fast, Vast and Generic: How AI Misuse Can Thwart Your Clients' PR Goals
By Filomena Fanelli, Kayla Hannemann
O'Dwyer's - March 24, 2026
When striving to be seen as subject-matter experts, the improper use of AI can inadvertently cause clients to foil their own efforts.
The Scoop: Pinterest CEO writes op-ed advocating for under-16 social media ban
By Allison Carter
PR Daily - March 23, 2026
Pinterest CEO writes op-ed advocating for under-16 social media ban. Plus: Air Canada's response to crash tragedy; Samsung refrigerators now show ads -- and some customers are mad.
From Soundbite to Story: Media Training for New Media
By Christine Reilly
PRNEWS - March 23, 2026
Video and long-form audio content isn’t just where audiences are, it’s increasingly where AI systems go to learn what your spokespeople stand for.
What Europe's Top CCOs Say About AI's Challenges and Future
By Adah Shippen
Institute for Public Relations - March 23, 2026
Communication departments are fast becoming testbeds for automation, AI analytics, and generative tools. The challenge for leaders: harnessing AI's potential without losing the human core of communication.
How PR teams can use AI to create visual content for media and social campaigns
By Desmond Thomas
Agility PR Solutions - March 24, 2026
Modern PR campaigns now rely heavily on visual storytelling. Journalists, audiences, and social platforms all respond more strongly to content that includes compelling images, graphics, and visual narratives.
AI and PR with Microsoft's CCO Frank Shaw | On Top of PR [PODCAST]
Axia Public Relations - March 24, 2026
Microsoft’s CCO Frank X. Shaw explains how AI is reshaping PR workflows, strategy, and corporate communications.
PR Masters Podcast Series Episode #104 - Michael Kempner [PODCAST]
CommPRO - March 24, 2026
In a wide-ranging and candid conversation with Rich Jachetti on the PR Masters Series podcast, Michael Kempner, Founder and CEO of MikeWorldWide, offers a clear-eyed view of how the communications industry is evolving and what it now demands of agency leaders, brands and CEOs.
Journalism Isn't Dead. It Evolved
By Evan Kropp, Ph.D.
EIN Presswire - March 23, 2026
The decline of newspapers, waves of newsroom layoffs, and the collapse of traditional advertising models have led many observers to conclude that the profession itself was fading away.
Perspective: What Today's New Geopolitical Realities Mean for B2B Communicators
By Tom Dowling
PRovoke Media - March 24, 2026
Burson US energy & industrials practice chair Tom Dowling writes one White House post can erase billions from your market cap. Communications is not just PR—it is survival.
Study finds AI-generated content performs poorly in search
By Frank Strong, MA, MBA
Sword and the Script - March 24, 2026
When generative AI was still fairly new, an entrepreneurial friend of mine saw an opportunity. He would create a new site, in a niche space, and use generative AI to generate a steady stream of new content for it. The planned business model? Advertising, of course. It didn't last long.
9 tips for employee newsletters
By Tom Corfman
Ragan Communications - March 24, 2026
In a 2022 article about office culture in The New York Times, cultural critic Roxane Gay wrote, "Quite a lot of people who send emails are bad at writing emails." The same could be said for newsletters, especially those directed at employees.
How to Engage with Journalists on Social Media: Data-Backed Best Practices
By Bianca Parvu
Cision Media Research - March 18, 2026
Find out on which platforms journalists are spending their time, how they’re using them, and the means for getting their attention – all backed by data.
If you're interested in setting up a customized report for your company or need any help with monitoring or media research feel free to reach out.
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