Hi! Check out Wednesday's Daily PR Brief - February 11, 2026
Nike and the evolution of multicultural marketing; Why PR needs to speak AI's language; The new role of internal comms; more!
Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
Head, Heart and Gut in the Age of Intelligent Machines (O'Dwyer's - February 10, 2026)
Nike and the Evolution of Multicultural Marketing: Why Cultural Leadership Now Carries More Risk Than Silence (Everything PR News - February 10, 2026)
The Scoop: What Super Bowl ads — and Bad Bunny — reveal about PR risk and reward (PR Daily - February 9, 2026)
AI Experimentation: How to Empower Your Team for Innovation (PRNEWS - February 9, 2026) [VIDEO]
The Communicator's Role in Driving Generative AI Adoption (Institute for Public Relations - February 10, 2026)
The New Role Of Internal Communications: From Corporate Gatekeeper To Value Creator (Forbes - February 11, 2026)
The algorithm isn't neutral: Why PR needs to speak AI's language (Agility PR Solutions - February 10, 2026)
Leadership Lessons on Trust When Credibility Is Harder to Earn (CommPRO - February 11, 2026)
CCO Podcast: Megan Noel on "Bringing all the Storytellers Together" at Covista (PRovoke Media - February 10, 2026)
7 tips on crisis communications from a media-savvy lawyer (Ragan Communications - February 10, 2026)
The zero-click phenomenon and what it changes for PR (Muck Rack - February 11, 2026)
Social Media News: The 5 Biggest Stories of the Week (Meltwater - February 11, 2026)
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Summary Section:
Head, Heart and Gut in the Age of Intelligent Machines
By Gil Bashe, Chair Global Health and Purpose at FINN Partners
O'Dwyer's - February 10, 2026
In communications, public relations and marketing, human contribution isn’t fading. It’s becoming more important. AI expands capacity and raises expectations; it doesn’t replace humanity.
Nike and the Evolution of Multicultural Marketing: Why Cultural Leadership Now Carries More Risk Than Silence
Everything PR News - February 10, 2026
When a brand becomes synonymous with cultural leadership, the margin for error narrows. In today's polarized, hyper-mediated environment, Nike's multicultural marketing is no longer judged against competitors—it is judged against its own mythology.
The Scoop: What Super Bowl ads — and Bad Bunny — reveal about PR risk and reward
By Allison Carter
PR Daily - February 9, 2026
What Super Bowl ads — and Bad Bunny — reveal about PR risk and reward. Plus: Washington Post's top leader exits days after layoffs; Kroger welcomes new CEO after controversy.
AI Experimentation: How to Empower Your Team for Innovation [VIDEO]
By Nicole Schuman
PRNEWS - February 9, 2026
Communicators can unlock innovation by encouraging AI experimentation. Learn how to empower your teams, foster creative use cases and drive success.
The Communicator's Role in Driving Generative AI Adoption
Institute for Public Relations - February 10, 2026
This report by the Institute for Public Relations Digital Media Research Center, sponsored by New York Life, provides a critical analysis of the landscape of AI adoption in organizations and the integral role communicators play in this transformation.
The New Role Of Internal Communications: From Corporate Gatekeeper To Value Creator
By Svetlana Stavreva
Forbes - February 11, 2026
When leaders listen with empathy and invite teams to co-create, communication becomes a bridge that builds trust and engagement across the organization.
The algorithm isn't neutral: Why PR needs to speak AI's language
By Ronn Torossian, Founder of 5WPR
Agility PR Solutions - February 10, 2026
Artificial intelligence is transforming the way people discover and trust information. For PR professionals, this shift is not simply technical; it changes the fundamentals of visibility, authority, and influence.
Leadership Lessons on Trust When Credibility Is Harder to Earn
CommPRO - February 11, 2026
As public trust continues to erode and leaders operate under constant scrutiny, the challenge of communicating with credibility has never been more complex or more important. For today's communicators, trust is not assumed. It is built slowly, tested often, and can disappear in a single news cycle.
CCO Podcast: Megan Noel on "Bringing all the Storytellers Together" at Covista
By Paul Holmes
PRovoke Media - February 10, 2026
In our latest CCO Podcast, Paul Holmes talks to Megan Noel about a career driven by purpose and her new role, which brings all of Covista’s storytellers together under a single structure.
7 tips on crisis communications from a media-savvy lawyer
By Tom Corfman
Ragan Communications - February 10, 2026
When a crisis strikes, the first move of CEOs is sometimes to call out like the Warren Zevon song, "Send lawyers, guns and money." Or at least the first part. A lawyer is a key member of a crisis communications team, but there's one area where a communications consultant can counterbalance a lawyer's advice.
The zero-click phenomenon and what it changes for PR
By Marina Grudeva
Muck Rack - February 11, 2026
The zero-click phenomenon changing how brands are discovered, evaluated and trusted. Here's what this means for public relations.
Social Media News: The 5 Biggest Stories of the Week
By Samantha Scott
Meltwater - February 11, 2026
Looking for the latest social media news? Learn about the recent social media updates and campaigns that could improve your social media strategy.
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