Good Wednesday! Behold your Daily PR Brief - February 25, 2026
Kent State's multi-audience social campaign; Neutrality does not build trust; Leadership lessons amid Epstein fallout; more!
Read some of today's best PR and Comms industry news clips:
3 lessons from Kent State's multi-audience social campaign (PR Daily - February 24, 2026)
AI Crisis Immunity: Building Three Layers for Organizations (PRNEWS - February 23, 2026) [VIDEO]
Why Media Monitoring is Not PR Measurement (And Why They are Often Confused) (Institute for Public Relations - February 24, 2026)
AP Stylebook Editors on Clarity, Consistency and Connecting With PRSA Members (PRsay - February 24, 2026)
How to turn your organizational ambassadors into storytelling engines (Ragan Communications - February 25, 2026)
6 Leadership Lessons As Epstein Fallout Hits Corporate America (Forbes - February 19, 2026)
How earned media influences where people go, stay, and explore (Agility PR Solutions - February 14, 2026)
Is PR Lead Generation? Here's the Real Answer (Axia Public Relations - February 25, 2026)
Neutrality Does Not Build Trust (CommPRO - February 24, 2026)
Kristina Schake Steps Down As Chief Comms Officer Of The Walt Disney Company (PRovoke Media - February 25, 2026)
How To Prep For A Crisis In The Age Of Social- And AI-Driven News Cycles (Forbes - February 24, 2026)
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Summary Section:
3 lessons from Kent State's multi-audience social campaign
By Courtney Blackann
PR Daily - February 24, 2026
"Managing social media in higher education is like juggling multiple audiences all while trying to tell stories that actually matter," said Deanna Stevens Ulrich, director of digital content at Kent State University. "You can't just mimic the latest trend."
AI Crisis Immunity: Building Three Layers for Organizations [VIDEO]
By Nicole Schuman
PRNEWS - February 23, 2026
These tips are part of the session "Weathering AI-Driven Crises—from Misinformation to Layoffs," where our speaker, Jon Goldberg, Chief Reputation Architect at Reputation Architects, Inc., helps PR professionals discover strategies to combat mis- and disinformation narrative crises perpetuated by AI.
Why Media Monitoring is Not PR Measurement (And Why They are Often Confused)
By Philip Odiakose
Institute for Public Relations - February 24, 2026
Media monitoring and PR measurement walk into a boardroom together, and everyone assumes they are twins. They are not. They are distant cousins who attend the same family events and still get mistaken for each other every Christmas.
AP Stylebook Editors on Clarity, Consistency and Connecting With PRSA Members
PRsay - February 24, 2026
PRSA's editorial team, John Elsasser and Amy Jacques, interviewed Anna Jo Bratton, editor of The Associated Press Stylebook, and Colleen Newvine, product manager for The Associated Press Stylebook, to discuss how style guidance is developed — and how it's evolving as language, news cycles and AI move faster than ever.
How to turn your organizational ambassadors into storytelling engines
By Sean Devlin
Ragan Communications - February 25, 2026
Internal communicators spend enormous energy refining messages and planning distribution. But in an era when audiences trust peers more than institutions, the most credible messenger may not be employed by your organization.
6 Leadership Lessons As Epstein Fallout Hits Corporate America
By Bryan Robinson, Ph.D.
Forbes - February 19, 2026
As Epstein fallout keeps hitting corporate America, it's evolving into leadership lessons on corporate integrity, crisis communication and the fragility of public trust.
How earned media influences where people go, stay, and explore
By Mia Miller
Agility PR Solutions - February 14, 2026
Earned media isn’t just a nice bonus. It’s the invisible hand guiding modern decisions. It influences where people go, stay, and explore by reducing uncertainty, providing social proof, conveying credibility, and triggering algorithmic distribution. Smart insights here.
Is PR Lead Generation? Here's the Real Answer
Axia Public Relations - February 25, 2026
A successfull public relations campaign doesn't guarantee increased lead generation. See why in this blog post from PR experts.
Neutrality Does Not Build Trust
By Toni Harrison
CommPRO - February 24, 2026
We are operating in a climate where cultural identity is increasingly politicized. Terms once used to build bridges now spark hesitation in boardrooms. In tense moments, leaders often default to "treat everyone the same" in pursuit of neutrality. But neutrality is not the same as trust.
Kristina Schake Steps Down As Chief Comms Officer Of The Walt Disney Company
By Paul Holmes
PRovoke Media - February 25, 2026
Kristina Schake will step down as senior executive vice president and chief communications officer of The Walt Disney Company next month, at the same time as the departure of Bob Iger as chief executive officer.
How To Prep For A Crisis In The Age Of Social- And AI-Driven News Cycles
By Forbes Communications Council
Forbes - February 24, 2026
In this environment, it's less about crafting the perfect statement and more about building systems and structures that allow teams to respond quickly and credibly.
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