Crisis & Reputation News
Expert commentary on crisis & reputation communication events and trends.
4 min audio Hull City Owner's Public Spat: A Communication Failure
Hull City owner Acun Ilicali and the head of Polish club Pogoń Szczecin have traded increasingly sharp public statements over a sporting director both clubs apparently want. What started as a personnel dispute has become a full-blown reputational skirmish, playing out in front of fans, press, and potential future partners. Neither side appears to have a plan for how this ends.
4 min audio Why Boards Now Require Communication Rehearsal
Corporate boards are now treating communication rehearsal as a formal risk management tool, not a soft-skills afterthought. Companies are building structured practice sessions into their preparation for earnings calls, crisis announcements, mergers, and regulatory hearings. The shift reflects a growing recognition that how leadership speaks during high-stakes moments can move markets, destroy reputations, or save companies just as surely as any financial decision.
4 min audio Why Boards Are Mandating Communication Rehearsal
Corporate boards are no longer treating communication as a soft skill left to the communications department. A growing number of governance bodies are now requiring executives to rehearse their messaging before major corporate events, from earnings calls to merger announcements to crisis responses. This shift positions communication preparation not as polish, but as a formal risk management discipline sitting alongside legal and financial controls.
4 min audio Why Brands Fail on Social Media (And How to Fix It)
Social media has handed brands a direct line to millions of people, and many of them are using it to accidentally destroy their own reputations. Across industries, companies have posted tone-deaf responses to crises, doubled down on bad takes, or gone silent at exactly the wrong moment. The pattern is consistent: brands treat social media like a megaphone when it actually functions as a two-way conversation.
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4 min audio Celebrity Scandals: What Works in Reputation Comeback
Celebrities caught in public scandals face a brutal choice: respond or retreat. Some make stunning comebacks while others disappear permanently. The difference almost never comes down to the severity of the scandal itself. It comes down to how they communicate in the critical window immediately after the story breaks. What they say, how fast they say it, and whether they own it or dodge it determines everything.
4 min audio Mullin CNN Interview: A Masterclass in Audience Failure
Newly confirmed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin sat down with CNN's Jake Tapper and suggested that hundreds of thousands of migrants holding Temporary Protected Status might have a legal path to remain in the United States. The comment lit a fire inside MAGA circles, who saw it as a betrayal of core immigration policy. Mullin replaced Kristi Noem in March and was immediately tested on the biggest issue his department owns.
4 min audio Kejriwal Ayodhya Press Conference: Crisis Communication Lessons
Arvind Kejriwal, the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party, traveled to Ayodhya to hold a press conference while under fire over allegations tied to Ram Mandir donations. The move placed him directly at the center of the controversy's symbolic ground. Whether this was bold strategy or a costly miscalculation depends entirely on what he said and how he said it.
3 min audio Meghan Markle Selfie vs. Anti-Social Media Speech Backfire
Meghan Markle recently gave a public speech warning about the harms of social media, only to face immediate criticism after a selfie she took surfaced in connection with the same event. Critics called out the apparent contradiction between her message and her behavior. The backlash was swift and focused not on her argument itself, but on her credibility to deliver it.
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4 min audio How to Rebuild Your Reputation After a Crisis
When a public figure or organization gets hit by a reputational crisis, the instinct is to wait for the storm to pass and then quietly resume normal operations. PR Daily recently examined why that approach almost always fails, and what the recovery phase actually demands from leaders and communicators. The piece focused on the specific communication moves that determine whether a reputation genuinely rebounds or simply goes quiet for a while.
4 min audio What Brands Get Wrong When Social Media Blows Up
Several major brands have faced public meltdowns on social media in recent years, and the pattern is always the same. A post goes wrong, a response is delayed, and the silence gets filled by everyone except the brand itself. Business.com compiled a breakdown of the most damaging social media failures and what companies could have done to stop the bleeding before it became a flood.
4 min audio Crisis PR in 2025: Transparency That Actually Works
The PR industry has been examining what separates effective crisis communication from hollow damage control in 2025. The central argument gaining traction among practitioners is that organizations which rebuild trust fastest are those treating transparency as a genuine operating principle, not a scripted response. The conversation is shifting from "what do we say?" to "what are we actually doing?" and demanding that actions precede statements.
4 min audio Okonkwo Lawsuit: The Lesson in Public Accusations
Kenneth Okonkwo, a senior figure in Nigeria's African Democratic Congress, went on television and accused former Imo State Governor Achike Udenwa of extorting political aspirants within the Nigerian Democratic Congress. Udenwa responded not with a press statement but with a lawsuit. Now Okonkwo owns a legal problem that started as a broadcast opinion. The court, not the public, will decide who was right.
Culture and Cornhole: What Tony Pierce Gets Right
Celebrity Scandals: What Works in Reputation Comeback
Mayor Mamdani's Egypt Comment: What Went Wrong
Hull City Owner's Public Spat: A Communication Failure
Why Scientists Fail at Communication (And How to Fix It)
What Amagi's CPO Gets Right About AI Leadership
Why Boards Now Require Communication Rehearsal
