In honor of International Women’s Day, CommPRO is proud to spotlight the insights of extraordinary women whose leadership, judgment, and voice continue to shape the communications profession and the conversations that move organizations and communities forward.

Religion has become the most programmed format on U.S. radio, reflecting shifting audience demand and a changing media landscape for broadcasters and communicators.

As AI platforms begin introducing advertising into conversational search environments, communicators and brands must rethink how visibility, credibility, and influence will compete in a space where paid promotion and AI-generated answers appear side by side.

As generative AI reshapes how people research companies and make decisions, brands must rethink their narrative strategy so AI platforms accurately represent their story, leadership, and expertise.

As Women’s History Month unfolds, brands are spotlighting women leaders and entrepreneurs while CommPRO convenes a candid town hall to explore how trust and reputation are actually managed inside organizations.

AI is increasingly shaping how stories are formed, filtered, and surfaced, raising new questions for communicators about whether the narratives investors and stakeholders receive truly reflect the message intended.

As M&A activity gains momentum in 2026, communications and investor relations leaders are navigating deals under heightened scrutiny, faster stakeholder reactions, and increasingly complex expectations.

As AI becomes embedded in everyday communications work, Capitol Communicator editor Phil Rabin argues that proficiency with the technology and the ability to prove ROI are quickly becoming essential expectations for PR professionals who want to stay relevant and credible in a changing industry.

XR’s latest State of Pay report shows how the advertising industry has settled into a new post-pandemic reality, with fewer productions, higher guaranteed talent pay, and creators and celebrities now central to how brands build and scale campaigns.

As artificial intelligence reshapes how work is done and valued, the communications industry is being forced to confront a long-standing question about what it truly delivers and where its real value lives.

As trust pressures intensify across financial services, communicators are reexamining how content authentication, credibility, and transparency shape confidence among investors, regulators, and the public.

As AI-powered search and large language models reshape how information is discovered and trusted, Wikipedia has quietly become one of the most influential and underexamined assets in the modern communications playbook.

As brands assess the real return on Olympic sponsorships, this piece explores how smart PR can extend those high-profile associations long after the closing ceremonies.

New research is bringing fresh scrutiny to how structural pay gaps persist across professional sectors, raising important questions about equity, transparency, and long-term economic mobility in an AI-driven workplace.

Black History Month invites communicators to move beyond reflection toward recalibration, recognizing that culture is not a risk to neutralize but strategic intelligence that shapes trust, credibility, and competitive advantage.

As IPO narratives form earlier and scrutiny intensifies, investor relations experts say AI is fundamentally changing how companies pressure-test their story, benchmark against peers, and build credibility with the public markets.

As press releases evolve to serve journalists, search engines, and now large language models, communicators must rethink how they write to ensure clarity, attribution, and authority survive even when their words are stripped of context and reshaped by AI, in part one of a two-part series.

As the Epstein file releases reignite scrutiny of power, access, and accountability, they underscore for communicators that reputation is built or broken not by spin, but by ethical choices made long before a crisis becomes public.

As algorithms increasingly shape what is seen, shared, and remembered, communicators are confronting a critical question about whose stories are being surfaced and whose are quietly erased.

As efforts to rewrite or remove parts of America’s past intensify, communicators are being challenged to defend historical truth, preserve context, and ensure the full story of Black history continues to be told.