Social media community expert Richard Millington suggests Lucy Powell’s proposed bill to clean up private Facebook communities is flawed.

A new Forrester report explores the application of social media listening tools and characterises the market.

Control your message and your media by using owned media. It’s a powerful form of communication for trusted organisations.

A cross industry group of international PR associations has developed a common set of principles for ethical practice. The next job is education and enforcement.

Ofcom’s latest report is packed with consumer data and analysis. It should be part of your planning toolkit.

Entrepreneur Joanna Drabent tells the story of Prowly, an integrated campaign management and workflow tool for PR teams.

LinkedIn is a platform for building professional relationships. Here’s how to create a profile.

Media standards must be applied to social media to prevent democratic abuse. This is among the recommendations from a UK Government Select Committee report on fake news.

A breaking news story this weekend demonstrates how fake news travels thanks to human curiosity, algorithms and search. Reporting the death of an individual should be an ethical red line, whatever the media.

A UK supermarket uses a combination of process, technology and editorial nous to identify stories from across a national organisation.

Wiltshire Council communication chief Laurie Bell told the story of the unfolding Novichok crisis in Salisbury at the CIPR Northern Conference in Newcastle.

The march of technology in PR is undeniable. Here’s a plan for embracing innovation in your organisation.

A well-functioning news media is critical to democracy. A series of recent studies report on the health of the business of news.

There’s lots to learn for media, marketing and PR from Mary Meeker’s annual Internet report but be wary of the US bias if you live or work elsewhere.

PR practitioners shared the stories of their careers and advice on landing that all important first job at a recent event for students at Newcastle University.

A primer about Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa and the opportunity for organisational communications.

The drive by the CIPR’s #AIinPR panel to characterise the tools used by the public relations profession is gathering pace.

The UK Government published its Communication Plan for 2018/2019 last night at a Government Communication Service (GCS) event in London last night.

Public relations practitioners should have a rudimentary understanding of the Facebook newsfeed. It’s an important form of media connecting 40 million people in the UK.

Search engine optimisation (SEO) is about listening to conversations on the web, creating relevant content and building relationships. It’s public relations.