Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson invited questions about their relationship by posting photos to social media. Yet the coach seemed unprepared to answer them during a CBS News News interview. #PublicRelations raganconsulting.com/public-relatio…

Butch McGuire's, 64-year-old Division Street bar, eyes new Lincoln Park location chicagobusiness.com/restaurants/bu… via Crain's Chicago Business Big question, Crain's Chicago Business. Will Thom Serafin go there?

When the Chicago Sun-Times last month published a special section filled with mistakes generated by #artificialintelligence, it offered plenty of lessons for companies in every industry. We add three more. #publicrelations #internalcommunications raganconsulting.com/chicago-sun-ti…

Change of plans. If your company isn't rethinking its environmental communications strategy, it's one of the few. The old plan didn't work too well. Now, you're "gonna steal time from the faulty plan," like Phish sings. raganconsulting.com/how-to-reset-s…

Communicating directly with your audiences, like Beyoncé does, is a tenet of what we call brand journalism. But that doesn't mean you should leave the news media out in the cold. #PublicRelations raganconsulting.com/get-news-media…

Are your chores done yet? Writing doesn't need to be a routine, disagreeable task. Here's a couple ways to boost creativity to make the process more rewarding. And a lesson from football coach #MikeHolmgren. #writingtips raganconsulting.com/how-to-boost-c…

Teaser headlines, which withhold facts from readers to get them to click, have lower engagement, according to a study by journalist Jieun Shin of UF College of Journalism and Communications. I combine the study with #writingtips on titles by Raymond Chandler! raganconsulting.com/when-to-use-cl…

Hey, The Onion, The Washington Post beat you to it! washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…

A new book on Toni Morrison's career as an editor with Random House has lessons for #publicrelations and #internalcommunications teams. Written by Dana A. Williams, published by HarperCollins. #writingtips raganconsulting.com/crisis-communi…

Hey Chicago Sun-Times, what's the problem with this headline? #copyediting needed

Somebody should tell John Stankey to stop talking about culture. Memos and slogans don’t change corporate culture at AT&T or anywhere else. #internalcommunications raganconsulting.com/john-stankey-a…

"You can clip newspaper stories and photos into work that lingers on the door of your refrigerator.," @RoyPeterClark writes. "(Try sticking your phone on the refrigerator door.)" poynter.org/commentary/202…

Overheard in front of the Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams in #Andersonville on 9/19/25: "Sometimes you just need an ice cream."

Comparing Matthew McConaughey's writing process with my own: I'm two for three. #writingtips. Story by Lane Florsheim . wsj.com/style/matthew-…

"A few demonstrators continued to mull around the facility on Tuesday," Chicago Sun-Times reports. Were they rubbing their chins and saying, "Hmmmm"? chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/20…

Typing freeze? Matthew McConaughey, who has a new book, says his ideal writing process includes steaks, tequila and turning off the phone. Whatever works for one writer may not work for another. Like a vegetarian. #writingtips raganconsulting.com/how-to-ease-wr…

Steve Cahillane fondly remembered the first time he put Heinz US ketchup on a hot dog at a New York Yankees baseball game. “Ketchup doesn’t need to just go on a hamburger,” he told Jesse Newman. “Ketchup can go on any number of things.” Except one! wsj.com/business/retai…

No wonder I always feel so good! apa.org/news/press/rel…

We hack our way through the jargon jungle. #writingtips wsj.com/business/c-sui…

How Ticketmaster Ticked Off Taylor Swift and her Fans. Half-hearted apologies and attempts to shift the blame made a terrible situation worse. #crisis #communications raganconsulting.com/ticketmaster-l…