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Andrew Blum is a PR consultant and media trainer and principal of AJB Communications.

Stories by Andrew Blum

•	Is it Ever Time to Fire a PR Client or Quit the Account? (Agency Mgmt.) Mon., Apr. 6, 2026 Many O’Dwyer PR readers may have been fired by a PR client, but what do you do if you think the client is not working out for your agency?

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Should JFK Jr. Have Used Crisis PR? (Crisis Communications) Fri., Mar. 27, 2026 If you’re like a lot of people, you have been obsessed with “Love Story,” the FX series that has been airing for the past eight weeks about JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. But why didn’t Kennedy use crisis PR to deal with the paparazzi, the news media and the tabloids?

•	From Bad to Worse: Why is Donald Trump’s PR So Bad? (Media Relations) Wed., Feb. 18, 2026 Donald Trump recently said that bad PR and bad PR people were the reason his poll numbers were down.

•	The Epstein Files PR Fallout is Hitting Worldwide (Media Relations) Mon., Feb. 16, 2026 For the media, the Epstein files are a field day; for the people mentioned in them it is a PR nightmare.

•	Epstein Files Release PR Battle (Crisis Communications) Fri., Jan. 2, 2026 After weeks of PR and political wrangling, who won the PR battle over the release of the Epstein files?

•	A Look at a Brown University Mass Shooting Press Conference (Media Relations) Tue., Dec. 30, 2025 Breaking news press conferences with many speakers can sometimes be hard to carry out totally without a hitch.

•	Pay-to-Play: PR's Dirty Little Secret Is on the Upswing (Media Relations) Tue., Aug. 19, 2025 The ranks of the players in the pay-to-play game have been increasing, and PR people have at times had no choice to use it more frequently as part of their PR playbook.

•	Jeffrey Epstein Sex Scandal Rears its Ugly PR Head Again (Crisis Communications) Tue., Jul. 22, 2025 Epstein mania 2.0: Furor over the “Epstein files” and “Epstein client list” erupts between Trump and MAGA world, with media all over it.

•	Who Wants to Handle Bill Belichick's Book Launch? (Sports PR) Tue., May 6, 2025 If you had your choice of PR clients, former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick—with his 24-year-old girlfriend/"PR rep" in tow—might not be the way to go.

•	Accepting or Declining Work from Clients (Agency Mgmt.) Mon., Nov. 18, 2024 How to navigate the tough choice of working with an industry or person whose views you don’t personally agree with.

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Kamala Harris Needs to Do Better on All Fronts with the News Media (Media Relations) Wed., Oct. 2, 2024 It seems that for whatever reason as good a public speaker, politician and former lawyer that Kamala Harris is, she seems afraid of the media, or at least there is the perception that she is. Perception counts a lot in politics and in PR.