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We start the year off with a focus on crisis communications, including profiles of 28 specialists plus advice and strategy from thought leaders. Also, check out the issue's PR Buyer's Guide to find the products and services you need in 2020.
O'Dwyer's magazine is in its 34th year. A different area of PR is examined each month. Issues include practice-area specific feature stories as well as profiles of PR firms with strengths in the focus area of the month.
The agency profiles constitute the ideal starting point for companies beginning their search for PR counsel.
2020 Editorial Calendar:
Jan., Crisis Comms. & PR Buyer's Guide
Mar., Food & Beverage PR
May, PR Firm Rankings
Jul., Travel & International PR
Aug., Financial PR/IR & Prof. Svcs. PR
Oct., Healthcare & Medical PR
Nov., Technology PR
O'Dwyer's magazine is available for free download to our 60,000+ visitors per month. Contact magazine editor Jon Gingerich, [email protected], for info on any of our upcoming issues.


While finding the right solution to a problem is still important, the work that differentiates effective communications leaders is problem-finding—identifying the real risk before it becomes visible, reputational or irreversible.
Orchestra has recruited Deepika Sandhu for the senior VP-legal & crisis communications slot.
Apologies are often seen as a weakness or as proof that a leader has lost control of the narrative. But Donald Trump's failure to apologize after he posted—and then deleted—a video with a racist clip of Barack and Michelle Obama shows how flawed this mindset is.
Tim Allan, communications director for embattled British prime minister Keir Starmer, has quit as the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has engulfed Ten Downing Street.
The new playbook for surviving a public crisis.



