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Weber Shandwick is handling crisis messaging for the US Postal Service, a client since 2009, as it counters attacks from president Trump and concerns over its ability to handle mail-in ballots.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, a major Trump donor, and Postal Service Board of Governors Chairman Robert Duncan are slated to testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Aug. 21) and the House Oversight and Reform Committee (Aug. 24).
DeJoy, whom CNN dubbed “perhaps the most public-facing postmaster general since Benjamin Franklin," is considering kicking off a PR push to allay voter concerns that mail-in ballots will not be safe with the USPS.
He has promised to put “on hold” any plan to restructure the USPS until after the election.
Weber Shandwick, which is owned by Interpublic, handles strategy, marketing, crisis and internal/external communications, according to the USPS.
Tricia McLaughlin, the combative spokesperson for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, is leaving her post.
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.
