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Roundtable Recap: The skills required of comms, guarding against internal risk and more
During a recent roundtable in Chicago, Communications Leadership Council members and select invitees discussed the skills communicators need to be strategists and guardians of the brand.
AI for communicators: What’s new and what’s next
Risks, regulations and new tools abound.
Building the brand newsroom you need
Use our checklist to gear up for what promises to be a turbulent year.
Writing wisdom from the 2023 Gerald Loeb Awards for business journalism
The work of these award-winning journalists provides great examples of the craft.
AI for communicators: What’s new and what matters
From the Hollywood strikes to the newsroom, AI is changing everything.
4 tips on writing opening sentences from 2023’s Pulitzer Prize winners
What’s the purpose of the first sentence? To make sure you get to the second.
The 5 ways you hurt your own writing process
You may be sabotaging your own writing.
Humans are still better than bots at writing. Here’s why.
When it comes to asking questions and adding emotion, humans win out over bots for now.
Benchmark your communications wins — and challenges — for the year
Before taking Ragan’s 5th Annual Benchmark Report, here’s a look back at last year’s most prescient findings.
3 common mistakes in headlines and ledes — and how to avoid them
Hall of Famer Satchel Paige’s pitching style helps explain a balky misstep many communicators make.
It’s time to demand these 8 practices from your writers
Today, fewer communicators get to work for a tough editor who helped them work hard to get it right.
Writing wisdom from late New Yorker editor John Bennet
Corporate communicators can learn a lot from a master of long-form stories.
How to edit your own writing
Tips for training your brain to give your own work a solid edit.