Every picture tells a story except when it doesn't. How PR people are making me, um, shutter, by sending photos without finishing the process.

A conversation with Yaron Saghiv, chief marketing officer at tech company UVeye which developed drive-through vehicle inspection stations that can detect myriad of imperfections in vehicles in seconds. We discuss the company and how Saghiv has won massive coverage.

Remember when Cool Hand Luke got the crap beat out of him for a "failure to communicate?" PR people are getting beat up by clients who don't understand the difference between certain types of communication and it's time they started hitting back. Some examples and advice I give from my experience as both a reporter and PR guy.

What happens when a company exec attempts to do the same work as skilled PR people all because they're having a business marital spat? I was recently caught in that sort of comms custody battle. It's not exactly Kramer vs. Kramer but it ain't fun when reporters are the kids in the middle.

Reporters and PR people can't avoid having to say "no" to story pitches, interview requests, etc. but we waste so much time saying "no" because those two little letters can come across as kinda brutal. In this episode I talk about ways to say "no." Some are kind, some blunt and you should hear what ChatGPT came up with.

Wonder why your story pitch goes unanswered or rejected? No better guy to ask then ultimate PR pro Mike DeVilling, president and CEO of Westshore Public Relations.

Oh joy! It's earnings season and that's when PR people and their companies are playing a game of hidden figures in their news releases, especially when the news is bad. This week's episode looks at that, and why that's a losing game. There's also a mention, for some reason, of disc golf.

Story pitching can be a duel between PR person and reporter. A new study from marketing firm PROPEL sheds light on how often reporters open pitches, when they open them, when they respond and what makes a good story pitch.

From communications exec at General Motors to a VP at logistic technology company Geotab, Rob Minton has an expansive career that's taken him from PR to sales and a unique view of news and corporate communications.