Every couple of decades or so, whether it’s in the world of boxing or another sport, a story will emerge that will capture headlines worldwide. Back in 2015 it was the match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao (when Pacquiao was turned to dust by...
In the end, it turned out to be a pretty decent line of questioning. Earlier this week, new NBC interviewer Megyn Kelly aired her encounter with infamous fake news peddler Alex Jones. He’s the guy who thinks everything from the moon landing to 9/11 to Sandy...
I just returned from the Canadian Public Relations Society 2017 (#CPRS2017) conference in stunning Kelowna, British Columbia. It was a real treat to spend some time with many of the brightest minds in Canadian communications. Not surprisingly, when you put several hundred smart comms practitioners...
It was a big night in the big apple for Toronto’s Veritas Communications, named 2017 Canadian PR Agency of the Year at the prestigious Holmes Report SABRE Awards last night in New York City. Veritas also won a Gold SABRE award for its work with...
We can already be sure that the case of the 69 year-old passenger being dragged (bloodied and screaming) off a United Airlines flight in Chicago this week will go down in history as one of the biggest PR Fumbles of all time. The story dominated social...
When news broke last week that Ottawa was planning to draft its legalization bill for marijuana ahead of April 20, also known as National Weed Day, the Liberal government appeared to be making good on its promise to voters. What’s interesting, and relevant, is how this...
Chris Farley Ratcliffe is a Canadian dad blogger at DadGoesRound.com and a parent to three girls. Chris writes about fatherhood, kids and current issues, and has partnered with Veritas to cover the Dad 2.0 Summit in San Diego. Today I am heading to San Diego to attend...
This past weekend, the feel good dog-with-a-heart-of-gold movie A Dog’s Purpose goes into wide release. Got your tickets yet? If not, you’re either a horrible, heartless, utterly unfeeling excuse for a human being whose heart couldn’t possibly be warmed by a furry dog story – or...
The polls have closed and a President-elect has been named, but the 2016 United States election news engine hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down. From Donald Trump’s meeting with Barack Obama at the White House to the President-elect’s first appearance on 60 Minutes, politics...
The journey of a man best known to most Americans as the star of a reality TV show to becoming President-Elect of the United States is arguably the most incredible political story in history. It will be studied, analyzed and written about for many years...