Back by popular demand: the Ketchum crew reunites in Shoreditch

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31 experiments in 31 days. A fully autonomous team of AI agents conceiving, building, testing, and deploying web experiments throughout January 2026.

In this week’s episode, Farzana Baduel, Doug Downs, and David Gallagher unpack three conversations shaping politics, public trust, and the future of PR. -- Vanity Fair fallout - A rare, candid interview with Trump’s chief of staff raises hard questions about media training, narrative control, and how long-form interviews can quietly drain PR capital. -- Is PR dead? - Sir Martin Sorrell’s BBC Radio comments spark industry backlash and a deeper debate about whether public relations has lost ground or is entering its most important era yet. -- PR in the Future - A preview of a special Stories and Strategies episode looks ahead at AI, entry-level talent, and leadership gaps, asking what must change if PR is to survive the next decade. 💡 Produced by Emily Page and Solomon Ibeh The Week Unspun is a co-production of Curzon PR, Stories and Strategies, and Folgate Advisors. 🔔 Don’t miss our next episode, live every Friday at 3 pm BT / 10 am ET on LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.

“60 Minutes” just suffered a severe blow to its credibility. Now one of its own correspondents fears the program is being “dismantled,” and some employees are threatening to quit.

Welcome to Field Notes, miniature digital postcards from my multiple worlds to yours. A little bit work, a little bit life. Having a wonderful time, and glad you're here.

Strategic communications means more than managing messaging. It means protecting reputation through intelligence capabilities.

I’m pretty sure this will be seen as an act of social media self-harm but I’m rebooting my Substack tomorrow - field notes on work, life, home and all the sticky/noisy:gorgeous stuff around us.