The Comms Bestie Group Chat
A weekly round-up of what I'd drop in the group chat.
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Comms Bestie Group Chat [Oct. 17, 2025]
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Hey friends,
Maybe I spent too much time on airplanes… or was it actually a quieter week in comms? Either way, here's what would've made it into the group chat:
👻 Reddit scares me: Eleanor’s reporting has me asking, who’s doing Reddit? Cause I’mma be honest friends, tread carefully....
Oct 19, 2025
Comms Bestie Group Chat [Oct. 10, 2025]
💣️ AI PR spam, personal brand playbooks, and an epic F-bomb drop
Oh hey!
Lots of new faces as we cross the 3,000 subscriber mark (what a mighty fine group chat 🎉). Welcome! Here’s our group chat drop: 👇️
đź“° AI v. the UK Press: The UK media is not thrilled about a new AI PR tool, Olivia Brown, that...
Oct 10, 2025
Comms Bestie Group Chat [Oct. 3, 2025]
It’s October 3. That used to mean Mean Girls Day. This year, it’s Life of a Showgirl Day. Happy celebrating. 🧡Â
Here’s what else is in the group chat…
🎓️ GEO PR Cert: Muck Rack just launched a new GEO Fundamentals course packed with actionable insights and a fun completion certificate...
Oct 03, 2025
Comms Bestie Group Chat [Sept. 26, 2025]
Bless the press that tells us exactly how to pitch them. Plus an NYC meetup & more.
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All the comms hoopla this week gave me a headache. Anyone else? Here's what would've made it into our group chat:
🗽 But first: I'm hosting the first Off the Record IRL meetup in NYC on ...
Sep 26, 2025
Comms Bestie Group Chat [Sept. 19, 2025]
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What Spotify, Gap, and Huntr/x can teach us about comms this week
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Big week in comms land. Here’s what we’re dropping in the chat 👇
🎙 Required listening: Lulu Cheng Meservey (who quite literally wrote the “go direct...
Sep 19, 2025
Comms Bestie Group Chat [September 12, 2025]
Is Claude Code our new comms AI writing bestie?
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🤖 AI writing partner of your dreams? Helen Kupp (my former Slack coworker, now leading Women Defining AI) dropped a insight-packe...
Sep 12, 2025
Comms Bestie Group Chat [September 5, 2025]
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Katie called it spicy 🌶, Leah says hiring’s back, and Lauren's got AI prompts
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✨ Dreams come true: hot take queen Katie Boysen called my Smart in Public episode the spiciest yet. I was literally sweati...
Sep 05, 2025
Comms Bestie Group Chat [August 29, 2025]
AI Comms training, a RIP to the print AJC, and a surprising WSJ job
Hey,
Here’s what I would have dropped in our comms group chat.
🤖 AI + Comms Webinar: I’m hosting a free workshop with Axios HQ: The Ultimate Guide to AI in Comms: 5 Insights from 170+ Comms Pros. Grab your seat.
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Aug 29, 2025
Comms Bestie Group Chat [August 22, 2025]
Hey,
This week’s group chat is filled with industry news ICYMIs. What did I miss?
🎙 Worlds collide: My favorite comms journalist joined my favorite comms podcast. Don’t miss Axios’ Eleanor Hawkins with The Katies on Smart in Public.
🧅 Not the Onion (but also, The Onion): The Onion...
Aug 22, 2025
Comms Bestie Group Chat [August 15, 2025]
Hey,
Pop culture did its thing this week. From Sweet Loren Ryan to HERE, DAMN to everything in your feed suddenly turning orange 🧡, if your group chats were anything like mine, they were popping off. Here’s what would’ve made it into our Comms Bestie Group Chat:
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Aug 15, 2025
Comms Bestie Group Chat [August 8, 2025]
Hey,
If we were in a comms group chat, these links would’ve made it in. What did I miss?
🙏 Help shape Comms + AI training: Off the Record is teaming up with Axios HQ to build an AI training just for comms pros. But first, we need your input. Take this 5-minute survey to help us make i...
Aug 08, 2025
Comms Bestie Group Chat [August 1, 2025]
Hey,
We officially passed 1,000 comms pros in the Comms Bestie Group Chat (!!). So glad you’re here. Let’s get into it. 👇
🗞️ Add to Your Media Training: WSJ’s David Benoit just casually dropped a mini-masterclass on how to handle CEOs who want stories killed. Save this one.
👯‍♀️ B...
Aug 01, 2025
