by Gordon Hensley | Feb 10, 2026 | advocacy, Business, Communications, health care, lobbying, Media Relations |
I didn’t see firsthand how the K Street lobbying scene worked until the tail-end of my 30s and a little voice in my head said it was time to become an adult — or at least more of an adult. I was having the time of my life going through a revolving door I...
by Gordon Hensley | Sep 25, 2025 | Communications, Journalism Standards, Media Relations, Television, U.S. House, U.S. Senate |
Trashing “the media” at-large has become a national pastime. But its worth noting that CBS News made a quiet, positive, seismic shift in political journalism earlier this month. After complaints from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem about the editing of her...
by Gordon Hensley | Jun 9, 2025 | advocacy, Business, Communications, lobbying, Media Relations, state government, U.S. House, U.S. Senate |
From PR Week and PR Daily to Gotham Ghostwriters and Axios the demise of op-eds as a content-sharing vehicle is a discussion worth having. And per usual, those proclaiming simply “Yes” and “No” are wrong. The real answer is “No —...
by Gordon Hensley | Feb 23, 2021 | advocacy, Business, Campaign 2020, CDC, CMS, COVID, health care, HHS, Media Relations, Pharmaceutical, SNF, state government, Trump
Kudos to CBS Face the Nation moderator Margaret Brennan for her excellent interview of former Trump Administration Deputy National Security Advisor, Matthew F. Pottinger, surrounding several facets of the Trump Administration’s COVID-19 response. The discussion...
by Gordon Hensley | Feb 19, 2020 | Journalism Standards, Media Relations
So… you’re a campaign press secretary in a big-time presidential, senate or gubernatorial race where screwing up a contentious, high-stakes media call will have significantly negative implications — to your candidate, and possibly your ongoing...
by Gordon Hensley | Jan 25, 2019 | Media Relations
As a content creator providing policy messaging for clients ranging from 5000 word CEO speeches to 100 word tweets, it’s impossible not to notice the diminished attention span of today’s news consumers, the media themselves and society at-large....
