"For me, drawing is thinking out loud on canvas": Simon Pape on his process for creating a fantasy underwater scene
The freelance illustrator sees narrative as vital for inspiring creative decisions in art.
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‘We need to lift voices’: Highlights from Ragan’s 2026 Nonprofit Communications and CSR Awards
Honoring excellence in communications work that gives back. A nonprofit’s mission or a company’s social responsibility pledge need to be heard to have true impact. Getting those stories out and getting people to act on them falls to communicators. At Ragan’s…
Crisis & Reputation
Cornell, the DA and the communication choices that deepened a crisis
Communications is shaping — and worsening — the alleged gang rape at Cornell University. Erin Kramer is owner of Erin Kramer Consulting. There are few issues more difficult to navigate than sex crimes, for universities, prosecutors, lawmakers and, especially…
Comms Teams
CMOs in a ‘pressure cooker’ as tenure shrinks, demands multiply: study
Over a quarter of marketers hired this year have AI-ready skill sets versus 9% of CMOs who have been in the role for over four years.
Messaging & Brand
Discord steps up play for mobile advertisers with rewarded video product
A new format and the chat platform’s first Ads Manager for running campaigns arrive as gaming becomes an increasingly important channel for marketers.
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To Prepare For The Future Of Owned Search, Take Our ADVICE
Forrester’s ADVICE framework guides merchants to optimize content for discoverability in their owned environment — i.e., their sites and apps. Learn what to do.
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2026.40: Dots and Question Marks
The best Stratechery content from the week of September 28, 2026, including Meta's focus, what OpenAI is doing, and Mao and NBA Media Day.