Brandon Stanton is a photographer, influential social media content creator and author — and now he’s also PRWeek’s Communicator of the Year for 2026.

Stanton joins the latest edition of The PR Week podcast to talk about the different countries and cultures he’s visited, from places as varied as Iran to Queens, New York. He also chats about approaching a subject and surprises he’s encountered.

Plus, the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including a major communications hire at Nike, a new co-CEO at Kekst CNC, Therabody’s new PR AOR and how KitKat responded to the theft of thousands of its chocolate bars in Europe. Also on the agenda: takeaways from PRWeek’s latest Salary Survey

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The latest guest on The PR Week podcast is Rob Longert, cofounder and managing partner of Day One Agency.

He talks about the agency’s heritage in other PR firms and how it puts earned media at the center of the work it does for clients.

Plus, the biggest marketing and communications news of the week, including controversies involving ABC’s The Bachelorette and Chappell Roan, a new chief communications officer at Lockheed Martin and the “death of the metaverse.”

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It’s the biggest night in PR. The PRWeek Awards U.S. took place in New York City on Thursday, and all of the industry’s stars were out.

PRWeek’s reporters chatted with the executives whose agencies, companies, organizations or campaigns won awards, as well as other big names who joined in the celebration.

Plus, hear from PRWeek’s communicator of the year for 2026, Brandon Stanton, creator of Humans of New York.

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