“Slop, meaning nonsense generated by artificial intelligence (AI), was 2025’s “word of the year,” according to the dictionary folks at Merriam-Webster. That’s as it should be, as last year saw an explosion in the made-up...

“Headless Body in Topless Bar!” That got your attention, didn’t it?   It is not a lede, strictly speaking. It was the memorable headline for The New York Post’s classic 1983 article about a mob...

In previous blog posts in this series, I focused on two indispensable elements for a successful utility media relations function: returning reporters’ calls, emails or texts; and making it easy for reporters to find you.You...

  Utility communicators: It’s time to bring your “A” game like never before. That’s because, across the country, utilities are raising prices like never before, to recover outlays for capital and maintenance projects. Someone’s got...

If you’ve never worked in the news media, or in a utility media relations department, it may be hard to understand why some utility-related stories are covered and others are not. You may (or may...

Bad media relations practices, like death, taxes, and the poor, apparently are inescapable among utility communications practitioners. A good bit of my work at EEC is energy journalism, which means I regularly interact with utility...