This is my last column as PRWeek's editor-in-chief, as I hand over to Keith O'Brien, who has served as executive editor since last year. I am taking on the publishing director role, moving to a more strategic job that oversees all aspects of the brand.

While some agencies might fear a recession, there are good reasons to believe that it will not be so bad.

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Despite all of the hype in the past year - and a Nobel Peace Prize for Al Gore - green is not on the campaign radar at all this year.

Three months ago, I took an abrupt vacation from these pages when my baby son arrived early. Alas, I never got to write the "what I've learned about marketing to pregnant women" column that was meant to be my swan song into maternity leave.

Seminar, formerly known as PR Seminar, is an annual gathering of communications leaders who come together to listen to speeches delivered by corporate CEOs and various sector gurus on topics both PR-related and not.

A sea change has taken place in communications over the strategies and tactics of PR that fall into the digital realm.

Every year, PRWeek runs an annual feature on the reputation of the PR industry. At one time, the article tended to focus on the "why don't we get any respect" theme, which used to be a very big deal not so long ago, particularly in regards to the C-suite.

On the train I take each day, there is a group of people who congregate in the vestibule of the first car at exactly the same time, about 15 minutes before we reach the station.

There are a lot of people in the business world who don't "get" the media - the vast majority, in fact.