Welcome to my first editor's letter since taking over as editor-in-chief of PRWeek. I join at a most exciting time for PR and communications, as practitioners play an increasingly vital role in the strategic direction of companies, brands, organizations, and governments at the most senior levels.

Communications leaders are now trusted boardroom advisors whose counsel and opinions are taken into account before major decisions are made. And the agencies that service those clients have plowed a steady furrow through the ...