My mother’s favorite movie is “Field of Dreams.” I’ve never seen it in full (sorry Mom), but there’s a famous line that constantly bounces around in my head: “If you build it, he will come.” To me, it highlights this universal truth: A community needs a place to commune. Because we live in an increasingly…

Heated Rivalry and Cool Media Training February 2026 Media Training for the Best Version of Yourself Courtesy HBO Max/Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams, stars of Heated Rivalry If you’re a human on the internet, you’ve heard of the Canadian hockey show that’s become a worldwide phenomenon: Heated Rivalry. The show follows two rising hockey stars,…

Why Media Training Works in Nonprofit Public Relations I was an uninvited guest to my first media training session.  In my prior life as a journalist, I was one of the reasons why people got media training, which is designed to help newsmakers do a better job of being interviewed by reporters. Journalists, of course,…

A Few Predictions January 2026 Credit: RDNE Stock Project Welcome to 2026. No one knows exactly what the future holds, but if what’s past is prologue, here are a few trends we see continuing in the New Year based on what we saw in 2025. First, the demand for crisis communications is likely to grow.…

2025 was challenging for most nonprofits and social impact organizations. Momentum Communications Group is proud of the work our clients did during these fraught times in fields as varied as health care and medical research, education, job training, philanthropy, affordable housing and more. We’re equally proud of the work we did to help their messages…

There’s a special kind of optimism that comes with a client’s media wish list. “New York Times. NPR. Wall Street Journal.” And to be fair, those are dream placements for a reason. They carry authority and a certain prestige that makes everyone sit up a little straighter. But lately, I’ve been wondering about modern PR…

Special Deliveries: Food, Mail and Babies December 2025 SNAP to Attention at WSCAH                Credit: Getty Pictures The recent federal government shutdown and the suspension of funding to SNAP — the program that feeds almost 42 million Americans — was a particular challenge to our client, the West Side…

One of the things I love best about Momentum is that we invite special guests from the nonprofit, media and communications fields to talk to us about their work and concerns of the moment. Over the years, we've welcomed all kinds of wonderful professionals to our ongoing "Momentum Meets:" reporters, producers, editors, elected officials, lobbyists,…