Every week, Communicate will examine the highlights in film communications and content. For more from #CommunicateLens, follow @Communicatemag.

Every week, Communicate will examine the highlights in film communications and content. For more from #CommunicateLens, follow @Communicatemag.

Complete with Jeremy Vine as MC and a vintage funfair, the CIPR Excellence Awards excelled at hosting the best in PR and communications.

As the head of strategic communications at the WWF UK, Holly McKinlay has the daunting task of uniting science communications with an activism and conservation model to effect change in the world. She discusses the challenging brief the WWF UK put to this year's Young Lions at the Cannes Lions festival.

There are certain stereotypes that pervade across the PR and communications landscape: that it’s an overwhelmingly white industry, that it’s largely female, that it has long hours. These are stereotypes supported by data. But, reassuringly, things are also changing in PR and comms, presenting an industry in the midst of a transition.

Like it or not, the internet is the means by which most communication is now facilitated. Businesses rely on social media, news aggregators and their own platforms to share content, news and information with their stakeholders. But, with the new European Union copyright directive, the relationship between communications and the internet may be about to fundamentally change.

The Clarion Awards celebrates corporate social responsibility and sustainability in film and has recognised creative and innovative films for over a decade. Last year, however, with Evcom’s decision to unite its awards programmes under one banner, the Evcom Industry Awards, it did not host the Clarions.

Ten years ago, smartphones were only beginning to become commonplace. Social media communications were focused almost wholly on Twitter and Facebook. Companies were still coming to terms with the changes to communications strategy presented by fast-moving digital technology. It was in that context that the Digital Impact Awards were launched.

There are countless memes about Millennials and home ownership. Debt-stricken young people poke fun at themselves and their avocado toast predilections while subtly bemoaning the housing industry’s outdated model and difficult-to-access opportunities. Across the country, home ownership among Millennials has dropped from near 50% to near 20% since 1984, according to the Guardian.