Evan Nierman, Founder and CEO of global crisis public relations firm Red Banyan, discussed actor Alec Baldwin’s lack of preparedness in a Washington Post article on the actor’s recent involuntary manslaughter charge. Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021 on the movie set of...
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Red Banyan Senior Vice President Dave Quast explains in a Fox News article why so many iconic, old school movie stars are successfully starring as leads in streaming TV series like “1923,” “Tulsa” and “Yellowstone.” “Traditionally movies have been considered more prestigious than television to...
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Red Banyan Senior Vice President Kelcey Kintner was recently quoted in Fox News Digital about the “nepo baby” label that is being kicked around Hollywood in the wake of a New York Magazine article. The term refers to children of celebrities who also get into...
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Red Banyan CEO Evan Nierman discusses the fallout from Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir “Spare” in an article in The Hill. Nierman, an expert in crisis PR and strategic communications, explains in the article why what you don’t say matters just as much as what you...
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Red Banyan crisis PR expert Dave Quast tells NewsNation he would give Southwest Airlines a “C-” grade based on their failed customer service response to the mass holiday cancellations. Quast says in the interview that he believes the airline needs to take concrete steps to...
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Red Banyan CEO Evan Nierman told CBS News in an interview that Southwest Airlines will be under pressure in months to come to make upgrades to ensure another flight cancellation disaster does not recur. Nierman, a crisis PR expert and author of Amazon bestseller Crisis...
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With 2022 coming to a close, Red Banyan CEO Evan Nierman outlines the top 10 crisis PR wins and fails in an article in The Hill. Nierman’s list enumerates some of the soaring highs and rattling lows that were magnified by the effects of cancel...
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The second half of Harry and Meghan’s controversial Netflix special aired last week and the battle lines were immediately drawn: Harry was quickly dubbed a “traitor” and Meghan a liar for their revelations while supporters of the Royal couple accused the Palace of mistreating and failing to...
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Red Banyan CEO Evan Nierman discusses Sam Bankman-Fried’s iffy PR strategy and recent arrest on securities fraud conspiracy and money laundering charges in an article in The Hill. Nierman, a renown expert in global crisis communications, explains why the PR strategy SBF has undertaken is...
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Red Banyan crisis PR professional Dave Quast called the Royals’ non-response to the Harry & Meghan Netlix series as a missed opportunity to highlight the positive. In the article, Quast notes, “By not commenting on the content of the accusations made by the Duke and...
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