Prdaily iconPrdailyJun 24, 2026

5 ways to make crisis messages clear when pressure is high

Crisis messages sometimes fail when they sound clear inside an organization but become harder to understand externally. Jess Zafarris, editor at large at Ragan, said it's critical to write with clarity under pressure.

5 ways to make crisis messages clear when pressure is high

Share this story

Send the public story page.

Useful takeaways from this story.

Crisis messages sometimes fail when they sound clear inside an organization but become harder to understand externally.

Jess Zafarris, editor at large at Ragan, said it's critical to write with clarity under pressure.

Crisis communication has to work the first time someone sees it, hears it or […]

Building the complete brief

The page is ready to read now. The fuller skim-friendly version will appear here automatically.

The useful part

Crisis messages sometimes fail when they sound clear inside an organization but become harder to understand externally. Jess Zafarris, editor at large at Ragan, said it's critical to write with clarity under pressure. Crisis communication has to work the first time someone sees it, hears it or […]

Keep reading in the app

Open the app view to save this story, compare related coverage, and continue from the same source.

Open in app