PR meets the WWW / Constantin Basturea’s weblog

Here’s the latest update of the PR and Communications Blogs List. As always, corrections and recommendations are welcome.

[Updated 11.26.07 to add Voce Nation's change of URL]

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• The list has currently 743 feeds (previous update: April 8, 2007)
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New feeds:

• There are 70 new feeds listed below; you can import an OPML file with all the new feeds, or browse the feeds.
• Manuel Montaner, Argentina: http://manuelmontaner.com.ar
• The PR Lab weblog - Greg Smith, Australia: http://theprlab.wordpress.com
• A Learner’s Way - Professor Christine Smith, Centennial College, Canada: http://corpcomm.prblogs.org
• Bernard Gauthier -PR, Persuasion and Politics, Canada: http://www.bernardgauthier.ca
• Blog Line - GCI Canada: http://blogs.bnet.com/pr/
• Fleet Street PR - Dave Fleet, Canada: http://fleetstreetpr.com
• Eminence Grise - Michelle Sullivan Communications, Canada: http://eminencegrisemontreal.blogspot.com
• Loyalist PR - Professor Kerry Ramsay, Loyalist College, Canada: http://loyalistpr.blogspot.com
• ChatteringClass - Edelman’s UK CEO, Robert Phillips: http://www.chatteringclass.co.uk
• my(PR)palette - Martin Waxman, Canada: http://martinspalette.blogspot.com
• Public Relations Rogue - Bernie Charland, Canada: http://publicrelationsrogue.wordpress.com
• The|Intangibles - Neil Boyd, H&K Canada: http://intangibles.typepad.com/theintangibles/
• Turning News Into Knowledge - MediaMiser Ltd, Canada: http://www.turningnewsintoknowledge.com
• The blog of the postgraduate Corporate Communications and Public Relations at Centennial College in Toronto, Canada: http://centpr.wordpress.com
• Let’s Keep Things Simple - Jim Dowling, Ogilvy, Hong Kong: http://jimdowling.typepad.com/simple/
• PR India Post — CJ Singh, India: http://prsichd.blogspot.com/index.html
• Ten Minutes Older — Piaras Kelly’s podcast, Ireland: http://pkellypr.libsyn.com/
• RF Israel Blog - Ruder Finn Israel: http://www.ruderfinn.co.il/who-we-are/rf-israel-blog.html
• Michelle Boag Blog, New Zealand: http://www.michelleboag.co.nz/michelle-boag-blog/
• Public Relations in Transilvania - D’Avantage Consult, Romania: http://davantage.wordpress.com
• The eOK .network - Benjamin Koe, H&K Singapore: http://eok.net/
• Comunicacion Corporativa - Joaquin Mouriz, Spain: http://mouriz.wordpress.com
• SimDalom - Chema Martinez-Priego , Spain: http://www.simdalom.com/blog/
• PR 2.0 - Kristofer Björkman, Sweden: http://pr20.wordpress.com/
• IABC Switzerland Blog: http://iabcswitzerland.wordpress.com/
• DWPub Sporadic - Daryl Willcox, UK: http://www.dwpubsporadic.com
• Financial Media and Communications - Professor Mark Phillimore, Bournemouth University, UK: http://financialmediaandcomms.blogspot.com
• HackFlack - Chris Marritt, UK: http://www.hackflack.co.uk
• Media Evaluation - Mediatrack Research, UK: http://www.mediatrack.com/blog/index.html
• Talking Internal Communication… - Lee Smith, CIPR, UK: http://talkingic.typepad.com/foureightys_lee_smith_tal/
• The Friendly Ghost - Brendan Cooper, UK: http://thefriendlyghost.wordpress.com
• Politics, PR & Marketing - Professor Darren G. Lilleker, Bournemouth University, UK: http://darrenlilleker.blogspot.com
• 2007 PRSA International Conference blog: http://www.prsaconf07.info
• Ampersand - Hill & Knowlton: http://blogs.hillandknowlton.com/blogs/ampersand/default.aspx
• ArticuBLOG - Articulate Communications, NY: http://articulatepr.blogs.com
• Beyond the Press Release: http://prexpress.blogspot.com
• Christi Eubanks, Converseon - my PRception: http://christi2006.prblogs.org
• Disruptive Conversations - Dan York: http://www.disruptiveconversations.com
• For Budding Public Relations Professionals - Adam Denison: http://buddingpublicrelations.blogspot.com
• Greg Brooks: http://greg-brooks.com
• Grounded In Reality - GCI Group: http://blogs.gcigroup.com/groundedinreality/
• House of Naked: The Home of Naked Communications NYC: http://www.houseofnaked.com/
• Measuring Communications - Matt Greenberger: http://standonabox.blogspot.com
• my 2 cents - David Reich, Reich Communications, Inc.: http://reichcomm.typepad.com/my_weblog/
• MyRaganTV.com: Broadcast Your Company, Your Work, Yourself: http://www.myragantv.com
• O’Dwyer’s PR Blog: http://www.odwyerpr.com/blog/
• PR Conversations - Global opinions on public relations and its impact on society, from local perspectives (academic group blog authored by PR academics and practitioners): http://www.prconversations.com/
• PR 101 - Steve Turner, Solomon/Turner, St. Louis: http://solomonturner.blogspot.com
• PR and Comms Network - Alex Pearmain and Alain Desmier, UK: http://prandcommsnetwork.wordpress.com
• PR Measurist - Michael Young, SVP, Access Communications: http://accesspr.typepad.com/pr_measurist/
• PR Meets Marketing — Cece Salomon-Lee, ON24: http://prmeetsmarketing.wordpress.com
• PR, New Media, GTD - Lines from Lee — Lee Aase, Mayo Clinic’s manager for National Media Relations and New Media: http://leeaase.wordpress.com
• PR-Bridge - Professor Bob Batchelor, University of South Florida: http://pr-bridge.com
• PRactically Speaking Online - RGM Communications: http://allaboutpr.blogspot.com
• PRNewser by MediaBistro: http://prnewser.wordpress.com
• PRSSA @ University of Georgia: http://ugaprssa.blogspot.com
• Public Relations Princess - Claire Celsi: http://clairesbestlife.typepad.com/public_relations_princess/
• Real World Communications & PR - John Mallen: http://johnmallencommunications.typepad.com/real_world_communications/
• Reputation Excellence - Peter Morrissey, President and CEO of Morrissey & Company: http://www.morrisseyco.com/blog/
• Reputation Gurus - GCI Group: http://blogs.gcigroup.com/reputationgurus/
• Sarah De Bruyn, Canada: http://realworldcommunications.blogspot.com
• Social Media - Dr. Kaye Sweetser’s Social Media class @ University of Georgia: http://socialmediauga.blogspot.com
• SocialTNT - Christopher Taylor Lynn, SHIFT Communications: http://socialtnt.com
• Stop the Presses - Levick Strategic Communications: http://www.levick.com/blog/
• Technobabble 2.0 - Jonny Bentwood, Edelman UK: http://technobabble2dot0.wordpress.com
• The Affari Edge Blog: http://www.affariblog.com
• The Buzz Bin — Livingston Communications: http://www.livingstonbuzz.com/blog/
• thegoodthebadthespin.com - Bob Conrad: http://thegoodthebadthespin.com
• Vegas PR News - Public Relations Society of America - Las Vegas Valley Chapter: http://prsalasvegas.com/blog/
• Your PR Guy - Rodger Johnson: http://rodjohns.typepad.com/yourprguy/

Change of URL/feed:

• Tom Keefe, CommakaziSpeek: the new URL is http://www.commakazispeek.com/blog/
• Kyle Flaherty, Engage in PR: the new URL is http://www.engageinpr.com
• Angelo Fernando, Hoi Polloi: the new URL is http://hoipolloi.wordpress.com/
• Todd Andrlik, The Power To Connect: the new URL is http://www.toddand.com
• Voce Nation (Voce Communications’ weblog): the new URL is http://www.vocenation.com/

Is The New PR nothing else than the old PR? No, I would argue (but I’ll postpone explaining why, since it’s past midnight already).

Think this way: if nothing else, self publishing and new technologies have created a rhetorical situation which compels us to speak — publicly — about PR as a profession and discipline.

This is our chance to make people understand that public relations is not about spamming journalists with pointless press releases, or about controlling the information, or…. [add your pet peeve here]. This is our opportunity to show that we have a role, one that goes beyond what has been traditionally assigned to us (from town crier or steward to traffic manager and conductor), and to (re)define it.

Let’s not waste this chance.