I’m enjoying the style and tone of this new PR blog (‘an ongoing look into public relations from an entry level standpoint’). Yet it will be a hard balancing act to keep it interesting while avoiding humiliation or embarrassment to his employer, clients or media contacts.
Here’s the conundrum. PR consultancy is high profile: there are some high calibre individuals who become rich and famous as a result of their efforts. Yet most PR jobs (certainly in the UK) are within organisations (large and small, public, private and not-for-profit), not in the consultancy sector. Employment trends are against careers in consultancy.
Yet of the PR bloggers linked on the right, I can only think of one notable exception (Tom Murphy) to the following rule. Excluding the few academics and journalists, they’re all consultants.
PR Studies 
New and notable….
Blake Barbera has an interesting new blog called Wet Feet PR which is a look at Public Relations from the perspective of a new practitioner.
PR round-up – April 19, 2005
Thanks for checking out my blog Richard, I appreciate it. I hope that I only embarrass myself without naming others involved.
It’s through these lessons that I experience as a young PR guy – that I hope others in the same position will learn from. Thanks again!