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1. ………….29…………………PR 2.0……………………………..US…………………….93
2. ………….36…………………PR Squared……………………..US…………………….89
3. ………….54…………………A shel of my former self.…….US……………………..84
4. ………….83…………………POP! PR Jots…………………….US…………………….73
5. …………122………………..Strategic PR……………………..US…………………….66
6. …………124……………….PR Blogger………………………..UK…………………….66
7. …………126……………….Young PR…………………………AUSTRALIA…………….66
8. …………130……………….Pro PR……………………………..CANADA…………….65
9. ………..193…………………PR Communications…………US……………………..58
10. ………..202………………..PRNewser…………………………US……………………..57
11. ………..206………………..A PR Guy’s Musings…………….UK…………………….56
12. ………..255………………..PR meets the WWW…………..US…………………….53
13. ………..260………………..Corporate PR……………………US…………………….52
14. ………..274………………..PR Works…………………………..CANADA…………..51
15. ………..276………………..Common Sense PR…………….CANADA………….51
16. ………..277……………….Drew B’s take on tech PR……..UK…………………..51
17. ………..290………………..KDPaine’s PR……………………..US……………………..50
18. ………..293……………….Wadds’ tech pr blog……………UK……………………50
19. ………..308………………..Hispanic Marketing & PR……..US…………………….49
20. ………..338……………….Brendan Cooper…………………UK…………………..46
21. ………..343……………….Corporate Engagement………AUSTRALIA……….46
22. ………..354……………….Beyond PR………………………….UK………………….45
23. ………..357………………Simonsays…………………………..UK………………….45
24. ………..362……………….Online PR Thoughts…………………US……………….45
25. ………..374……………….Into PR……………………………….US…………………….44
26. ………..380……………….PRoactive………………………….US………………….44
27. ………..385……………….Observations of PR…………….US……………………43
28. ………..395……………….Wired PR Works…………………..US……………………43
29. ………..407……………….PR Disasters………………………….AUSTRALIA………42
30. ………..417……………….This is herd…………………………………UK………………..41
31. ………..438……………….Valley PR Blog……………………..US………………….40
32. ………..443……………….Publicity Hound’s…………………….US………………..40
33. ………..456……………….The New PR……………………………CANADA…………39
34. ………..460……………….Media Relations Blog…………….US………………….39
35. ………..464……………….Client Service Insights…………….US………………..38
36. ………..475……………….PR Meets Marketing………………US…………………..38
37. ………..476……………….Pudding Relations………………….UK………………….38
38. ………..501……………….Student PR Blog……………………CANADA…………..36
39. ………..511……………….Profitable Business Edge 2……..US……………………36
40. ………..513……………….A view on PR…………………………US………………….36
41. ………..519……………….PRos in Training……………………….US………………….35
42. ………..537……………….Tech PR Gems……………………..US………………….34
43. ………..542……………….PR Talk………………………………….US………………….34
44. ………..551……………….Shiny Red…………………………………UK………………….33
45. ………..561……………….Eyecube………………………………….US………………..33
46. ………..567……………….IndiaPRBlog!…………………………INDIA………………33
47. ………..585……………….All Things PR………………………….UK…………………..32
48. ………..588……………….Engage in PR……………………….US……………………32
49. ………..597……………….Mutually Inclusive PR………………CANADA………….31
50. ………..609……………….Morgan McLintic on PR……………US………………….31
51. ………..620……………….Alan Weinkrantz PR………………..US………………….30
52. ………..626……………….Strive Notes……………………………..US………………..30
53. ………..627……………….PR Voice………………………………..UK………………….30
54. ………..632……………….New Millennium PR………………….US………………..30
55. ………..647……………….Norton’s Notes………………………..UK…………………..29
56. ………..661……………….From PR to Eternity………………….UK………………….29
57. ………..679……………….PR. Differently…………………………US………………….28
58. ………..686……………….Mosnar Communications…………….US………………….28
59. ………..688……………….Youngblood PR & Marketing………CANADA………..28
60. ………..691……………….Launch PR……………………………….US………………..27
61. ………..716……………….Online Publicity Journal………………US………………..26
62. ………..739……………….10 Yetis PR Blog……………………..UK…………………..24
63. ………..745……………….Blinn PR Report………………………US…………………..24
64. ………..752……………….Minnesota PR blog…………………….US………………..24
65. ………..787……………….First Person PR……………………….US……………………21
66. ………..788……………….Public Relations Matters……………US………………..21
67. ………..802……………….EducationPR……………………………US………………….20
68. ………..809……………….HighVizPR………………………………US…………………19
69. ………..816……………….PowerUp………………………………..US………………..18

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Australia: Young PR
Canada: Pro PR
India: IndiaPRBlog!
UK: PR Blogger
US: PR 2.0

The top UK blogs:
1. PR Blogger
2. A PR Guy’s Musings
3. Drew B’s take on tech PR
4. Wadds’ tech pr blog
5. Brendan Cooper, Your friendly PR Social Media Planner
6. Beyond PR
7. Simonsays.
8. This is herd
9. Pudding Relations
10. Shiny Red
11. All Things PR
12. PR Voice
13. Norton’s Notes
14. From PR to Eternity
15. 10 Yetis PR Blog

As the only person on my course to have got a PR job since graduating, I would be surprised if small consultancies were mirroring large agencies and hiring more graduates than in 2007. But perhaps I’m wrong – what do you think?

It would appear that man, Boris Johnson was listening. Or at least his aides were.

Teaming up with a famous young Londoner like Lily is a very shrewd way for the new Mayor of London to position himself as a proactive crime fighter committed to reducing the levels of knife crime in the City. That said I very much doubt that a photoshoot with Lily and a brainstorming session will make a massive difference. Kids won’t stop carrying knives because Lily says so. Kids will stop carrying knives when they feel safe on the streets.

I think many knife holders are carrying knives to protect themselves rather than to commit crimes. So rather than a knife amnesty or a Knife Aid type concert I think working to publicise initiatives setup to lower the rates of crime and news that crime rates have dropped will have a bigger effect.

A good example of this is the news released today that the rate of recorded crime has nearly halved since 1995, and is 9% down on last year. However I doubt that will be on the front page of the newspapers tomorrow. Especially since the BBC has reported that another youth has been knifed to death tonight, and tomorrow is the day of Ben Kinsella’s funeral.

The media should cut down on sensationalist reporting of crime that just heightens people’s fears and focus on the facts, no matter how mundane they are. But sadly I think selling papers is more of a priority than saving lives. The BBC has an article reporting a similar idea here, and a nonsense article here claiming that Nike has shelved its Air Stab trainer because of fears it promotes knife crime. That shoe has nothing to do with knives – it’s a stability shoe!