Degrees: BA, Mass Communications with a Minor in Business Administration

My Expertise: Writing

Experience: I have spent the majority of my communications career in television and public relations. As a producer in the Newsroom and in ...
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Degrees: BA, Mass Communications with a Minor in Business Administration

My Expertise: Writing

Experience: I have spent the majority of my communications career in television and public relations. As a producer in the Newsroom and in the Television to Africa Division of the Voice of America, I developed a profound understanding of the power of the media.
The basics of my job were to identify subjects pertinent to our audience, conduct research and interviews and build a story.
It was truly an eye-opening for me to realize how much television influences global thinking. The responsibility factor carries as much weight as the message itself. One must be careful to deliver a story in as truthful and unbiased a way as possible, so that the viewer can draw their own conclusions based on the facts presented.
I have also worked as an Account Executive for Public Relations firm and my current job is Media Relations Director for a New York City politician.
Politics is a fascinating world.
I'm now basically on the other side of the fence. I have to get reporters and journalists to pay attention to my boss. Keeping their message positive is definitely a challenge, but I have learnt that the bottomline is to maintain rappor with the community. They are, essentially, a politician's strongest base. My job is to control the message that the media sends to them, but also to devise means of directly reaching the community so that my message is clear and undistorted.
My goal is to expand my career into the field of Technical Writing
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