Expert Details

Public & Media Relations, Libel and Defamation, Digital TV, Video & Motion Picture Production, etc.

ID: 722590 Georgia, USA

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Expert has more than twenty years of experience in television broadcast station management and broadcast journalism. Job titles have included Executive Producer, Writer, Producer, Chief Photographer, General Assignment Reporter and Consumer Reporter.

Expert's company has provided quality video production services to clients all over the world for more than 20 years.

Our clients include Coca Cola, UnitedHealthcare, T I Automotive, G A Communications, SYSCO Food Services, U.S. Geological Survey, Lowe Worldwide, Ingersoll-Rand, Torrington Bearings, Fox News Channel (FNC), ESPN/ESPN2, GE Power Systems, PAX TV Network, Encounters With The Unexplained, Fox TV Network, Guinness World Records Primetime, CNN, Entertainment Tonight, E! Entertainment Television, Cannes Film Festival, NBC News, ABC News, NBC Sports, ABC Sports, PBS, COPS, Georgia Public Television, Burger King Corporation, Florida Power & Light Company and many more.

Expert's company can afford to charge our clients less than our competitors, because we keep our overhead low. We choose not to employ many full-time employees or buy lots of expensive (and soon to be outdated) TV production equipment. We hire only those people and production resources necessary to do the best job for our clients. And we definitely do not force our clients to use in-house skills and capabilities simply because they are there. Our clients can count on Undisclosed to design the most cost-effective and creative video productions, always keeping our customer’s bottom line in mind.

Expert is a professional writer with more than 20 years of experience as a copywriter for print and Internet, and as a script writer for television, video, A/V and film. He is also an accomplished journalist, television producer/director, television cameraman and public/media relations consultant. His specialties include corporate and institutional videos (sales, marketing, image and training), Video News Releases (VNR's), press releases, network television news and documentaries. His other services include corporate news media training, news media notification and supervision (VNR's and press releases) and public relations consulting.

Expert is a well-rounded individual with extensive experience living and working internationally. His many global contacts database includes decision makers and staff from news media, business, government, non-profit and educational institutions.

Public and media relations is much, much more than simply writing press releases and faxing them to a database of news organizations. Expert knows how to sell a story to journalists and build long-term relationships with them. His experience allows him to service the unique needs of a wide spectrum of media (broadcast, print, Internet).

You require someone who is mature, a master of the communications craft who is also capable of quickly understanding every nook and cranny of the story that you want told. Your organization needs a person who is both a critical and strategic thinker, who is part showman and part entrepreneur, who thinks ahead, plans for every eventuality and can juggle many demands at once. Expert can offer you these things as well as impeccable honesty, poise and a personality that puts people from all walks of life at ease.

Expert is available for the following assignments:

Corporate and business/institutional image videos; corporate and institutional training videos; Video News Releases (VNR's), including media notification and live VNR satellite broadcasts; live remote/outside broadcast multicamera productions; TV commercials; documentaries; Electronic Press Kits (EPK); behind-the-scenes and event videos; expert witness for lawsuits regarding journalism, TV and motion picture production; TV/motion picture facility design consultant; TV/motion picture program/film producer, line producer, supervising producer, field producer, director, script writer.

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July/August 2007-Present

Currently working as consultant and expert witness through Intota/Guideline for law firm involving a defamation lawsuit against two United States television news organizations. Researched and wrote affidavit regarding this case and slander, libel and defamation issues. Wrote opinions and perspectives on past and current television news and general journalism best practices. Participation in deposition and possible court testimony pending.

Our clients include Coca Cola, United Healthcare, T I Automotive, G A Communications, SYSCO Food Services, U.S. Geological Survey, Lowe Worldwide, Ingersoll-Rand, Torrington Bearings, Fox News Channel (FNC), ESPN/ESPN2, GE Power Systems, PAX TV Network, Encounters With The Unexplained, Fox TV Network, Guinness World Records Primetime, CNN, Entertainment Tonight, E! Entertainment Television, Cannes Film Festival, NBC News, ABC News, NBC Sports, ABC Sports, PBS, COPS, Georgia Public Television, Burger King Corporation, Florida Power & Light Company and many more.Created numerous video news releases, marketing and training videos, brochures and other corporate communications pieces for a wide variety of employers and freelance clients. Advised corporations and organizations on media relations strategies. Managing Editor of international petroleum and mining newsletter with global corporate and academic subscribers. Duties included research, technical writing, layout, subscriber relations and PR/marketing. Created the first sales training video series for the flooring industry.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1979 Degree: BA pending Subject: Journalism Institution: University of Missouri - Columbia

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1984 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: CEO & Executive Producer Department:
Responsibilities:
Expert is a professional writer with more than 20 years of experience as a copywriter for print and Internet, and as a script writer for television, video, A/V and film. He is also an accomplished journalist, television producer/director, television cameraman and public/media relations consultant. His specialties include corporate and institutional videos (sales, marketing, image and training), Video News Releases (VNR's), press releases, network television news and documentaries. His other services include corporate news media training, news media notification and supervision (VNR's and press releases) and public relations consulting.

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1998 to 2001 Employer: Georgia Public Broadcasting Title: Videographer Department: Georgia Public TV - Production
Responsibilities:
Responsible for principle videography and lighting for public television documentaries, TV series, news and public affairs programming.
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1997 to 1998 Employer: CNN International Title: News Writer Department:
Responsibilities:
Researched and wrote news stories for this global TV news network. Monitored live world events, packaged world leader press conferences, kept up-to-date with all world events.

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
July/August 2007-Present

Currently working as consultant and expert witness through Intota/Guideline for law firm involving a defamation lawsuit against two United States television news organizations. Researched and wrote affidavit regarding this case and slander, libel and defamation issues. Wrote opinions and perspectives on past and current television news and general journalism best practices. Participation in deposition and possible court testimony pending.

Career Accomplishments

Awards / Recognition
Georgia Association of Broadcasters/GABBY (1999)
Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters (1993)

Presidential Citation For Private Sector Initiatives / Ronald Reagan Administration (1987)

United Press International/UPI (1982)

Sigma Delta Chi / SDX (1976)
Publications and Patents Summary
Creator of numerous network television news stories, magazine show features, TV documentaries, educational video programmes, TV commercials and promotional corporate videos. Creator of numerous press releases and video news releases. Expert's work has been seen on CNN, NBC News, ABC News, PBS, Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), "Entertainment Tonight", "COPS", RAI (Italian TV) and many more.

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