Strauss Media Strategies Adds Former CNN Producer Rachael Shackelford to its Growing Team
Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 01, 2015 -- Strauss Media Strategies, Inc. (SMS), the nation’s leading provider of strategic radio and television media relations services, today announced the addition of former CNN news producer, Rachael Shackelford, as Account Executive.
Rachael joined the Strauss Media Strategies team as a highly respected and award-winning television and broadcast journalist and producer. Prior to her job at Strauss, Rachael worked for nine years at CNN where she was most recently an associate producer for The Situation Room, with anchor Wolf Blitzer. She produced and booked guest segments and handled guest logistics, both domestically and internationally. Rachael also worked in the prestigious “front row” of the control room during breaking news and political specials and covered the Obama administration as a producer for the network’s White House unit. As the main control room manager of video elements for all of CNN’s political specials, Rachael was heavily involved in the 2012 political season and won an Emmy as a producer for CNN’s 2012 presidential Election Night in America broadcasts.
Rachael received her undergraduate degree in journalism from Florida A&M University and her graduate degree in International Affairs from Georgia Institute of Technology.
“I’m pleased to announce the continued growth of Strauss Media Strategies,” said Richard Strauss, President and Founder of Strauss Media Strategies. “Rachael is a great addition to our ever-expanding team and I’m thrilled to have her on board. Her many years of cable network television news producer experience will pay huge dividends to the existing Strauss Media Strategies base of clients.”
“I am very excited to become a part of the Strauss Media Strategies team,” Shackelford said. “I am thrilled to join the public relations world and can’t wait to help our clients gain the kind of exposure they desire.”
About Strauss Media Strategies, Inc.
Strauss Media Strategies, headquartered in Washington, DC and with offices in New York City and Los Angeles, is celebrating its nineteenth year as the nation’s leading communications, public relations, consulting and strategy firm focused on radio and television media relations. Offering a diverse range of strategic radio and television services that include radio media tours, television satellite media tours, on-site event coverage, audio news releases, Bites and B-Roll packages, PSAs, radio promotions and advertising, SMS works on behalf of corporations, political campaigns, public relations firms, non-profit groups and government agencies. SMS also delivers bilingual radio services for clients reaching out to the Spanish language radio community. For more information on the company, please visit http://www.straussmedia.com, e-mail us at info(AT)straussmedia.com, or call 202-638-0200.
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Howard Davis, Strauss Radio Strategies, http://straussmedia.com, +1 202-638-0200, [email protected]
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