Follow Having a professional background in high-profile media, as well as in PR/Media Relations, helps me tell stories for traditional or new media, understanding how editors, producers and other media pros think.
The Quick-Read Backstory
- Gateway Media Job as Teen DJ, KNDK radio, proverbial 1000-watt station on the prairie, Langdon, North Dakota, before graduating from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in Speech-Broadcasting
- On-Camera Reporter/News Writer, WCCO-TV (CBS), Minneapolis
- Public Relations Specialist, NSP (Xcel Energy), Minneapolis
- Director of Public Information, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
- Writer/Co-Host, "San Diego at Large," week-nightly features and comedy program, KFMB-TV (CBS), San Diego. Two San Diego Emmy awards for writing and performance
- Writer/Segment Producer, "Gimme Shelter," week-nightly home-improvement program, Northwest Teleproductions for Discovery Channel
- Manager of Media Relations, Cuningham Group, Minneapolis
- Today PR/Media Consultant/Writer, Kathe Stanton Media
Confession Corner
On TV in San Diego, I shamelessly exploited my young daughter, bribing her with Popsicles to act in comedy sketches. Arguably my low mark as a mom was her fake commercial for, uh, chewing tobacco. On cue she chomped (sugarless gum, I swear) and grinned. Today, as an adult, she neither chews "tobaccy" nor smokes. She is, however, a psychiatrist. Who could have seen that coming?
Freelance Writing Credits The Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Videomaker, Women's Business Minnesota, "The Superkid Catalog" (Viking Penguin)