New Media and Multimedia Strategist
Greater New York City Area
- Past
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- Multimedia Manager at Business Wire
- Managing Editor at Newstream.com
- Freelance Producer/Writer at Fox News Network
- Education
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- Brown University
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Les Blatt’s Summary
I am an experienced communications and new media professional. My career has included broadcast journalism (as an award-winning writer, editor and producer for both television and radio) and public relations (specializing in online media production and outreach). I have a solid grounding in multimedia and am an evangelist for the use of video, audio, photos and graphics by companies trying to get their message out to the world. I am skilled, and can offer guidance, on effective digital strategies involving blogging, podcasting and vlogging.
My goal is to continue my growth in these and related areas.
Les Blatt’s Specialties:
online production, multimedia, streaming/downloadable video and audio, skilled PowerPoint creation and presentation, public speaking, blogs, podcast creation
Les Blatt’s Experience
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Multimedia Manager
Business Wire
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; BH; Public Relations and Communications industry)
April 2004 — April 2007 (3 years 1 month)
Manage Business Wire's suite of multimedia-based products for the distribution of news releases with audio, video, photos, graphics, and other files.
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Managing Editor
Newstream.com
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; MDLK; Public Relations and Communications industry)
July 1999 — March 2004 (4 years 9 months)
Set up, produced and edited site for distribution of multimedia news releases to online newsrooms
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Freelance Producer/Writer
Fox News Network
(Public Relations and Communications industry)
1999 — 1999 (less than a year)
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Producer, Editor, Writer
ABC News
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; DIS; Broadcast Media industry)
December 1967 — January 1999 (31 years 2 months)
1995-1999: Senior Producer at ABCNEWS.com (and ABC News Online before that). Responsible for all content on ABC News on AOL. One of founding producers for ABCNEWS.com
1995-1999: Writer for several programs produced by ABC for A&E "Biography" series, including Jesse Jackson, George Wallace, Henry Kissinger, George Bush, etc.
1983-1995: Editorial Producer, "World News Tonight with Peter Jennings"
1967-1983: Producer and writer in a variety of positions with ABC News, both television and radio, in Washington, D.C. and New York -
Senior Producer (etc.)
ABCNEWS
(Public Company; Public Relations and Communications industry)
1967 — 1999 (32 years )
Les Blatt’s Education
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Brown University
1961 — 1965
- Activities and Societies:
- WBRU - General Manager. I was part of the team which finally persuaded the university administration to let the station purchase a commercial FM station. 40 years later, WBRU(FM) remains one of the leading stations in its market.
Additional Information
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Les Blatt’s Interests:
New media, multimedia. Fitness. Mysteries, especially classic "Golden Age" mysteries. Most kinds of music, particularly classical, jazz and "standards."
Les Blatt’s Groups:
Founding member, Social Media Club (NY), Member, Society of Professional Journalists, LinkedIn
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Brown University (1,500+ members) -
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The Walt Disney Company Alumni Group -
New Media, Social Media, and Social Networking Participants -
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Morgan Business Solutions -
Video Marketing and Public Relations
Les Blatt’s Honors:
CINE Golden Eagle Award for "Jesse Jackson: I am Somebody," for A&E "Biography."
Writers Guild of America awards for Best Radio Script for "Peter Jennings Journal."
Hal Terkel Memorial News Writing award from Writers Guild of America.
Les Blatt’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
