Pam Baker [LION]

Current

• Freelance Journalist at Mainstream and Online Media

Past

• Writer/Strategist at Green Energy Communications
• Managing Editor, Wireless IQ, Telematics Journal at ABI Research
• Contributing Editor, Technology at Success Magazine

• Founder, Owner at Baker Communications (Sole Proprietorship)

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Pam Baker [LION]’s Summary

A prolific and versatile writer, my published credits include numerous cover stories for international, national and regional media from women's and general interest to finance, business and technology magazines, online content and newspapers; analytical studies on technology; and, six books. Member National Press Club and Avant Guild/Mediabistro.com. 2004 nominee for the Templeton Cambridge Journalism Fellowship in Science and Religion (UK). Wrote and produced an award-winning documentary on paper-making.

I am an expert level SEO (search engine optimization) writer.

I have extensive experience as a contracted analyst for research firms and as a consultant/strategist for a variety of businesses seeking to develop a sharp competitive edge.

My interests include finding a literary agent to represent a book property. I am seeking freelance writing assignments for mainstream media or corporations. Also interested in building my contacts and expert sources data base for news stories.

Previously owned and operated a marketing, advertising and PR firm in Columbus, Georgia for 11 years. The firm’s client list included Mead, Pratt & Whitney, Disney On Ice, TSYS, Johnston Industries, Diaz-Verson Capital Investments, and other high-profile clients.

Pam Baker [LION]’s Specialties:

SEO (search engine optimization) techniques and strategies, strategic planning, interviewing, access to powerbrokers and high-profile individuals, writing, editing, copywriting, speech writing, public relations, media relations, branding and identity, analytical skills, consultant

Pam Baker [LION]’s Experience

• Freelance Journalist

  Mainstream and Online Media

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  July 1992 — Present (17 years 5 months)

  Freelance Journalist and/or contracted Contributing Editor for many major media outlets including, but not limited to: Institutional Investor magazine, CIO.com (CXO Media), CIO Update (Jupitermedia), Inside CRM, Success Magazine, ECT News Network, E-Commerce Times, MacNewsWorld, TechNewsWorld, LinuxInsider, CIO Update, Knight-Ridder / McClatchy Newspapers, HER magazine, IT Business Insider (Studio One Networks), Imagination Publishing, Divorce360.com, I Six Sigma Magazine, Rezoom, Boomster, PatientWise, NP Tech News, and MedTech News, among many others.

• Writer/Strategist

  Green Energy Communications

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2009 — May 2009 (5 months)

  We are a group of writers and communication strategists that help alternative energy initiatives and manufacturing plants form partnerships with the communities they operate in, or wish to operate in. We are highly adept at explaining the processes; listening to and addressing community concerns; working with the press to acheive transparency and public education; and, providing community and political leaders with the information they need to make a commitment to the future. In the end, everybody wins and green energy projects proceed far more smoothly.
  
  Biofuel, wind and solar energy providers and manufacturers, as well as their suppliers, often hire us direct. Public Relations companies, lawyers specializing in energy issues, communities seeking to atttract alternate energy producers, political outreach groups, and other concerned intiatives and organizations turn to us ...to explain, enlighten, and build consensus.
  
  We work for both large enterprises and small companies.

• Managing Editor, Wireless IQ, Telematics Journal

  ABI Research

  (Privately Held; Market Research industry)

  August 2004 — December 2007 (3 years 5 months)

  Up until ABI switched to an aggregated news model, I was the managing editor for WirelessIQ.com and TelematicsJournal.com which are daily online news magazines owned by ABI Research but independently run. My daily responsibilites included writing and editing daily top stories and daily news.

• Contributing Editor, Technology

  Success Magazine

  (Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)

  January 2007 — July 2007 (7 months)

  Up until the magazine sold to new owners, I wrote feature stories for the print magazine and the web site, blogged twice a week on technology, produced podcasts, and wrote Success Instructional Guides for the online version of Success Magazine. My beat was technology for the small and mid-sized business.

• Founder, Owner

  Baker Communications (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 11-50 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)

  October 1985 — July 1996 (10 years 10 months)

  I founded Baker Communications at my kitchen table with two toddlers at my feet and grew the firm into one of the most respected agencies in the southeast. The firm’s client list included Mead, Pratt & Whitney, Disney On Ice, TSYS, Johnston Industries, Diaz-Verson Capital Investments, and other high-profile clients.
  
  Services included branding & identity, public relations, media relations, event planning, political function planning and communications, foreign language translations, marketing, advertising, video (interactive and linear) production, audio production, and full creative services.

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Pam Baker [LION]’s Interests:

professional networking, social networking, strategic planning, new technology, reading novels, movies (action & science fiction), politics, travel, home decorating, art, theatre (plays), concerts, comedy clubs

Pam Baker [LION]’s Groups:

National Press Club (NPC), Mediabistro.com, Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Internet Press Guild (IPG)

•    Executive Suite
•    Link2Europe
•    ITSM (ITIL) Professionals
•    International Network of Social-Eco Entrepreneurs
•    OpenNetworker.com
•    Biopreneur
•    TopLinked.com (Open Networkers)
•    ThoseinMedia
•    The Pro Report
•    ITIL v2 / v3 Service Management (ITSM) and ISO 20000 + Subgroups
•    Association of Analyst Relations Professionals
•    The ITIL Group
•    InvitesWelcome.com (Open Networkers)
•    Internet Press Guild
•    Linked Journalists
•    LION500.com (Open Networkers)
•    Members of the National Press Club
•    World & Shanghai [世界与上海]
•    #journchat
•    "Count Me In" The Official Group
•    Orange Tree Open Networkers
•    Social Media Marketing Questions & Answers
•    Orange Tree India
•    TopLinked.com - Grow More Diverse Networks
•    InvitesWelcome.com - I Welcome Connection Opportunities!

Pam Baker [LION]’s Honors:

Wrote and produced an award-winning documentary on the art of paper-making. Resolution from City of Columbus, Georgia for news series in Georgia Trend Magazine (only other author to receive this recognition was the legendary Carson McCullers).

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