|
My ExpertiseMy Expertise
Area(s) of expertise:
Public relations, new media
Summary of expertise:
Issues related to commercial radio broadcasting, including mass media audiences, policy and regulation; media ownership consolidation; radio programming trends. Development and trends in new media, public relations and social media. Media relations experience in higher education and health care fields; held a variety of on-air and other positions in broadcast media for more than 18 years; former columnist, "On the Radio," Business Strategies Magazine; former reporter, The Buffalo News.
Blog/Web site:
http://www.rit.edu/news/tigerbeat/
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/MikeSaffran
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/mike.saffran
White paper/research:
Effects of Local-Market Radio Ownership Concentration on Radio Localism, the Public Interest, and Listener Opinions and Use of Local Radio Effects of Local-Market Radio Ownership Concentration on Radio Localism, the Public Interest, and Listener Opinions and Use of Local Radio
Awards/associations/memberships:
Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Rochester Chapter, PRism Award, Online Publication/E-zine, News & Events Daily, 2010; PRSA, Rochester Chapter, Award of Excellence, Social Media, 2010; PRSA, Rochester Chapter, PRism Award, RIT University News Web site, 2007; PRSA, Rochester Chapter, PRism Award, Most Improved Element, RIT University News Web site, 2007; PRSA, Rochester Chapter, PRism Award, Newsletter, News & Events, 2006; PRSA, Rochester Chapter, PRism Award, News Release, RIT Game Programming, 2003
Educational background:
M.S., Communication and Media Technologies, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008 B.A., Speech Communication, State University of New York at Geneseo, 1985 |
Comments