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- stay on message when the focus is on you
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ABOUT THE TEAM - Our team members have in-depth experience on both sides of the microphone, with high-profile roles as network news anchors, field reporters, producers, or show bookers as well as being spokespeople, media liaisons and trainers. We instill focus and confidence in our clients, preparing them with skills for the sound-bite world of modern media.
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Suzanne Spurgeon, CEO
Founder of Women Media Pros
Specialty: Crisis communication
& Media Interview Training
Former CNN Vice President &
CNN Bureau Chief
Experienced Network News
Executive Producer
Experienced Local Television
Reporter/Anchor
Emmy Award Winner
323.556.0749
info@womenmediapros.com
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Sherri Sylvester
Specialty: Media Interview Training / Media Relations
Network News Producer/Booker
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Renee Kemp
Specialty: Media Interview Training & Video Production
BET, KTVU-TV News, US Government Trainer
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Diana Yee
Specialty: Media Training for Physicians & Public Relations
Media Relations for major hospital, Bay Area Reporter, PR
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Bella Shaw
Specialty: Product Pitch Coaching / Media Interview Training
Host of Time Warner’s “Local Edition”, Veteran CNN Anchor
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Claudia McMahon
Specialty: Crisis Communication / Talent Coaching
ABC, Fox News, “Star Search”, Veteran LA media trainer
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Yvette Fernandez
Specialty: Bilingual (English / Spanish) Media Training,
Diversity in Media and New Media
Documentary films, Media Trainer, TV News LA/Phoenix
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Rekha Parekh
Specialty: International clients / Media Interview Training / Writing / PR
Print Journalist -Served as editorial rep for Femina, a Times of India publication
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More about the expertise you will have access to at Women Media Pros
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 Suzanne Spurgeon, CEO Specialty: Crisis communication & Media Interview Training
Founder of Women Media Pros
Has coached doctors, lawyers, CEOs, business owners
Former CNN Vice President & LA Bureau Chief
Credited with restoring confidence and productivity of CNN’s Los Angeles Bureau
As the network’s first female domestic bureau chief she mentored other women journalists
Involved in crisis coverage plans and investigative reporting efforts at CNN
Has written crisis communication plans for corporations
Experienced network news Executive Producer
Experienced local television reporter/anchor in the Milwaukee, Peoria and Des Moines markets
Emmy Award Winner
Sherri Sylvester Specialty: Media Interview Training / Media Relations
Network TV Freelance Producer
Former Supervising News Producer “Dr. Phil”
Long-time CNN Entertainment Reporter
Has interviewed a host of celebrities: Jodie Foster, Barbra Streisand, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg,
George Clooney and the list goes on
Red Carpet Talent at Oscars, Emmys, Grammys & Gloden Globes
Has cultivated credible reputation with Hollywood’s leading publicists & studio reps
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 Renee Kemp Specialty: Media Interview Training & Video Production
San Francisco based freelance reporter for KTVU-TV
BET contributor
Contributing writer for the Oakland Tribune and Sacramento Bee
Her writings on Ghana’s slave dungeons have been featured in “Essence” magazine
Has traveled extensively and reported from Aftica, Asia, Central America and Europe
Emmy Award winner for her reporting on the AIDS crisis in Africa and in the African-American community
Media Trainer for government employees and large corporations
Diana Yee Specialty: Media Training for Physicians & Public Relations
Media Relations Expert at a major medical center in Northern California
Has media trained physicians & secured major medical news stories for the institution
Background in Public Relations
16 years as a Bay area reporter including work at KRON-TV & KTVU
Has covered breaking news from earthquakes to the Oakland Hills firestrorm
Experience in special events planning
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 Bella Shaw Specialty: Product Pitch Coaching & Media Interview Training
Host of Time Warner’s “Local Edition” seen by nearly 2 million viewers in Southern California
Spokeswoman in TV commercials & Infomercials
Veteran CNN Anchor for News & Entertainment
Voiceover Talent for videos
Talent coach for those pitching their services & products on TV
Has appeared in TV shows including: “Brothers and Sisters”, “ER” & “Commander in Chief”
Claudia McMahon Specialty: Crisis Communication & Talent Coaching
Veteran media trainer based in Los Angeles
Former news producer at ABC’s “Good Morning America”
Former Senior Producer for Fox News Channel, KCET, Twentieth Television & Merv Griffin Productions
Coach of FNC anchors
Talent Coordinator “Star Search” and credited with discovering Rosie O’Donnell & Martin Lawrence
Teaches crisis management to employees of non-profits
Job interview coaching of work-at-home mothers returning to the outside workplace
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Yvette Fernandez Specialty: Bilingal (English-Spanish) Media Training, Diversity
in Media & New Media
Documentary filmmaker, “Field Soldier” & “Native Wisdom”
Veteran media trainer of firefighters, law enforcement and municipal PIOs
Long-time TV News reporter in Los Angeles & Phoenix
Corporate Spokeswoman
Host of TV & Radio public affairs shows
Co-author of “Dead Ringer-The Mob’s Colombian Connection”
Has developed a training program on diversity in the media.
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Rekha Parekh Specialty: International clients, PR and Interview training
Respected print journalist who has written for publications in India, Britain and the U.S.
Her profile subjects include: Dame Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop; Sir David Hicks and Dame Barbara Cartland
Recipient of the Society of Women Writers and Journalists' Lady Violet Astor Award
London-based editorial representative for Femina
Masters of Arts in Communication from Pepperdine University
Fluent: Gujerati, Hindi, English
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Serving cities nationwide including Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Denver, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Dallas
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