Editorial Strategies & Consulting

TN00605A.gif (2512 bytes) Lawrence Pintak offers a broad range of strategic consulting and hands-on consulting services, including:

News organizations:

	Newsroom management assessment and advice
	Print and broadcast journalism training

Academia:

	Journalism & mass communication curriculum development
	Faculty assessment and training

Corporate

	Cross-border communications strategies
	Corporate Social Responsibility communications
	Speechwriting
	Media training
	Crisis communications planning
	Corporate reputation management
	Marketing communications materials

Conflict Communications/Grassroots Outreach:

With more than 20 years experience operating in the Islamic World and zones of conflict, as well as an intimate familiarity with the roots of terrorism, Pintak is also in a unique position to offer counsel for companies seeking to build bridges to Islamic groups, NGOs and other grassroots organizations in the Developing World.

Sample Experience:

Publishing

Editor and publisher of a regional business magazine in southeast Asia produced on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia.

Developed annual reports, corporate profiles, newsletters and a wide variety of other collaterals in most major industry sectors.

As editor of an alternative weekly newspaper outside Boston, supervised a redesign and series of editorial enhancements that resulted in numerous awards, including top spot in General Excellence category.

Internet editorial strategy & content development

Streamlined newsroom operations for a major business news site, Individual.com, developed Internet business and content strategy for Worcester Publishing Ltd., a regional New England publisher of business and lifestyle titles, and provided content services for various other clients.

Television & video production

Produced a variety of independent documentaries, mini-documentaries for PBS' NewsHour, corporate videos for companies ranging from the French space agency to Citibank, and sponsored documentaries for international organizations on issues such as starvation in Armenian and the plight of Baha'is in Iran.

Corporate/marketing communications

As head of a full-service integrated marketing communications firm in Southeast Asia, provided a full suite of services to numerous Fortune 500 companies -- such as GM, GE, MasterCard, Citibank and Raytheon -- as well as major Asian organizations, from the Indonesian government and the Jakarta Stock Exchange to the Lippo Group and Indofood.

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As Washington, D.C.-based consultant, advised numerous foreign governments, multinational companies, trade associations and a presidential candidate on media strategies.

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