WHO WE ARE
ABOUT PHILLIPS MEDIA RELATIONS
Phillips Media Relations was founded by Brad Phillips, an experienced journalist and media relations professional. He leads all of our media training workshops and oversees all of our media relations efforts.
Our firm is thoroughly committed to providing high quality and fully customized services to our clients. In a crowded marketplace of media trainers and media relations professionals, we understand that we can only succeed by consistently beating your expectations.
Our corporate culture is a bit unusual in this business. In a public relations culture too often dominated by billable hours, our staff knows that achieving success for our clients is simply our most important reason for being.
ABOUT BRAD PHILLIPS, PRESIDENT
Brad Phillips has worked with and produced programs for reporters including Ted Koppel, Wolf Blitzer, Cokie Roberts, Chris Wallace, Aaron Brown, Bernard Kalb and Howard Kurtz.
Mr. Phillips began his career working for ABC's "Nightline" with Ted Koppel, where he contributed to broadcasts about everything from the declining national savings rate and school shootings to domestic politics and terrorism.
He then moved to CNN, where he produced two weekly programs: the media analysis program, "Reliable Sources," and the political roundtable, "The Capital Gang." He was also a contributing producer to the Sunday public affairs program, "Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer."
Immediately after leaving journalism, Mr. Phillips led the media shop at Conservation International, where he placed stories seen by more than half a billion people world wide.
Since opening Phillips Media Relations, Mr. Phillips has helped thousands of spokespersons prepare for media interviews, including corporate and nonprofit executives, politicians, scientists, physicians, academics, authors, educators, and many others.
He has placed stories and trained spokespersons for interviews with The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, ABC News, CNN, National Public Radio, and hundreds of others. Over the course of his career, Mr. Phillips has personally placed stories and prepared spokespersons for interviews that have been seen by more than one billion people in over 100 countries.