Joan Schaffer

MEDIA RELATIONS SPECIALIST

About

In today’s super-abundance of information and data, the challenge we all face is in being heard among the many voices. Whether you have a campaign, product or event, knowing how and where to promote it is the key to success.

Media Specialist Joan Schaffer has over twenty years experience working with journalists and producers across the globe on a plethora of subjects.

Joan’s expertise is in getting to the heart of the message and then effectively communicating that message to the media with a productive outcome. She has worked on over 500 successful campaigns in consumer, business, publishing, health, entertainment, government and non-profit. Joan has a reputation for innovation and excels at maintaining long-term relationships with clients and the media.

Joan’s career in news began at the television news agency Thomson Reuters (formerly Visnews), where she developed the Location Specials division and worked closely with international reporters and producers. She had a critical role in events including Presidential and Economic Summits.

Joan produced and wrote guest segments for Good Morning America, CNBC and CNN. She produced television packages for Consumer Reports and was a live interview coordinator for the BBC in the aftermath of September 11th.  Joan also worked for Associated Press Television supporting international broadcasters with news coverage and production.

Fleishman-Hillard hired Joan as a Media Relations Consultant and Television Producer in 2000 which began her transition to public relations.

Services

Satellite Media Tours
(SMT)

An SMT is an effective method to communicate your message on television news programs in a minimal amount of time. An interview guest is offered live from a studio via satellite for television on a particular day during a time frame. Morning shows in local markets across the country book 5-10 minute windows over several hours for their host to conduct the interview.

Radio Media Tours
(RMT)

Booked interviews on radio programs around the country from a studio, DSL or phone line on a particular day or over a series of days and weeks.

Web Media and Blog Tours

Booked interviews on websites and blogs.

Press Release Distribution

Includes press release creation or electronic press kit creation, custom media list, distribution and contact list. Data storage is additional.

Press Release-Radio-Web Tour Package

Includes press release creation, custom media list, distribution, contact list, radio and web interviews.

In-Studio Television Interviews

An interview guest is booked on local morning or afternoon news programs. Packages are available for road tours.

LIVE Events

Television production and media coverage for openings, programs, shows, lectures and product launches.

 

Work

CORPORATE

P&G • Walgreens • Staples • Lowes • American Express • Bank of America • Wells Fargo • PayPal • Prudential • Aetna • GM • Chrysler • Ford • Lamborghini • Shell • MSN • Apple • BING • Ask.com • Hotels.com • Embassy Suites • Outback Steakhouse • Dole • Colgate • Crest • Johnson & Johnson • Kraft • Clairol • Abbott Laboratories • Pfizer • Pharma • Nature Made • Schiff • Radio Shack • Energizer • Duracell • OnStar • Ericsson • Yoplait • Pillsbury • Lindt Chocolate • Nintendo • Olay • Cotton Inc. • Victoria Secret • Playtex • Lego

CELEBRITIES

Cal Ripken Jr., Hall of Fame Baseball Player • Tony Siragusa, Football Player • Dhani Jones, Football Player • Martina Navratilova, Tennis Champion • Jon Voight, Actor • Jennifer Garth, Actress • Isaac Mizrahi, Fashion Designer • Cal Ripken Jr., Hall of Fame Baseball Player • Sherri Shepherd, The View • Lisa Ling, Host, The View and Our America • Uggie, Dog Star in The Artist • Daryl Hannah, Actress • Vanessa Williams, Actress

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PUBLISHING

Vanity Fair • In Style Magazine (Joan interviewed Sean P. Diddy Combs), Donna Karan, Christopher Meloni, Jill Hennessey, Marcia Gay Harden, Vera Wang, Cynthia Nixon, and more) • People Magazine • Money Magazine • Allure • Modern Bride • Rodale • Little, Brown and Company • Signet • Penguin Group • Berkley Books

MUSIC

Adam Levine/Maroon 5 (Live Nation) • Barry Manilow (Arista) • Sade (Live Nation) • Jamie Foxx (RCA Music Group) • Jonas Brothers (Live Nation) • Dave Cook (RCA Music Group) • Taylor Hicks (Arista)

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GOVERNMENT

Center for Disease Control (CDC) • United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) • National Institute of Health (NIH) • Center for Disease Control (CDC) • Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

NON-PROFIT

UNICEF • Greenpeace • Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) • United Way • AARP • American Lung Association • Tibet House, NY

 

Case Study

Satellite + Radio TV Book Tour “Why The Dalai Lama Matters”
with Author/Professor Robert Thurman

Client: The Tibet House, NY

Professor Robert A.F, Thurman is a recognized authority on indo-Tibetan Studies and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. With his book, “Why the Dalai Lama Matters,” Professor Thurman discusses the extraordinary life of The Tibetan Spiritual Leader and Nobel Prize Peace Winner. The book explores the world’s admiration for The 14th Dalai Lama, his dedication to peace, non-violence and unity and how restoring Tibet’s autonomy is possible within China.

Joan’s challenge was to bring Thurman’s book to the attention of a wider and more mainstream audience

• Developed and wrote media press
• Secured 25 interviews in a four-hour window with television and radio news programs in local markets across the country
• Arranged studio in Los Angeles and booked satellite time
• Guest prep and coordination
• Confirmed tour
• Produced tour in-studio

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Contact Info

joan@joanschaffer.com

New York City, NY