Speaker Spotlight: Russell Rhodes
Posted on Oct. 19, 2016 / Subscribe 0
Our 2nd Annual PRestige Awards Luncheon, presented by BrightWays Coaching and Communications will feature Russell Rhodes as our keynote speaker.
Russell anchors Good Day Tampa Bay every weekday morning on FOX 13 Tampa Bay. Russell is an award-winning anchor/reporter with more than thirty years of experience in the television news business. Twenty years of that has been spent at FOX 13. Along the way, Russell has worked at television stations in Oklahoma, Texas, Minnesota and Florida.
During his keynote presentation, Russell will focus on the fundamentals of good storytelling – a key element of award-winning public relations work! He will uncover his recommendations on how public relations practitioners and journalists can work together to tell more effective stories. What do journalists need from public relations practitioners? What do public relations practitioners need from journalists? He’ll also discuss how in our new world of social media, effectively sharing these stories has changed.
Read below to find out more about Russell and don't forget to register for the PRestige Awards on October 28.
1. First job in TV?
KTEN TV Ada, Oklahoma. On the first day of work they said, "Here's a camera. Go out and shoot, report and edit your story. Get back in time to anchor the 5pm news." I was dumb enough to think I could do it. I did it. Badly.
2. Favorite thing about my job?
Being the person to tell our viewers the news before anyone else in the morning.
3. Favorite social media channel?
These days, Instagram. It's because it is not work related. I just follow friends and post personal stuff. Like pictures of my dogs, Coco and Josephine.
4. What job would you be doing if you weren't in TV?
I'm not trained to do anything else. Maybe a dog rescue farm. I want to see dogs running everywhere. Happy dogs.
5. Proudest moment of my TV career?
That's an interesting question. I think it's whenever anyone says, "I watch you every morning." It amazes me that someone would take time out of their busy morning to rely on us to get them going. It's an awesome feeling. I never take that lightly.
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