News Releases & Articles

3/06/02

NEW COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY TO ADDRESS DIFFERENT NEEDS

Announcing the formation of Chriesman & Associates, a new multi-faceted media venture designed to address the communications needs of corporations and organizations; produce enlightening and compelling reality-based programming and encourage greater ethnic and racial diversity within the management of broadcast news.

Willie Chriesman is the founding principal of this venture.  He brings to it more than two decades of experience as a broadcast news professional.  He has served in virtually every aspect of production and management in television news.  His experience includes stints in markets such as Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Denver and his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.  He has also worked for national news organizations such as CNN and Fox.  In addition to those companies, Chriesman has worked for other top broadcasters including NBC, Hearst-Argyle, ABC and   Post-Newsweek.  Most recently, he served as vice-president of news and news director for WVTM, the NBC-owned station in Birmingham.   He has also been on overseas assignments in Europe and Africa.

He brings his vast expertise to this new endeavor which focuses on three key areas.  Corporate Media Consulting helps companies and organizations get their message out by offering a variety of services including media training, video and production services and news coverage strategy planning.  Our Productions unit seeks to provide thought-provoking yet entertaining programming aimed at serving a diverse television audience.  And our Media Diversity initiative is an innovative and ambitious project designed to increase the number of people of color holding decision-making positions in the nation’s broadcast newsrooms.

For more information about Chriesman & Associates and its services, visit our website at www.chriesman.com or e-mail us at info@chriesman.com.