Perry Communications
Pam Perry
297 Atlanta Avenue #1 Phone: (404) 624-3389
Atlanta, GA 30315 Cell: (678) 576-7097
SKILLS Writing, editing, public relations
JOBS Freelance writer for publications including The Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta, Creative Loafing, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, Jezebel, Art Papers, Hearth and Home, Value Retail News, Sports Trend, and Georgia Film, 1985-present
Media monitoring consultant for American Institutes for Research, Atlanta, GA, on an as-needed basis. Provide media monitoring, article summary development and analysis services, serve as a team member providing CDC’s National Centers for HIV, STD and TB Prevention with up-to-date information on how disease topics are being covered worldwide in news and medical media. Summarize news articles and medical reports on HIV, STD and TB for Prevention News Update, CDC’s electronic news digest that reaches tens of thousands of readers daily. Proofread and edit PNU to ensure error-free copy.
Publicist, Professional Training Systems, Atlanta, GA, ongoing
Researched and wrote grant proposals, presentations, conference programs, reports, and edited testing/assessment materials for Georgia Assessment Project, College of Education, Georgia State University, on a contract basis as needed from 1989-2001
Edited, aligned content and standardized format of the Metropolitan P-16 Community Council (College of Education, Georgia State University) document, Academic and Performance Standards, and edited the Metro P-16 Council Web page, April-August, 2000
Served as communications consultant for the Leadership Institute for School Improvement, Atlanta, GA, January-March, 2002
Co-wrote The Insiders’ Guide to Metro Atlanta, 1996 edition, co-published by Macon Telegraph Publishing Co. and The Insiders’ Guides Inc.
PLUS Penned greeting card copy for NobleWorks, wrote and co-produced skits and teleplays for The American Music Show (People TV, Atlanta) and Manhattan Cable (London). Wrote marketing materials, training manuals and speeches for various corporate clients including SunTrust, Jules Jewels, BellSouth, America’s Research Group, Vision Marketing Solutions and The Schumer Agency.
SCHOOL B.A., International Studies, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
M.A., American Government, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
FUN Fiction writing, travel, photography
