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d Van Herik has worked as a professional journalist and public relations professional for more than three decades.
During his PR career, he was a principal TV spokesman for a major electric utility during the California energy crisis in 2000-2001, as well as orchestrating media coverage for hurricane assistance, solar power initiatives and high-tech unveilings. He is now working with non-profits, small software firms and companies that need assistance with social media and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). He is also the founder of www.lowcostpressreleases.com, a service that produces world-class copy at a fraction of the cost that others charge.
Ed has won public relations awards for publicizing the potential of electric cars (new product); for the unveiling of a merger that created a Fortune 500 company; and for co-authoring a pivotal white paper on energy efficiency, electric transportation and the environment.
As a journalist, Ed's newspaper stories brought in a $25,000 anonymous donation to a Christmas charity, caused government agencies to take action on problems highlighted in his stories, and spurred developers to fix their botched subdivisions.
Ed has been a business reporter and/or editor at the Los Angeles Daily News, the Orlando Sentinel and Crain's Cleveland Business, guiding news coverage or covering topics like real estate, retail, stocks and utilities.
d Van Herik has worked as a professional journalist and public relations professional for more than three decades.During his PR career, he was a principal TV spokesman for a major electric utility during the California energy crisis in 2000-2001, as well as orchestrating media coverage for hurricane assistance, solar power initiatives and high-tech unveilings. He is now working with non-profits, small software firms and companies that need assistance with social media and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). He is also the founder of www.lowcostpressreleases.com, a service that produces world-class copy at a fraction of the cost that others charge.
Ed has won public relations awards for publicizing the potential of electric cars (new product); for the unveiling of a merger that created a Fortune 500 company; and for co-authoring a pivotal white paper on energy efficiency, electric transportation and the environment.
As a journalist, Ed's newspaper stories brought in a $25,000 anonymous donation to a Christmas charity, caused government agencies to take action on problems highlighted in his stories, and spurred developers to fix their botched subdivisions.
Ed has been a business reporter and/or editor at the Los Angeles Daily News, the Orlando Sentinel and Crain's Cleveland Business, guiding news coverage or covering topics like real estate, retail, stocks and utilities.
