Emmy-winning FAMU alumna joins Strauss Media Strategies

Rachael Shackelford, an Emmy-winning FAMU alumna, recently joined the Strauss Media Strategies as an account executive.

“I’m pleased to announce the continued growth of Strauss Media Strategies,” said Richard Strauss, president and founder of Strauss Media Strategies. “Rachael is a great addition to our ever-expanding team and I’m thrilled to have her on board. Her many years of cable network television news producer experience will pay huge dividends to the existing Strauss Media Strategies base of clients.”

Prior to being hired at Strauss, Shackelford worked for nine years at CNN where she was most recently an associate producer for “The Situation Room,” with anchor Wolf Blitzer. She produced and booked guest segments and handled guest logistics, both domestically and internationally.

Shackelford also worked in the prestigious “front row” of the control room during CNN breaking news and political specials and covered the Obama administration as a producer for the network’s White House unit. As the main control room manager of video elements for all of CNN’s political specials, she was heavily involved in the 2012 political season and won an Emmy as a producer for CNN’s 2012 presidential Election Night in America broadcasts.

“I am very excited to become a part of the Strauss Media Strategies team,” Shackelford said. “I am thrilled to join the public relations world and can’t wait to help our clients gain the kind of exposure they desire.”

Shackelford received her undergraduate degree in journalism from FAMU and her graduate degree in International Affairs from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Strauss Media Strategies, headquartered in Washington, DC and with offices in New York City and Los Angeles, is a communications, public relations, consulting and strategy firm focused on radio and television media relations.