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Paul Sims

Media Trainer

A former CNN reporter, Paul Sims is a 24-year media and strategic communications veteran with extensive experience in television news and feature show writing, public relations and business marketing communications for leading companies in a variety of industries.

Prior to his work with RCI, Paul Sims headed up the 1996 Olympics public relations efforts for AT&T, Bausch & Lomb, and Georgia Tech, as vice president and group manager at the Cohn & Wolfe agency. He has also served as public relations director at both Scientific-Atlanta and MCI.

His career blends creative writing and video production vision with strong public relations and marketing strategy. His award winning stints as a television news reporter and anchor at WBIR-TV (NBC) in Knoxville, Tennessee; WSOC-TV (ABC) in Charlotte, North Carolina; WAGA-TV (CBS) in Atlanta, Georgia; and CNN in Atlanta, set the stage for a broad range of capabilities including media training. He also specializes in writing video scripts, feature shows, executive speeches and press announcements for a wide variety of clients.

Sims' consistent focus on results has led to years of prominent press coverage for clients in local, regional, national, and international business and trade publications and broadcasts, including CNBC's Squawk Box, CNN's Moneyline, Bloomberg TV, PBS' Nightly Business Report, USA Today, The Today Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Good Morning America, The Wall Street Journal, Multichannel News, Cable World, CableFAX Daily, Communications Technology, CED, Kagan Broadband, Telephony, Wireless Week, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, Financial Times, The New York Times, Interactive Week, eWeek, InfoWorld, tele.com, and the Associated Press.

Sims, earned a bachelor of communications degree from the University of Tennessee, is a member of the Public Relations Society of America, the PRSA Independent Counselor's Forum, and the Cable and Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM).