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EXPERT ALERTS

• Reverse Mortgage Myths and Facts
• Website Accessibility Laws and Requirements for Government
• Trump Blocks Broadcom's Bid for Qualcomm
• Sales Funnel: Your Yellow-Brick Road
• 3 Reasons You Can't Trust Your Personal Balance Sheet
• Are Cultural Celebrations in the Workplace a Good Idea?

MEDIA JOBS

• Senior Writer/Editor, Autos – Consumer Reports (CT)
• Publicist – Ladders (NY)
• Reporter, Intelligence and Cybersecurity – The Wall Street Journal (DC)

OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

• Newseum Aims to Help End Silence on Sexual Misconduct in Newsrooms
• 11 Service Journalism Sites Serving Up Evergreen Content in a Newish Way
• Female Journalists Speak: How to Make It as a Woman in the Media Business

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EXPERT ALERTS

Reverse Mortgage Myths and Facts
Eric Rittmeyer
President
Fidelis Mortgage
Baltimore, MD
"As the nation's baby boomer population continues to age, the desire to age in place has never been greater.  An often overlooked financial tool is the federally insured reverse mortgage program.  Because of misconceptions that are rooted to the very early days of the reverse mortgage (prior to FHA regulations), many people are advised to avoid the product all together.  One of the main concerns we hear is the high cost associated with establishing the loan.  While it generally does cost more than a regular 'forward' mortgage, it actually can cost less than the expense of selling the property.  Another concern we hear is the lender will own the home when the borrower(s) pass away.  This is not accurate.  When the last borrower vacates the home, the heirs sell the home, pay off the reverse mortgage and walk away with all remaining equity."
Rittmeyer is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. He is also the first person in the nation to earn the designation of Certified Reverse Mortgage Professional (CRMP).
Website: www.Reverse-Mortgage-Maryland.com
ProfNet Profile: http://www.profnetconnect.com/eric_rittmeyer
Contact: [email protected]

Website Accessibility Laws and Requirements for Government
Stephen Tidmore
VP of Technology
Mighty Citizen
"With millions of Americans using assistive technologies, like screen readers, to use the Internet, accessibility isn't only the right thing to do, it's smart business."
Tidmore joined Mighty Citizen in 2012, where heads up the development process, builds and maintains large and complex websites, works closely with clients to help guide technology decisions, consults on information architecture and design, oversees a team of developers, and manages all internal technology for the company. A technical savant and savvy communicator, Tidmore became a webmaster at the University of Texas at Austin, and built his first website in 1999.
Austin, Texas.
Bio: https://www.mightycitizen.com/team/stephen-tidmore
Contact: Laura Bond Williams, [email protected] 

Trump Blocks Broadcom's Bid for Qualcomm
Daniel N. Anziska
Partner
Troutman Sanders LLP
"President Trump just blocked the Broadcom takeover of Qualcomm. The timing and substance of this decision is unprecedented. Historians have predicted we would end up here."
As a partner at a nationwide law firm, Anziska can speak to what this action means going forward – the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) is a powerful and unseen gatekeeper on multi-billion-dollar deals. Anziska's legal practice focuses on counseling parties on antitrust issues with respect to mergers and acquisitions, including assessing potential competitive impacts of transactions, drafting relevant deal provisions and managing the substantive antitrust approval process with U.S. and foreign competition agencies. To that end, he routinely advises clients on competition and national security (CFIUS) issues concerning China and Taiwan businesses, including coordination with China's MOFCOM. Anziska is based in New York.
Website: https://www.troutman.com
Contact: Diane Iselin, [email protected] 

Sales Funnel: Your Yellow-Brick Road
Julie Stoian
Digital Marketing Consultant and Tech Coach
ClickFunnels
"What exactly is a sales funnel? It's your yellow-brick road. It's the guiding path for people who have no idea who you are, taking them on a journey to discovering you, buying from you, and becoming a loyal fan. In its most basic form, a sales funnel is a series of webpages, emails, texts, and messenger bots -- basically lines of communication. In the pre-digital days, a sales funnel would look something like a newspaper ad with a phone number, which would lead to a call, which would lead to the customer going to the shop and hopefully making a purchase. In the digital world, we use webpages, emails, and texts to communicate all our deals and offers."
Stoian is a digital marketing consultant and tech coach who is making her mark on the internet through her popular brand, Create Your Laptop Life. She has inspired and equipped thousands of up-and-coming business owners with the skills and strategies they need to create, build, and grow profitable online businesses. After a rocky divorce and unexpected pregnancy in 2014, Stoian transformed her passion for internet marketing into a sustainable seven-figure business by using ClickFunnels as a primary tool for herself and her clients. Stoian's success made her one of ClickFunnels' 2 Comma Club winners. She has been featured on media outlets like Anderson LIVE, BBC World Have Your Say, and Rachel Ray, as well as numerous business and marketing podcasts and blogs. Off the internet, she is a mom of four, as well as a musician, foodie, and theater buff.
Online Press Kit: http://clickfunnels.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: https://www.clickfunnels.com
Contact: Michelle Tennant, [email protected]

3 Reasons You Can't Trust Your Personal Balance Sheet
Pamela Yellen
President
Bank On Yourself
"Your personal balance sheet can tell you a lot, but it may not be telling you everything. When it comes to calculating the net worth of retirement accounts, your balance sheet can be extremely misleading – and not in your favor. For instance, consider: 1) Hidden tax hit: If you have $300,000 in an IRA, 401(k) or other traditional retirement account (other than a Roth IRA), those accounts would be listed as a $300,000 asset, but you will face significant income tax liability. Whenever you take money out of your traditional retirement account, you'll owe income tax on every dollar you remove. For a taxpayer in the 25 percent bracket, that amounts to $75,000 you have to pay Uncle Sam, and $225,000 you get to keep. 2) Estate impacts: If you die before you've withdrawn all the money from your traditional retirement account, what's left will go to your beneficiaries -- and Uncle Sam will look to them to pay the income tax you owe. In addition, your family may have to pay estate tax on your retirement money they inherit. 3) Retirement account values are subject to drastic change: Your balance sheet shows the estimated worth of your assets if you could sell them today at fair market value. It does not tell you what they would be worth if the market tanks, or even if it soars."
Yellen is a financial investigator and the author of two New York Times best-selling books, including her latest, "The Bank On Yourself Revolution: Fire Your Banker, Bypass Wall Street, and Take Control of Your Own Financial Future." She investigated more than 450 financial strategies seeking an alternative to the risk and volatility of stocks and other investments, which led her to a time-tested, predictable method of growing wealth now used by more than 500,000 Americans.
Online Press Kit: http://pamelayellen.onlinepresskit247.com
Website: https://www.bankonyourself.com
Contact: Jennifer Thomas, [email protected]

Are Cultural Celebrations in the Workplace a Good Idea?
Dr. ArLyne Diamond
President and Founder
Diamond Associates
"Today, too many people are trying to neutralize holidays and traditions of different peoples, but that makes everything a boring shade of grey. Instead let's celebrate them all. Office parties for these holidays create positive relations. Sharing in the tradition of others helps us understand and brings us closer. Team building comes about naturally when we celebrate together. Diversity does not mean sanitizing every other cultural expression; on the contrary, it means being exposed to them in positive ways. Most companies have office parties for birthdays and anniversaries, so adding cultural celebrations is a natural and positive addition to making people feel good."
Dr. Diamond is an internationally recognized leadership, management, professional development, and organizational development consultant specializing in people and processes in the workplace. As the president and founder of Diamond Associates, Dr. Diamond's clients range from boards of directors and upper management to support staff in many industries, both public and private.
Website: www.diamondassociates.net
Contact: Mark Goldman, [email protected] 

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• Senior Writer/Editor, Autos – Consumer Reports (CT)
• Publicist – Ladders (NY)
• Reporter, Intelligence and Cybersecurity – The Wall Street Journal (DC)

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OTHER NEWS & RESOURCES

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• NEWSEUM AIMS TO HELP END SILENCE ON SEXUAL MISCONDUCT IN NEWSROOMS. In January, the Newseum invited more than 130 newsroom leaders, editors, reporters, and advocates to its Power Shift Summit. The summit released a 21-page report: Ending Silence and Changing Systems in the Media Industry, identifying seven key principles and necessary changes: http://prn.to/newseumreport
• 11 SERVICE JOURNALISM SITES SERVING UP EVERGREEN CONTENT IN A NEWISH WAY. A workhorse of the newsroom, this kind of repeat content can serve audiences all year long, as a complement to traditional and hard news coverage.Here are 11 websites we love for making it their mission to help readers through systematic how-to posts, guides, and first-hand storytelling: http://prn.to/servicejsites
• FEMALE JOURNALISTS SPEAK: HOW TO MAKE IT AS A WOMAN IN THE MEDIA BUSINESS. From the Sixth & I talk "Work in Progress: Women in Media," panelists Hadas Gold (CNN), Alexandra Petri (Washington Pst), and Ashley Westerman (NPR Morning Edition) divulged their experiences, insight, and advice for navigating the media industry as a female.: http://prn.to/womeninmedia

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