Hal Vincent Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Canada Area

journalism, speechwriting, humour, voiceovers, media relations, crisis communications, media training, public relations,

Researching and writing speeches, internal and external presentations & other strategic communications materialsIssues/crisis communications.Providing media and other communications training and advice

Contract writer of speeches & remarks for CEO & other senior officialsInternal communications, bank-wide newsletter articles (circulation of 50,000)Researched business issues such as productivity, market demographics Provided support to Public Affairs & Corporate Affairs

Managed all aspects of communications with radio, television and print media, from strategy to writing, coaching, and issues and crisis management. As a media advisor to members of the Cabinet and Government Caucus at Queen's Park, fostered team work as communications leader and mentorWorked with politicians, senior political and civil service staff developing and implementing successful communications strategies Provided media training and advice to Cabinet Ministers and MPPs Established and maintained good relations with media and stakeholders

Press Secretary for Attorney General, & Ministers of Environment & Energy, Consumer & Commercial Relations & Economic Development & Trade, Involved in issues management e.g. steel and forest industries Helped prepare materials for first Ontario-New York trade summit Worked on contentious issues including interacting with the Ontario and national media during the Walkerton tragedy, both as communications advisor and government spokesman; controversy over same-sex marriages; consumer fraud; business expansions; plant shut-downs; effect of 9 /11 on cross-border trade

Radio newscaster and reporter, including 19 years as Queen's Park Bureau ChiefCovered wide range of news stories from courts and crime to politics. In addition, filed news reports to approximately 100 radio stations Canada-wide through Standard Broadcast News.Produced prolifically under tight deadlinesRelated complex issues in easily understandable terms Earned a reputation for fairness and accuracy Developed extensive contacts with newsmakers and opinion leadersCovered numerous Premier's conferences across Canada and six Ontario electionsWrote and voiced a popular, humourous weekend feature on politics

Diploma, Journalism

B.A, English And Psychology