Michael (Mike) Richardson

Strategic communications - books, speeches, video, audio. Human rights advocacy. Award-winning American journalist, editor, and author of the nationally acclaimed Amazing Faith; also human rights documentary After Amin - The Bloody Pearl, and producer-editor, Ethics Applied 3.0 college textbook.Three-time nominee for Pulitzer Prize. Consultant in Resource Developmment and Message Management. Past political editor, editorialist, and columnist of The St. Petersburg Times and editorial editor of The St. Petersburg Evening Independent. Past President of the National Conference of Editorial Writers Foundation. Creator of The Lifeline Letters to those in Soviet gulags. Founder of The Ida B. Wells Award for minority opportunities in journalism. Former executive of Times Publishing Co,.of St. Petersburg College, and of Florida-Japan Institute. Higher education policy analyst in Jeb Bush administration. Advocate for greater student access to colleges and universities. Consultant to media foundations. Project travels in Russia, East Africa, Japan, Australia, Mideast and Europe. Indianapolis-born, honor student in mass communications at Franklin College, youth baseball and basketball coach, congregational leader. Interests Music and Jewish history.><727-424-5252, [email protected], www.Twitter.com/1MikeRichardson