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A Professional Insider’s Perspective of the Media

About Sara Pentz
 

CAPABILITIES SUMMARY:
Sara’s work as a journalist includes magazine editor/writer and columnist, TV news reporter, documentary producer, script and website writer, media trainer, voice over artist and radio host. In addition Sara has written marketing and public relations plans, and created brochures, ad copy and promotional materials


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PUBLICATIONS: (Staff)
Grand Tour Magazine, Senior Editor/Columnist (Newport Beach)
Business Digest Magazine, Editor (Mission Viejo)
Art Gallery International, Editor (Tulsa)
The Saturday Evening Post, Editorial Associate Editor (New York City)
TV Guide Magazine, New York Picture Editor/writer (New York City)
Artists in Paradise, Tulsa-based Editor (Hawaii)
The Texas Women’s News, Associate Editor (Dallas)

FREELANCE WRITER:
Dallas Morning News Sunday Magazine, Dallas Times Herald Sunday Magazine, Dallas Business Journal, Dallas Life Magazine, South Coast Magazine, H Magazine, Orange County/San Diego Film & Video News, Heritage Media, Catering Magazine, Esprit Magazine, Haute Magazine, Oklahoma Home and Garden Magazine, Housing Insider Magazine, Runner’s World, Trans World Feature Syndicate and several trade publications


TELEVISION ON AIR NEWS REPORTER
WNEW-TV (Metromedia, New York City—now WNYC-TV)
CNN (Los Angeles)
Newsweek Syndicated Television (New York City)
WFAA-TV (ABC, Dallas) [Anchored ARTBEAT, a weekly program on the Arts]
KTUL-TV (ABC, Tulsa)
WBNS-TV (CBS, Columbus, Ohio)

      WFAA-TV Documentary Producer:
          "Catherine The Great: A Russian Empress"
          "Handle's Messiah: A Christmas Rhapsody
"
         
"King Tut’s Legacy"
      WFAA-TV PSA On Camera/Voice Over Talent:
           Dallas Museum of Art (various)
           The Dallas Historical Society (various)
           Shakespeare Festival of Dallas (various)
           The Texas Theater/Dallas
           Audrey Hepburn, Dallas Film Honoree - for ABC Network
         
"Irving YWCA: A Spring Garden Tour"

SARA PENTZ, INC, VIDEO PRODUCTIONS
Corporate Video Clients:
J.C. Penney & Co., Dallas Apparel Mart, American Airlines, Frito Lay, EDS Education Foundation, Dallas Apparel Mart, Dallas Museum of Art, and others.
Pro Bono Clients:
Metropolitan Dallas YWCA's “Family of the Year” (l987, l988, l989, l990)
The Dallas Theatre Center: "Theatre to Awaken the Mind"
St. Anthony's School: "Johnny Grew Up to Be a Success"
Arlington Women's Shelter: "She only got Flowers Once"
Girl’s Inc. Recognition Dinner Video Presentation (l991, l992)
Irving, Texas, Chamber of Commerce: "Irving, Texas: A Transportation Mecca"
Intervention Center of Irvine, Texas: "Dusty: A 3-Year-Old, 6-Month-Old Boy"


MARKETING EXECUTIVE
Swensen's Ice Cream Company, Vice President Marketing
Board of Directors
Executive VP, Swensen’s Ice Cream Advertising Association

BUSINESS OWNER
Pentz Productions, Inc. (Newport Beach)
Clients:  Winmoore, Inc., Rodney Rooney Productions, MediSmart, Inc., Lifetime Music  Academy, Seminal Events, Inc., Mikana Manufacturing, Inc., Animated Playhouse Corporation, SONIKJean, Inc., Winged Victory Press, MPSI Systems, Inc., Szenderski/Rohani Brand Development & Advertising, Net-Strike, Inc., Entelechy Training & Development, YNR Marketing, Secured Entry, LLC, The Media Alliance of Orange County.

Sara Pentz, Inc. (Dallas)
Clients: W.R. Grace Restaurant Group, Coldwell Banker, Sheraton Hotels Inns & Resorts Worldwide, California Milk Advisory Board, Club Corporation of America, First Interstate Bank, Dick’s Last Resort Restaurants, ASID Texas Chapter, Sunchase Investments, Dallas Police Department



HONORS
Women In Communications Matrix Awards - Video Documentary Production
International Who’s Who of Professional and Business Women, - Outstanding Achievement in Television News
Texas Early Childhood Intervention Program - Media Person of the Year
Institution’s Magazine - Top 50 Food Service Women of the Year

EDUCATION
BA, Journalism, Ohio State University
Post Graduate Studies—Columbia University, NYU, UCI, Arts Student’s League/NYC
 
                                                                                                         Updated September 2005 

 

 Sara Pentz
2211 Broadway 
New York, NY 10024
 Sara@sarapentz.com
 
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