Peter Himler

• Gender: Male
• Industry: Communications or Media
• Occupation: PR/Media Consultant
• Location: New York City : United States

About Me

Peter is founder and principal of Flatiron Communications LLC, a PR/media consulting firm in New York. He most recently served as Chief Media Officer for Edelman Worldwide, following 11 years with Burson-Marsteller as head of the agency's U.S. corporate and strategic media team and its worldwide spokesperson. Prior to B-M, Peter was media director for six years at Cohn & Wolfe, which followed five years at Hill and Knowlton where he led H&K's broadcast and consumer media relations group. He began his career with three years at the NYC entertainment PR firm of Robert Zarem Inc. In 2005, PR News named Peter its “PR Professional/Media Relations Executive of the Year.” That same year, PR Week awarded the PR program he led to build the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. as its “Public Sector Campaign of the Year.” Peter's blog, “The Flack” recently was awarded a “2006 PR News Platinum Award” as the year's best blog.

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Avail yourself to no media interviews! Let your body of work speak for itself. Delay succumbing to the allure of fleeting fame.

Interests

• President
• Publicity Club of NY
• Center for Communication
• Museum of TV & Radio
• mediabistro.com
• Social Media Collective
• Tufts University Communications & Media Studies Program
• United Way of New York City
• etc.

Favorite Movies

• "Sullivan's Travels"
• "It's a Wonderful Life"
• "Close Encounters"
• "Tootsie"
• "Ferris Bueller"
• "Absence of Malice
• " "Forrest Gump
• " "Risky Business"

Favorite Music

• Lost Tracks: 1968-1972
• no top 40
• deeper cuts

Favorite Books

• "We the Media"
• "Blink"
• "The Search"
• "Naked Conversations"
• "The Long Tail"
• "The World is Flat
• " "Made to Stick
• " "Personality Not Included
• " "Groundswell
• " "Do it Wrong Quickly"

My Blogs	Team Members
The Flack	Constantin Basturea