“We are living in the “information age” and because of the important role the media plays in our society we need a new and different approach to how we work with all forms of the media. It starts with recognizing them as full fledged partners in building disaster resistant communities and regions. They are not the enemy, they are our friends.”
— Eric Holdeman
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News
Providing accurate and factual information with insightful commentary to television, radio and newspaper media is an important aspect of what Eric is committed to doing.
He has had extensive media experience in providing informative content to all forms of the media. This has included producing and hosting 60 Project Impact programs for a 31 channel government network of stations in Washington State.
See examples of his commercial television interviews, quotes in the media. Also see examples of his published articles and his Op-eds.
Eric believes that the media is not the enemy and is working to have governments and private business take a different approach to working with the media. See The Media is my Friend (PDF) for an introduction to what he has done previously and the attitudes he is trying to change.
Information for Media Partners
Eric tries to make himself available to the media 24/7/365 days, except for leap years when that expands to 366 days. Click here for Eric's contact information. Another resource for you is Help A Reporter that allows you to have access to other sources based on your topic. It might be just what you need to reach other people who can help you with story content.
If Eric is not able to speak on a topic he has a 6,500 person rolodex of contacts and he will happily refer you to other experts.
You may find the following documents helpful in your work in reporting the news:
Holdeman Quoted & Interviews
- TOPIC
- MEDIA
- DATE
- Spending Bills Fully Fund FEMA Disaster Relief Request For 2012
- HSToday.US
- 12.30.11
- Homeland Security Grants To Cities Soon To Suffer More Deep Cuts
- Huffington Post
- 12.29.11
- Federal Homeland Security dollars drying up
- KING 5 News
- 09.09.11
- 9/11 and the price of protection
- Radio Canada
CBC News - 09.06.11
- Disaster spending breaks records
- Marketplace - APM
- 08.22.11
- What Happens at a Norwegian Political Youth Camp?
- Slate.com
- 07.25.11
- Arizona wildfire could spread to New Mexico
- Marketplace - APM
- 06.08.11
- Preparing Hanford for a major earthquake
- King 5 News
- 05.26.11
- ‘140’ social media online conference 2 b available
- NACO County News
- 05.09.11
- City, port plan to purchase boat
- Tacoma Weekly
- 09.28.10
- FEMA: Making a Comback
- Governing
- 08.10
- An Ounce of Advocacy
- Stanford Social
Innovation Review - 05.10
- Forging Public-Private Relationships
- Security Management
- D.C. panel approves Fenty nominee for homeland security chief
- The Washington Post
- 02.24.10
- U.S. responds swiftly
to help Haiti - Politico
- 01.14.10
- With hopes for the best,
he prepares for the worst - Seattle Times
- 04.28.02
reprinted 12.27.09
- Emergency Response
and Social Networking - Federal News
Radio 1500 - 06.23.09
- Partnerships key
to port security - Tacoma Weekly
- 04.16.09
- Maritime security
goes well beyond
the perimeter (PDF) - Security Director
News - 04.09
- Tweeting in
an Emergency - Homeland 1
- 02.18.09
- Expert: FEMA Has
"Know-It-All"
Mentality (mp3) - Federal News
Radio 1500 - 02.05.09
- A Guide to
Workers' Comp
Worst-Case Scenarios - Risk & Insurance
- 01.09
- Social Networking
In Emergency
Management - Web20iGo
- 11.08
- Eric Holdeman on
the state of FEMA
and the future of EM - When Safety Fails
- 11.08
- Inside Information
- Government Technology
- 10.08
- Business Continuity:
Survey Gauges Government's Ability
to Survive Disaster - Government
Technology - 07.17.08
- Intel: Disasters can be
'business as usual'
with enough planning - Computerworld
Security - 06.18.08
- Schwarzenegger's
Radical Volunteers - Time Magazine
- 02.26.08
- A Changing Reality
- Emergency
Management Magazine - 09.19.07
- Town's comeback
uncertain after tornado - USA Today
- 08.07
- ICF International
Hires Nationally
Known Emergency
Management, Homeland
Security Experts - ICF International
- 06.12.07
- The Changing Roles
and Responsibilities
of the Local Emergency
Manager: An Empirical
Study - International Journal
of Mass Emergencies
and Disasters - 03.07
- Why we don't prepare
- Time Magazine
- 08.28.06
- Doing it the NW Way
- Homeland Security
Today - 06.06
- Coming soon!
- Seattle Magazine
- 03.06
- A moment with ...
Eric Holdeman - Seattle P-I
- 06.05.05
- Early readings
from disaster drill
bode well for us - Seattle P-I
- 05.14.03
- Bridging the Data
Disconnect: Information
Sharing Essentials - Government
Technology - 10.08.02
- With hopes for
the best, he prepares
for the worst - Seattle Times
- 04.28.02
- Bridging the Data
Disconnect: Information
Sharing Essentials - Seattle P-I
- 12.07.01
