About Michelle Tennant

Good Morning America Producer Mable Chan calls Michelle Tennant a “Five Star Publicist.” Tennant, a partner and executive publicist with Wasabi Publicity Inc., calls herself a “storyteller to the media.” Her passion is telling “truly good stories” and “exclusively representing people who make a positive difference in the world.” For 30+ years, media friends have solicited her help in crafting news stories by requesting sources, sound bites, and statistics. An award-winning writer, Michelle peppers campaigns with insight from her master’s degree in human development, BFA from a top 25 drama school, and expertise seeing PR transition from typewriters to Twitter. She’s either spinning stories or spinning at the gym. After hours, she savors the Smoky Mountains with her husband, Siberian Husky, and backyard chickens. Learn more about her work through her column at Psychology Today. Check out the clients she's currently pitching at SearchPressKits.com.

NEWS HOOKS Take Your Shirt Off; The World is Watching

By |2016-10-13T16:38:02-04:00March 23rd, 2015|

Whew, today's news includes men taking their shirts off. Tom Cruise is still packing visual heat for the ladies in his 50's with the news of the Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation coming to a theater near you. All medical professionals and personal trainers will be on-call for media wanting to know Cruise' secret of remaining so [...]

NEWS HOOKS Breastfeeding, Brackets and Budgets

By |2016-10-13T16:38:02-04:00March 19th, 2015|

Breasts are still in the news today. Breastfeeding that is. So, if you're an educational or medical professional who can weigh in on all-things breastfeeding, now's the time to pitch yourself to media friends. Yesterday in my blog entry, "God, Dog and Basketball," I reported on a new study that links breastfeeding with making more [...]

NEWS HOOKS March Madness, Dolce & Gabbana, Love Hormones & Carol’s Cookies

By |2016-10-13T16:38:03-04:00March 16th, 2015|

Baby ... it's March Madness. So, if you're a sports expert and if your expertise can help move forward public sports conversations versus just your fantasy leagues, then be sure to let your media contacts know. All this month, they're looking for great soundbites and stories about people excited about their teams. I grew up [...]

NEWS HOOKS Ink, Inc. and Inq. – Bombshells, Racism and Police Training

By |2016-10-13T16:38:03-04:00March 13th, 2015|

Got ink? Well, if you're inked or can comment about tattoos, you're going to like today's news cycle. A Texas man was booted from a restaurant. (News venues are calling the Texas-based Bombshells a "breastaurant" which opens up a whole other discussion about sexism in the restaurant industry.) This Atlanta news team said it best, "The [...]

NEWS HOOKS First Human? Fossils, Emails and Net Neutrality

By |2016-10-13T16:38:03-04:00March 4th, 2015|

Well, let's see, today's news is interesting in particular because scientists say they may have found a fossil of the first human in Ethiopia. If you're an expert in fossils, history or can explain why this is such a monumental discovery, media friends may be looking for you. Fossils to emails are a big jump, [...]