Former Democratic Party spokesman, longtime journalist forms consulting company

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/CONTACT: TERRY R. CASSREINO

PHONE: (601) 454-7419/E-MAIL: terry@cassreino.com

JACKSON (Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009) – Terry R. Cassreino, former communications director for the Mississippi Democratic Party and a former longtime Mississippi journalist, announced today he has formed a media and political consulting company.

Cassreino Consulting LLC offers media and political campaign consulting, including the ability to craft effective media and marketing strategies that will help businesses, organizations and candidates for public office mount winning, successful public relations and election campaigns.

"Political and business clients will be able to draw on my 22 years of experience at Mississippi newspapers as an award-winning reporter and editor who covered and followed state politics and government," Cassreino said.

"I'll also draw on more than two years of experience as communications director for the Mississippi Democratic Party – during which I worked as communications director for Congressman Travis Childers' successful, 2008 special election for the 1st District U.S. House seat."

Cassreino, 47, a New Orleans native, is a 1985 University of Mississippi graduate. His newspaper career included more than 12½ years as the statehouse political reporter for The Sun Herald and nearly six years as an editor at The Madison County Journal, The Meridian Star and Hattiesburg American.

He joined the Mississippi Democratic Party in September 2006 as communications director. While there, Cassreino worked on the spring 2008 special election in which Childers won the 1st District U.S. House seat – and became the first Democrat to hold that office in 13 years.

Cassreino also coordinated media events in Oxford the week of the Sept. 26, 2008, presidential debate. And he worked with the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C., last fall to promote President Obama's candidacy in Mississippi.

Cassreino is married to the former Pam Vance of Madison, a teacher with Madison County schools; they have two children. The Cassreinos live in Madison County.

"My strength is my vast experience working with the news media in Mississippi and political organizations in our state and in Washington," Cassreino said. "I will use that to my clients' advantage, just like I did helping our Democratic candidates win Congress and the presidency."

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