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Sara Pentz
Co-Host of the Barry Farber Show Sara Pentz is a professional journalist. She has been a television news reporter/anchor and is currently co-host of The Barry Farber Show. Sara has been a TV News reporter and anchor in New York City, Dallas and for CNN in LA. She has written and produced award-winning documentaries, public service announcements and educational/image development videos for corporations, institutions and non-profit organizations. Her feature articles have appeared nationally in newspapers, magazines and trade publications. She has been a contributing editor for local newspapers and held editorial positions with national magazines. Sara has written public relations plans, created advertising and promotional copy, written and produced newsletters, brochures, and speeches. She has planned and written copy for national marketing meetings, special events, trade conventions and non-profits Publications TV Guide Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, Grand Tour Magazine (Senior Writer), The Dallas Morning News, The Dallas Times Herald, Dallas Business Journal, Texas Women’s News (Senior Editor), Runner’s World, Oklahoma Home & Garden, Newport Beach 714 (Arts Columnist), H Magazine (Senior Writer), South Coast Magazine, OC/SD Film & Video News (Contributing Writer), MiniCo Publications, Inc., Heritage Media, South Coast Business Digest (Editor), Art Gallery International (Editor).

Achievements Sara was one of the first women television news reporters in New York City. TV news and features and reports were satellited worldwide by ABC Network and Newsweek Broadcasting. She created and hosted a half hour radio program showcasing women business owners for NAWBO/Dallas. She was responsible for $1M+ advertising budget for Swensen’s Ice Cream Company, increasing sales in targeted areas by 30%. As Orange County United Way “Loaned Executive,” she raised funds 17% above $400,000 goal from more than 30 companies in and around the Irvine Spectrum, Orange County, CA, in ten weeks.

Sara has written about media bias for the past 20 years. Her articles inclue: The Mechanics of the Media; The Media Brain Washing Machines; Beware the Roll of Polls; Bill Cosby Speaks; Chipping Away at Bias; THe Blogosphere Rising; The Business of News Reporting; Tee Diminishing Art of Inquiry; The Freedom to Speak the Ridiculous; The Liberals and Racism; Why Fight for an Objective Media. Honors & Lectures “Outstanding Achievement in the Field of TV News,” International Who's Who of         Professional and Business Women “Outstanding Member,” National Association of Women Business Owners, Dallas “Outstanding Video Production,” Matrix Award(s), Women in Communications, Dallas PROTOS Award winner (Public Relations Society of America, Orange County Chapter) Senior Journalist with McKinley Reserve Media Group, for work with Miami-based KIRA Inc. on campaign "Contracting with KIRA.

“Video Production,” Fort Worth Advertising Club "Media Person of the Year,” Texas Early Childhood Intervention Program, Austin “High Spirited Citizen Award,” City of Irving, Texas “Outstanding Food Service Executive,” Institutions Magazine Lecturer, Graduate Master Classes, Arts Administration, SMU Lecturer, Leadership Dallas, “Media and the Arts” Lecturer, Dallas Community College System, “Media Relations” Lecturer, Texas Homebased Business Conferences, “Media Relations” Lecturer, Texas Conference on Small Business Symposium Speaker, American Symphony Orchestra Assoc., 29th Biennial Conference Master of Ceremonies, The Meyerson Symphony Center, Sammons Center for the Arts

Advertising Companies Hill & Knowlton Bozell, Inc. Levenson Levenson & Hill Smyth Katzen

Documentaries, Written and Produced WFAA-TV: "Catherine The Great:  A Russian Empress" WFAA-TV: "Handle's Messiah: A Christmas Rhapsody" Metropolitan Dallas YWCA's “Family of the Year” (l987, l988, l989, l990) Intervention Center of Irvine, Texas: "Dusty: A 3-Year-Old, 6-Month-Old Boy" 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" "Irving, Texas: A Transportation Mecca"

Education BA, Journalism/English, Ohio State University Post Graduate Studies—Columbia University, NYU, UCI Various Courses: Philosophy, Psychology, Art, Film

www.sarapentz.com sara@sarapentz.com