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Paul Paolicelli is a veteran television journalist, documentary producer, news consultant and author. His career includes stints as News Director at local stations in Atlanta, Orlando and Houston. He is the former Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief for the NBC Television Stations and also a former press secretary to U.S. Senator J. Glenn Beall Jr.

Along the way, he has picked up six local "Emmy" awards, a national Columbia/Dupont and has been nominated for a Peabody. He served two elected terms on the Board of Directors of the Radio Television News Directors' Association (RTNDA), the national voice for electronic journalists. He has consulted with dozens of television stations throughout the United States, and with newly-developing media in Slovenia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Croatia for the Independent Media Fund (IMF) and U.S. State Department.

Paolicelli is the author of two acclaimed books on the Italian American experience: Dances With Luigi (Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martins Press, a Barnes&Noble "Discover Great New Writers" selection and LA Times bestseller), and Under the Southern Sun (Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martins Press, a Sons of Italy recommended reading selection).

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Paolicelli holds degrees in Music and English Literature.