Media Interviews

I’m available for interviews by editors, reporters, show hosts and bloggers about my books and their topics

• in person at my office or a reasonably nearby location that suits you
• In your broadcast or cable/satellite studio
• via telephone
• via Skype
• through email
• via AnyMeeting.com teleconference or webinar

Call 610-847-2456 or use our Contact Form to request more information or to schedule an interview. I prefer to have prior notice of any interviews, but if you have a killer deadline coming up and really need a source, give me a call. I still do some journalistic work myself and I understand that pressure, so I’ll do my best to make time to talk with you if at all possible.

Generally, I’ll be most effective as a source on the following topics:

DELAWARE RIVER FLOODING

• Most topics regarding flooding on the Delaware River and its tributaries, especially the flood of 1955 and later
• Some history of the Tocks Island Dam project and the subsequent creation of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
• The origin of the Delaware River Basin Commission
• The history of tropical weather systems and their effect on the Delaware River Valley

• SkyWarn Storm Spotting (I’m a certified SkyWarn spotter in the national program by NWS.)
• Storm chasing (I am an experienced chaser on the High Plains.)
• Severe Weather (I’m an amateur weather enthusiast, not a meteorologist.)
• Related Emergency Management Issues (I’m the weather coordinator for my township’s EMA.)

• Rescuing, adopting and living with special needs pets

MARKETING FOR SMALL & MICRO-BUSINESSES

• I own and operate The Word Forge, a freelance marketing consultancy
• I consult with “mom & pop” businesses, entrepreneurs, authors and independent publishers on how to approach marketing in the 21st century.
• I’m a commercial copywriter and have begun specializing in certain facets of social media marketing.
• I speak on this topic to businesses, at conferences and on industry panels.

 

I have a good bit of experience doing on-air interviews for TV and radio. Select appearances include:

• Conversations with Larry Meiller, Wisconsin Public Radio
• Conversations, WUWM – Milwaukee, WI
• John Brays, WKBK – Keene, New Hampshire
• Mike Pomp Show, WTSN – Dover, New Hampshire
• Rita Cleary, Faces of Life, WDVR – Sergeantsville, NJ
• Hilary Bentman, Stepping Stones, WDVR – Sergeantsville, NJ
• Rita Cleary, Real Life Adventures, WDVR – Sergeantsville, NJ
• John Cole, Tempus, WDVR – Sergeantsville, NJ
• The Breakfast Club, WCUB – Two Rivers, WI
• Tempo! Magazine, Amy Burkett – WLVT-TV Allentown, PA (Below, Partial only)
• Dr. Jon Nese, Weather Whys – WPSU-TV, Penn State (Below, Complete)

 

 

INTERVIEWS WITH MARY

One recent interview, with Stacey Ritz at The Examiner:

Words from the heart: up close and personal with Author Mary Shafer

Interviewed by author Sandra Carey Cody on her Birth of a Novel blog

As a contributing author to Almost Perfect: Disabled Pets and the People Who Love Them