Eric Seidel

Eric Seidel is the founder and CEO of The Media Trainers, LLC, a professional communications training and consulting firm. But most people remember him as the former station manager of  Newsradio WGST, when it was dubbed “The News Monster” and where he managed an award-winning news staff and hired and developed two syndicated talk hosts, Sean Hannity and Clark Howard.
A native of Silver Spring, MD, just outside Washington DC, Seidel got his start in radio when he was in high school and went on to receive a Journalism degree from the renowned University of Missouri School of Journalism.  His career includes working at radio and TV stations in suburban NYC, Baltimore, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, and twice here in Atlanta at WGST Radio. He also has been the Supreme Court Correspondent for CNN.
His firm’s clients include Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Southern Co., Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Georgia Power Co., Alabama Power Co., Mississippi Power Co., Coca-Cola Co., AirTran Airways, EarthLink, BAE Systems, Raytheon, Verizon Wireless and Comcast.