Neil Foote, Entrepreneurial media executive, Author and Educator
Neil Foote is an entrepreneurial media executive, author and educator with experience in journalism, public relations, marketing, branding, education, publishing, radio and the internet. He has a proven ability to develop new product strategies that support business, financial and community objectives. Foote has managed and developed several websites from inception to launch.
He is an expert at identifying, negotiating and managing strategic relationships. He has extensive knowledge of print and digital media and strategic communications.
Foote has been inducted into the prestigious National Association of Black Journalists Hall of Fame, recognizing his numerous accomplishments over his storied career. UNT’s Mayborn School of Journalism also selected him as a recipient of its top award, the C.E. Shuford Hall of Honor.
He has been recognized as a new media pioneer and expert on digital strategy whose work has been published extensively. He has worked as journalist (The Miami Herald and Washington Post); a diversity executive (American Society of Newspaper Editors); a sales manager and digital strategies leader (The Dallas Morning News and A.H. Belo Corp.).; founder and COO of Tom Joyner’s BlackAmericaWeb.com and later, Joyner’s director of communication for all of his businesses, including the Tom Joyner Foundation.
As a thought leader, he also is principal of Foote Communications LLC, an integrated communications, marketing and public relations firm. He is the author of a journalism textbook, “Principles of News” (Kendall Hunt Publisher, 2020), and a contributor to the textbook, “Race, Gender, Class, and Media: Studying Mass Communication and Multiculturalism” (Kendall Hunt Publisher, 2011, 2014, 2017).
Foote is a respected leader who has led membership-driven organizations for journalists, media executives, and public relations professionals. The native of Brooklyn, NY is president of the National Black Public Relations Society, Inc., the former board chair of the National Kidney Foundation serving North Texas, board secretary for Forefront Living, and a Life Trustee for The Lamplighter School.
