David Bartlett

David Bartlett is one of the most highly regarded communications strategists and crisis management experts in the country. He is the author of Making Your Point (St. Martin’s Press), a practical guide to communication strategy and tactics.

Major corporations, trade associations, non-profits, and multinationals trust Mr. Bartlett with their most sensitive high-stakes communications assignments, and he has helped a wide range of clients communicate effectively with critical stakeholder groups. He has worked with the senior leadership of companies in pharmaceuticals, healthcare, automobile manufacturing, consumer products, utilities, energy, chemicals, defense, food processing, biotechnology, insurance, financial services, and many other industries in the United States and around the world. 

Mr. Bartlett served as President of the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA), the international professional association of electronic journalists. He was RTDNA’s principal spokesman and public affairs strategist, representing the organization and the industry in press interviews, Congressional testimony, public speaking engagements, and numerous local and network broadcast appearances.

Mr. Bartlett’s career also includes senior management positions with major media organizations, including NBC Radio, Metromedia Television News, Post-Newsweek Stations, and the Voice of America.

He began his career as a reporter for the Hartford Courant covering crime and the courts. He has produced television documentaries for NBC, PBS, and Turner Broadcasting and has written for the Media Institute, the Aspen Institute, the Media Studies Center, the International Press Institute, the American Journalism Review, Broadcasting & Cable Magazine, and the Federal Communications Law Journal.

Mr. Bartlett graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history from Trinity College, Hartford and did his graduate work at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.