Marc Jampole
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Marc Jampole is an American poet
, public relations executive, and former television news reporter.
Jampole owns the public relations agency Jampole Communications, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
and has lectured and written extensively on crisis communications
issues. He has written more than 1000 magazine and newspaper articles, published his poems in a variety of literary journals and authored one book of poetry, Music From Words
.
As a news reporter, Jampole was the first journalist
to highlight the impact of the graying of the baby boom generation on American society.
, Delaware
, Florida
, and Wisconsin
before graduating from high school at age 16. He went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee summa cum laude and won the Robert E. Norris scholarship for his academic achievement.
Jampole earned a Masters of Art and completed his course work and general examinations for a PhD in comparative literature
from the University of Washington
. He later conducted independent research at the Free University of West Berlin on a Fulbright Grant.
During the mid-1970s, Jampole made a number of avant-garde short subject films and often showed them at film festivals. He also ran a closed circuit television station for Pacific Northwest Bell
in Seattle. After relocating to San Francisco in 1977, he worked at KRON-TV
, KGO-TV
[the ABC affiliate], KTVU-TV, and KSTS-TV in their television news departments as a writer, field producer, and on-air reporter. Jampole received a news Emmy nomination for his coverage of the 1980 presidential election for KRON-TV (NBC).
In his last position, as reporter for the national business news show Business Today, from 1981–1982, Jampole was seen in 10 markets across the country. For Business Today, he produced a series of five-part reports, including one on The Graying of the Baby Boomers which aired in 1981, and another on the shrinking middle class. Jampole is considered to be the first journalist in the mass media to report on both of these trends.
In 1982, Jampole moved to Pittsburgh and started working as a freelance writer to earn a living. During this transition, he quit filmmaking and dedicated his creative writing ventures to poetry. After three years of freelance writing and working for several large, international advertising agencies, he formed his own company, Jampole Communications, Inc.
As a public relations executive, Jampole developed and directed the implementation plans to respond to more than 100 business and other crises, including three of the largest chapter 11 bankruptcies in American history - the bankruptcy of Allegheny International and two Penn Traffic Company bankruptcies. Jampole Communications is known nationally for its crisis communications work.
Outside of Jampole Communications, Marc Jampole is the author of one book of poetry, Music From Words
published in 2007 by Bellday Books of North Carolina. Other works of poetry have been published in The Evansville Review, Cortland Review, Slant, A Capella Zoo, Fish Drum, 580 Split, Mississippi Review, Oxford Review, Ellipsis, Main Street Rag, Janus Head, Negative Capability, Peralta, Spitball and other journals. Four of his poems have been nominated for The Pushcart Prize.
First, the voice in his poems is rarely himself and the poems rarely autobiographical. The narrators in his poems are sometimes famous people, sometimes quite ordinary. In one poem, a real-estate agent who thinks he's Moses
Moses sees the burning bush in an upscale suburb. In others, Gilgamesh
gets caught in a traffic jam, Pascal
faces a crisis of faith and faith in reason, a former whiz kid disassociates into psychosis and Hugo Ball
, one of the founders of the Dada movement, sells his wife to soldiers. As Kate Zangrilli wrote, "Mr. Jampole creates some of the deepest feeling people you will ever meet."
Jampole also frequently experiments with the musicality inherent in words. Michael Wurster noted that most of Jampole's poems are characterized by sound experiments. "Jampole is absolutely unique in the way he expresses his material, especially with regard to sound, meter and rhythm." Adrienne Muncy of BookReview.com stated, "The most salient feature of Jampole's poetry is his talent for finding unique ways to make the reader think, and think hard."
Nominations
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, public relations executive, and former television news reporter.
Jampole owns the public relations agency Jampole Communications, Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
and has lectured and written extensively on crisis communications
Crisis communications
Crisis communication is sometimes considered a sub-specialty of the public relations profession that is designed to protect and defend an individual, company, or organization facing a public challenge to its reputation...
issues. He has written more than 1000 magazine and newspaper articles, published his poems in a variety of literary journals and authored one book of poetry, Music From Words
Music From Words
Music from Words is the debut poetry book by Marc Jampole, whose poetry has appeared in many literary journals and prose writing in a wide range of newspapers and magazines.Music from Words was published in 2007 by Bellday Books, Inc...
.
As a news reporter, Jampole was the first journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
to highlight the impact of the graying of the baby boom generation on American society.
Background and education
Marc Jampole was born in New York City and attended nine different schools in New York, New JerseyNew Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, and Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is...
before graduating from high school at age 16. He went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee summa cum laude and won the Robert E. Norris scholarship for his academic achievement.
Jampole earned a Masters of Art and completed his course work and general examinations for a PhD in comparative literature
Comparative literature
Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the literature of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups...
from the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
. He later conducted independent research at the Free University of West Berlin on a Fulbright Grant.
Career
While at the University of Washington, Jampole taught French literature and French and German language, and later taught filmmaking in the Washington Extension School. Taking an early interest in creative ventures he minored in theatre as an undergraduate and filmmaking as a graduate student.During the mid-1970s, Jampole made a number of avant-garde short subject films and often showed them at film festivals. He also ran a closed circuit television station for Pacific Northwest Bell
Pacific Northwest Bell
Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company was an AT&T majority-owned Bell System company that provided local telecommunications services in Oregon, Washington, and northern Idaho. Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Company was formed on July 1, 1961 when it was spun off from the Pacific Telephone and...
in Seattle. After relocating to San Francisco in 1977, he worked at KRON-TV
KRON-TV
KRON-TV, virtual channel 4 , is a television station in San Francisco, California, serving as the Bay Area affiliate of the MyNetworkTV programming service; the station is owned by Young Broadcasting...
, KGO-TV
KGO-TV
KGO-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, based in San Francisco, California...
[the ABC affiliate], KTVU-TV, and KSTS-TV in their television news departments as a writer, field producer, and on-air reporter. Jampole received a news Emmy nomination for his coverage of the 1980 presidential election for KRON-TV (NBC).
In his last position, as reporter for the national business news show Business Today, from 1981–1982, Jampole was seen in 10 markets across the country. For Business Today, he produced a series of five-part reports, including one on The Graying of the Baby Boomers which aired in 1981, and another on the shrinking middle class. Jampole is considered to be the first journalist in the mass media to report on both of these trends.
In 1982, Jampole moved to Pittsburgh and started working as a freelance writer to earn a living. During this transition, he quit filmmaking and dedicated his creative writing ventures to poetry. After three years of freelance writing and working for several large, international advertising agencies, he formed his own company, Jampole Communications, Inc.
As a public relations executive, Jampole developed and directed the implementation plans to respond to more than 100 business and other crises, including three of the largest chapter 11 bankruptcies in American history - the bankruptcy of Allegheny International and two Penn Traffic Company bankruptcies. Jampole Communications is known nationally for its crisis communications work.
Outside of Jampole Communications, Marc Jampole is the author of one book of poetry, Music From Words
Music From Words
Music from Words is the debut poetry book by Marc Jampole, whose poetry has appeared in many literary journals and prose writing in a wide range of newspapers and magazines.Music from Words was published in 2007 by Bellday Books, Inc...
published in 2007 by Bellday Books of North Carolina. Other works of poetry have been published in The Evansville Review, Cortland Review, Slant, A Capella Zoo, Fish Drum, 580 Split, Mississippi Review, Oxford Review, Ellipsis, Main Street Rag, Janus Head, Negative Capability, Peralta, Spitball and other journals. Four of his poems have been nominated for The Pushcart Prize.
Style and themes
Jampole’s style of poetry is considered unlike mainstream contemporary American poetry for several reasons.First, the voice in his poems is rarely himself and the poems rarely autobiographical. The narrators in his poems are sometimes famous people, sometimes quite ordinary. In one poem, a real-estate agent who thinks he's Moses
Moses
Moses was, according to the Hebrew Bible and Qur'an, a religious leader, lawgiver and prophet, to whom the authorship of the Torah is traditionally attributed...
Moses sees the burning bush in an upscale suburb. In others, Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh was the fifth king of Uruk, modern day Iraq , placing his reign ca. 2500 BC. According to the Sumerian king list he reigned for 126 years. In the Tummal Inscription, Gilgamesh, and his son Urlugal, rebuilt the sanctuary of the goddess Ninlil, in Tummal, a sacred quarter in her city of...
gets caught in a traffic jam, Pascal
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal , was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Catholic philosopher. He was a child prodigy who was educated by his father, a tax collector in Rouen...
faces a crisis of faith and faith in reason, a former whiz kid disassociates into psychosis and Hugo Ball
Hugo Ball
Hugo Ball was a German author, poet and one of the leading Dada artists.Hugo Ball was born in Pirmasens, Germany and was raised in a middle-class Catholic family. He studied sociology and philosophy at the universities of Munich and Heidelberg...
, one of the founders of the Dada movement, sells his wife to soldiers. As Kate Zangrilli wrote, "Mr. Jampole creates some of the deepest feeling people you will ever meet."
Jampole also frequently experiments with the musicality inherent in words. Michael Wurster noted that most of Jampole's poems are characterized by sound experiments. "Jampole is absolutely unique in the way he expresses his material, especially with regard to sound, meter and rhythm." Adrienne Muncy of BookReview.com stated, "The most salient feature of Jampole's poetry is his talent for finding unique ways to make the reader think, and think hard."
Awards
- Fulbright Fellowship - 1976-1977
- The Silver Anvil - 1987
- Financial World's Annual Report Award - 1993
Nominations
- The Pushcart Prize - 1989
Literary publications
- The Peralta Journal
- Janus Head
- Main Street Rag
- Ellipsis
- Mississippi Review
- Spitball
- The Evansville Review
- Cortland Review
- Slant
- Acapella Zoo
- Fish Drum
- 580 Split