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Beth Taylor: Award-Winning Journalist, Communications Expert & Author in New Orleans

Beth Taylor's Bio:

Beth Taylor has managed both a rewarding and awarding career. She has earned awards in journalism, public relations, marketing, advertising, political consulting, video production, and photography. She was also recognized for her business skills by the Mississippi Business Journal. She is a civic leader who has been recognized for her community service by the Gulf Pines Girl Scouts Chapter.   Taylor is also a published author. Her book Bless Them Father, for They Have Sinned was released in 2012. The book chronicles her journey of discovery dealing with repressed memories of child sexual abuse at the hands of the Catholic clergy.    Over the years Beth Taylor has had a varied career in communications from political public relations where she served as a liaison to the White House staff, to journalist, television news and sports anchor, healthcare marketing, advertising, video productions, plus web site designing and hosting. During her television career, she was Mississippi’s first female television sportscaster.    Taylor has earned nearly 100 international, national, and local awards in the communications profession. In 2011 she earned the PRism Award and Best of Show Award from the Public Relations Association of Mississippi for work on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010. Additionally, she earned three first place awards from the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi. Taylor was also part of the communications team at The University of Southern Mississippi which earned a Silver Anvil Award from the Public Relations Society of America.    Beth Taylor is listed in numerous biographies including Marquis Who’s Who of American Women and Marquis Who’s Who in the Media and Communications. To begin the new century, Taylor was named one of Mississippi’s 50 Leading Businesswomen in 2000 by the Mississippi Business Journal.    In 1999 the Advertising Federation of South Mississippi awarded Beth Taylor the coveted Silver Medal Award of the American Advertising Federation for outstanding creativity, commitment to the industry, and service to the community. That same year she was selected to - and completed - the Leaders for a New Century Program sponsored by the Hattiesburg Chamber of Commerce Division of the Area Development Partnership. In November 1998, she was named one of the Top 100 Video and Multi-Media Producers in the United States by Audio-Video Multimedia Producer magazine. Also in 1998 she was presented the Community Service Award of Gulf Pines Girl Scout Council.    Beth Taylor is a New Orleans native and a 1977 graduate of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. 

Beth Taylor's Experience:

  • Journalist, Public Relations & Author/Owner at Letter B Enterprises

    January 2012 - Present | New Orleans, LA

    Beth Taylor is an author and owner of new publishing company. She has written the factual book, "Bless Them Father, for They Have Sinned," which chronicles her case of sexual abuse at the hands of a member of the Catholic clergy. Taylor is presently working on several books, including a guide to making memories with aging loved ones, and a crime novel written from the point of view of a working journalist. She also has a series of children's books awaiting a publisher, and an animated feature-length film script in her computer.

  • News & Media Relations Manager at The University of Southern Mississippi

    January 2010 - July 2011 | Hattiesburg, MS

    Beth Taylor was the News and Media Relations, where she managed a team of two writers and one distribution specialist in providing news about Southern Miss world-wide. She also oversaw posting all offerings to a dedicated news website. Beth Taylor spent many months working on the Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum oil spill in 2010. She managed a team of researchers and scientists, positioning them as "thought leaders" in the fields of marine science, fisheries, toxicology, and ecology. Taylor secured interviews for the Southern Miss "thought leaders," who were featured in more than 6,400 print news articles and featured on ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, ITN News, the Canadian Broadcasting Company News, MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, Fox News, the British Broadcasting Company News, Australian Broadcasting Company News and other international broadcast news sources. For their efforts, Beth Taylor and her team of public relations professionals earned a PRisim Award and "Best of Show" award from the Public Relations Association of Mississippi.

  • Creative Director/Owner at Letter B Productions

    December 1990 - December 2009 | Hattiesburg, MS

    Beth Taylor created Letter B Productions in 1990 with $25 and a borrowed computer. In almost 20 years of service she grew that company to a regionally-recognized advertising, marketing, public relations, and video productions agency. During that time Taylor earned more than 100 national, regional, and local awards on behalf of her clients. In 1999 the Advertising Federation of South Mississippi awarded Beth Taylor the coveted Silver Medal Award of the American Advertising Federation for outstanding creativity, commitment to the industry, and service to the community. That same year she was selected to - and completed - the Leaders for a New Century Program sponsored by the Hattiesburg Chamber of Commerce Division of the Area Development Partnership. In November 1998, she was named one of the Top 100 Video and Multi-Media Producers in the United States by Audio-Video Multimedia Producer magazine.

  • Director of Admissions & Marketing at Pine Grove Recovery Center

    January 1989 - December 1990 | Hattiesburg, MS

    Beth Taylor turned her attention to healthcare marketing in 1989 as Director of Admissions and Marketing at Pine Grove Recovery Center, an extension of Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, MS. It was during this time she became a recipient of the Outstanding Sales and Marketing Award given by the Hattiesburg Chapter of Sales & Marketing Executives International. She increased admissions by 20% in a two year period.

  • Journalist: Assignment Editor/Anchor/Reporter/Producer at WDAM-TV

    December 1978 - January 1989 | Hattiesburg, MS

    Beth Taylor accepted a position at WDAM-TV (NBC affiliate) in Laurel-Hattiesburg, MS, in 1978 which made her the first female sportscaster in that state. Taylor produced and anchored the late local sportscast for seven years, beginning in December 1978. During her tenure Taylor was one of the first female sports journalists to conduct post-game interviews in male locker rooms, including in the National Football League. In 1980 Beth Taylor earned a Certificate of Excellence in sports reporting from the Mississippi Broadcasters Association. In her 10 years at WDAM-TV Taylor was a sports anchor, General Assignment news reporter, Laurel (MS) Bureau Chief, Assignments Editor, Medical Reporter, and Special Projects Editor. During that time she earned three awards from the Mississippi Associated Press Broadcasters Association. With Beth Taylor as Assignments Editor, WDAM-TV was recognized for the first time as having Mississippi's "Outstanding Newscast" in 1987 with the award presented in 1988.

  • Journalist: Editor/Producer/Anchor/Reporter at WRBT-TV

    July 1977 - December 1978 | Baton Rouge, LA

    Beth Taylor managed the daily operations of a busy news room. Additionally, I wrote and edited news copy and produced the late evening news. Was also the fill-in anchor. Covered stories including the Louisiana Le dock strike, and the fatal Lynyrd Skynyed plane crash.gislature, the 1977 Baton Rouge

  • Journalist at The Times-Picayune

    May 1976 - July 1977 | New Orleans, LA

    Beth Taylor covered a variety of assigned stories including the Luling Ferry Disaster, the ZZ Top riot, interviewed the late Dr. Jonas Salk who invented the polio vaccine and the late Mother Teresa.

Beth Taylor's Education:

  • Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

    1972 – 1977
    Bachelor of Science
    Concentration: Journalism Major, Geology & Political Science Minor
    Activities: WLSU-FM campus radio station: - Reporter/Anchor - Assistant News Director - News Director

Beth Taylor's Interests & Activities:

Beth Taylor is a civic leader who has served on the boards of numerous non-profit agencies including the American Heart Association Go-Red For Women Committee, Big Brothers Big Sisters, the Domestic Abuse Family Shelter, the American Red Cross, and the USM Children’s Center for Communication and Development. Beth Taylor is a collector of wrist watches, Lenox Christmas ornaments, and Lenox Easter Eggs. She is an excellent cook who loves to host a traditional Italian "Feast of the Seven Fishes" Christmas Eve dinner. Additionally she enjoys spending time with her mother and other friends.

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