JIM THISTLE, SR.
Partner and Senior Consultant

BACKGROUND
• Currently, Professor of Journalism and Director of Broadcast Journalism at the Boston Universty College of Communication
• More than 40 years experience in TV News and Special Events
• News Director and/or Vice-President for Boston’s WBZ-TV, WCVB-TV and WHDH-TV
• Considered a pioneer in New England TV News Live coverage

HIGHLIGHTS
• Thistle has been Executive Producer for countless major events ranging from televised political debates, election coverages and virtually all major TV appearances by Boston Mayor White and Ray Flynn and Massachusetts Governors Frank Sargent, Mike Dukakis, and Ed King
• White House Pool Producer for the New England appearance of President Jimmy Carter
• Executive Producer for all TV live coverage (14 consecutive hours) of Pope John Paul’s II visit to Boston in 1979 working for all of the Boston TV stations and the archdiocese of Boston
• In charge of all pool coverage of the funeral of Humberto Cardinal Medeiros and the installation of Bernard Cardinal Law
• Pool Producer for the Silber-Weld Gubernatorial Debates and the Kerry-Weld Senate Debates.

HONORS AND AWARDS
• The NATAS “Silver Circle Award” for “distinguished service to New England Television”.
• The “Yankee Quill Award” from th society of Professional Journalists and the New England Newspaper Association for outstanding service to New England Journalism.
• Distinguished Alumni Award from Boston University.

JIM THISTLE
Partner and General Manager
jthistle@thistlecommunications.net

BACKGROUND
• Graduate of Wentworth Technical School
• More than 20 years of experience
• Six Gold Key Awards for outstanding performance on major special events

SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
• Live coverage of three NFL Super Bowls
• World Series Baseball
• Major League Baseball Divisional Series
• NBA Play-offs and Championships
• NCAA basketball and World Cup Soccer
• Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park (play-offs and series)
• New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium
• NBC “Gravity Games”

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
• CNN
• Fox News Channel
• NBC News
• CNBC and ABC News
• Boston’s WFXT-TV, WBZ-TV, WCVB-TV and WHDH-TV
• Assignments have included the 9-11 World Trade Center attacks,the fatal plane crash involving John F. Kennedy Jr., blizzards, major funerals, numerous Boston Marathons and major court trials for Court TV

DAVID REYNOLDS
Partner and Director of Operations
dreynolds@thistlecommunications.net

BACKGROUND
• Graduate of the College for the Arts At Boston University
• Distinguished reputation as a Lighting Designer and Production Manager in addition to his engineering and technical skills in satellite and remote production
• V.P. Capron Lighting and Sound
• Assistant Lighting Director for the Boston Ballet

HIGHLIGHTS
• Presidential Inaugural Balls and Gubernatorial Inaugurations
• Presidential visits
• Boston Marathons
• First Nights in Boston
• Cheer’s Last Call
• The Boston Symphony on Boston Common
• Remotes for Today Show and Good Morning America
• The Closing of the Boston Garden
• Wellesley College Gala at Radio City Music Hall

SELECTED CLIENTS
• Fox Sports Net (studio)
• New England Cable News
• WCVB-TV, WHDH-TV, WFXT-TV, NECN, WB56
• NBC News, NBC Sports, ABC News, Fox News, CNN, ESPN, NESN, Court TV, MSNBC and CNBC