NEW ERA OWNERSHIP ADMINISTRATION BBALL OPS PLAYERS 2012-13 TEAM HISTORY RECORDS OPPONENTS MISC MEDIA 209 MEDIA Producer FSNO Associate BUZZ KARRICK y FSNO Director GARY KIRB GARY Columbia (6,600) WCJU 104.9-FM 2,800w (13-14) Gulfport/Biloxi (68,000) WBUV 104.9-FM 16,000w (14-15) Florida Affiliates Pensacola (37,000) WBSR 1450-AM 1,000w (13-14) Spanish (est 150,000) 1280-AM, 5,000w (14-15) WODT FSNO Producer BOB STEINFELD Beat Writer Beat Writer Times-Picayune Times-Picayune NAKIA HOGAN Houma (33,000) KJIN 1490-AM 1,000w (13-14) Morgan City (12,800) KBZE 105.9-FM 4,000w (13-14) Monroe (54,000) KNBB 97.7-FM 50,000w (13) Thibodaux (14,500) KTIB 640-AM 1,000w (13014) Mississippi Affiliates Jackson (174,000) WSFZ 930-AM 3,100w (13-14) Beat Writer JOHN REID Times-Picayune Times-Picayune Columnist 2013-14 RADIO AFFILIATES RADIO 2013-14 COVERING THE PELICANS FOLLOWING THE PELICANS FOLLOWING Times-Picayune Times-Picayune JIMMY SMITH Radio Network Flagship Station - WWL 106.1 FM - WWL Radio Network Flagship Station 80 regular season games, seven pre- 105.3 FM in New Orleans will broadcast WWL as the Pelicans enter their second entire playoff season matchups and the Pelicans’ with Entercom Communications (games not broadcast of the multi-season agreement as the radio voice of and 12/2). Sean Kelley is in his ninth season occur on 10/6, 11/10 is in his second season as color analyst. Kelley & the Pelicans, while John DeShazier with Pelicans head coach show Thursday night coach’s DeShazier will also host a weekly Monty Williams. AM Deportes WODT 1280 Station - ESPN Spanish Radio Network Flagship Tejada AM with Oscar 1280 all 82 games will be heard on ESPN Deportes WODT Additionally, Analyst. Lopez serving as the Color doing play-by-play and David Flagship New Orleans (552,000) 105.3-FM 96.000w (14-15) WWL Louisiana Affiliates Alexandria (47,000) KDBS 1410-AM 3,000w (13-14) Baton Rouge (230,000) WEMX 94.1-FM 100,000w (14-15) Franklin (9,000) 244w (13-14) 1390-AM KFRA Pelicans On FOX Sports On FOX year of bringing Orleans will begin their second Pelicans and FOX Sports New The New Orleans Orleans area and the homes of the Greater New home and road games into a variety of both available statewide regular season games and is FSNO will broadcast 75 Gulf South region. on cable and satellite providers. With the continuation of the affiliation comes (Color aDavid Wesley Ex-New Orleans Player with Joel Meyers (Play-by-Play), broadcast team, return to the games. broadcasting year second their in all Reporter) (Sideline Hale Jennifer and Analyst) pre and post-game show as well as additional programming. Included will be a live 30-minute MEDIA MISC OPPONENTS RECORDS TEAM HISTORY 2012-13 PLAYERS BBALL OPS ADMINISTRATION OWNERSHIP NEW ERA MEDIA relations staffs forthe1991PGA Championship,the 1991SeniorPGA Championshipandthe1991RyderCup. a mediarelationsadministratorforthePGA of America inPalmBeachGardens,Fla.,whereheservedonthepublic A NewOrleansnativewhograduatedfromJesuitHighSchooland Tulane, Benselstartedhisprofessionalcareer as the SECMen’s Basketball Tournament andtheSugarBowl. Greater NewOrleansSportsFoundation.HehasalsoservedonthemediacommitteeforNCAA Men’s FinalFour, Prior tojoiningtheSaints,BenselwasdirectorofmediarelationsforSuperBowlXXXIHostCommitteeand Bensel hasalsoworkedontheNFL publicrelationsstaffs forSuperBowlXXXII,XXXIIIandXXXVI. for homeandawaygamesplanningthelong-rangepublicrelationsinitiativesclub. addition tomanaginghisstaff, hisdutiesincludeworkingwiththeNFL’s networkmediapartners,operations Bensel waspromotedtohiscurrentpositionafterservingfornineseasonsasdirectorofmedia&publicrelations.In 210 A St.Louisnative,MeyersattendedtheUniversityofMissouri. action whilealsocallingBig12collegefootballonFSNeverySaturdaynight. In addition,MeyershasworkedSundaynightsforCBS/WestwoodOne forthepast10yearsandwillcontinuetocallNFL has alsoworkedforNBCcoveringtheNFL,twoOlympicGamesaswellNBA andprofessionalgolf. Having workedforESPNovermorethanadecadecallingcollegefootball,basketball andprofessionalgolf,Meyers joining theLakers. previously servedfouryearsasthevoiceofSan Antonio Spurs’ televisionbroadcastbefore (2003-2005). MeyerswontwoEmmyawardsinhistimeasL.A.’s TV play-by-playmanand TV Play-By-Playannouncer(2005-11) andtwoastheLakers’ radioplay-by-playannouncer organization. Meyers came to New Orleans after six seasons as the Los Angeles Lakers’ by-play announcer, JoelMeyersbringsover25yearsofbroadcastexperiencetothe Entering hissecondseasonwiththeNewOrleansPelicansasteam’s televisionplay- PLAY-BY-PLAYTV ANNOUNCER JOEL MEYERS Board Tom Benson’s communitygivingandbusinessenterprises. manages thecommunicationsefforts ofSaintsOwner/Chairmanthe In additiontohisdutieswithboththeSaintsandPelicans,Benselalso Pelicans. the Saints,BenselalsoservesinsameroleforNBA’s NewOrleans with theSaints.Inadditiontooverseeingallcommunicationsefforts for Vice PresidentofCommunicationsGregBenselentershis17thseason primary liaisonbetweentheclubandnationallocalmedia,Senior overseeing allinternalandexternalcommunicationsbeingthe With responsibilitiesthatincludeservingastheteam’s official spokesman, & Broadcasting Senior VicePresidentofCommunications GREG BENSEL

before transferringtoBaylorUniversityforhislastthreeyears.Wesley finishedhiscollegecareeratBaylorin‘92. Born in San Antonio, Texas, Wesley attended LongviewHigh School. He played one year of basketball at Temple College 11,842 careerpoints. Upon retiringin2007,Wesley rankedsecondall-time(behindMosesMalone)inNBA historyamongundraftedplayerswith assists pergame(6th)andsteals(7th). goals made(2nd),steals(3rd),points(4th),assistsgamesplayedfieldfreethrows(5th), Wesley ranksnearthetopinanumberofNewOrleansfranchisecategories,includingminutesplayed(2nd),three-pointfield contest at All-Star Weekend. finished fourthintheNBA inthree-pointfieldgoalpercentage2002-03andparticipatedthe2003 Three PointShootout miss agameforthreeconsecutiveseasonsbetween1998-99and2000-2001alsoplayedall82gamesin1995-96.He During hiscareer, the6’0’’ shootingguardrecordedcareernumbersof12.5points,4.4assistsand2.5rebounds. Hedidnot New Orleansforthe2002-03season. and surfwhenvacationsallow. Jen is aproudresident ofthehistoricFrench Quarter. She enjoysrunning,cycling,cross fit and TRX. She also lovesto ski research andtheSpeechHearingImpaired Foundation,Jenisveryactiveinthecommunity. for theSonofaSaintorganization,toreturningBatonRougeemceeMissLSUpageant, whichbenefits Alzheimer’s Philanthropy isabigpartofJen’s life.Fromvolunteering atLafayette Academy CharterSchool,toservingonadvisoryboard Union systemsofgovernment,pressandtrade. She isalsoaRIASCommissionFellow, spendingseveralweeksinGermanyandBelgiumstudyingtheGermanEuropean publication. Jen published her first book, Historic Plantations of ’s Black Belt, in 2009 and is now working on hersecond Culture andPoliticsatUniversityCollegeDublininIreland. Fund for American Studies’ InstituteonPoliticalJournalism atGeorgetownUniversityandcompletedacertificateonIrish Jen earnedherMasterofScienceinbroadcastjournalismfromNorthwesternUniversity in Chicago.Shealsoattended The Sorority andtheGoldenKeyHonorSociety. Science. JenwasacaptainoftheLSUCheerleadingSquad,MissLSU,Homecoming Queen,amemberofDeltaZeta and wasacompetitivegymnast.ShereturnedtoLouisianaattendLSU’s HonorsCollegewhereshemajoredinPolitical Cavaliers (2006-07).Wesley waspartoftheinauguralteamthatreturnedfromCharlotteto New OrleansHornets(1997-2005),HoustonRockets(2005-2006)andfinallytheCleveland 1993-94 season,Wesley wentontospendtimewiththeBostonCeltics(1994-97),Charlotte/ following a14-yearNBA career. FirstlandingwiththeNetsasanundraftedfreeagentfor season, Wesley spentpasttwoseasonsasanassistantcoachfortheNBDL’s Texas Legends as acolor analyst. Priortoreturning to launchinghis broadcast careerbefore the 2012-13 David Wesley entershissecondsseasonontheNewOrleansPelicansbroadcastcrew DAVID WESLEY TELEVISION COLOR ANALYSTTELEVISION JEN HALE Born inNewOrleans,JengrewupMobile, Ala., wheresherantrack,playedsoftball She haswonmultipleEdwardR.MurrowEmmy, and AP awardsthroughouther career. her passionofsports. journalist, whobeganhercareerasapoliticalreporterandnewsanchor, beforereturningto FoxSports.com andasasportsanchorforWUE,Fox8.Haleisanaward-winning in addition to her duties as a sideline reporter for the NFL on Fox, a contributing writer for Jen HalereturnsasthePelicans’ sidelinereporteronFOXSportsNewOrleansbroadcasts, SIDELINE REPORTER

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MISC OWNERSHIP NEW ERA NEW MEDIA HISTORY TEAM OPS BBALL ADMINISTRATION PLAYERS 2012-13 RECORDS OPPONENTS MEDIA MISC OPPONENTS RECORDS TEAM HISTORY 2012-13 PLAYERS BBALL OPS ADMINISTRATION OWNERSHIP NEW ERA MEDIA 212 Theta Beta Sigma. Theta BetaSigma. He hasbeenamemberofthePhiBetaSigmaFraternity, Inc.,since1985,andisactiveintheNewOrleansgraduatechapter, Bachelor ofSciencedegreeinjournalism. A nativeofMacon,Ga.,DeShaziergraduatedfromGeorgiaCollegeandStateUniversityinMilledgeville,1989witha column. column inthestateandonce,byLouisiana/Mississippi Associated PressManagingEditorsforhavingwrittenthetopsports Four times,hewashonoredbytheLouisianaSportsWriters Association ashavingwrittenthetophighschoolorprosports the NBA All-Star Game,theNCAA FinalFour, theBCSNationalChampionship GameandtheSugarBowl. covered andopinedonlocalstateteamsalsoeventsincluding theNBA Finals,theSuperBowl, Parish FireDistrict13. including the ACC Basketball Tournament. Away frombasketball,KelleyservesasavolunteerfirefighterwithSt. Tammany in Carbondale,Ill. Throughout hiscareer, Kelleyhasworked asatalkshowhost,anchorandreporteratvariousspecialevents, baseball andwomen’s basketballteamsfrom1996-1998andalsospenttimeassportsdirector, anchorandhostatWTAO-FM Kelley earnedadegreeinbroadcastjournalismfromSouthernIllinoisUniversity. Heprovidedplay-by-playfortheSouthernIllinois work ontheprepcircuitannouncingfootballandbasketballradiotelevisioninMissouriIllinois. halftime andpost-gamehostfortheMissouri Tiger RadioNetwork.Kelley’s broadcastexperienceduringthattimealsoincluded anchor andhostwhiledoingplay-by-playfortheUniversityofMissouribaseballteamalsospenttwoyearsaspre-game, Prior tohisworkwith Tulane, KelleywaswithKFRU-AMinColumbia,Mo.,from1998-2002.Hethestation’s sportsdirector, the city’s AAA baseballfranchise. work at Tulane, Kelleyfilled inasbothradioplay-by-playannouncerandpublicaddressfortheNewOrleansZephyrs, football, basketballandbaseballaction.Hewasalsothehostof Tulane coach’s televisionandradioshows.Inadditiontohis Kelley servedasthevoiceof Tulane GreenWave from2002-2005.Whileinthat role,heprovidedplay-by-playfortheschool’s RADIO COLOR ANALYSTRADIO The Times-Picayune newspaperin New Orleans, from 1992-2012. During those20yearshe Prior to joining the Pelicans, DeShazier was a general sports columnist and sports writer for and Saintsorganizations and BlueReport,a30-minuteonlineradioshowthatfocusesonnewssurroundingthePelicans DeShazier istheprimarywriterforNewOrleansSaints.comandservesasaco-hostof The Black will serveasthecoloranalystonPelicansradiobroadcasts.Inadditiontohisduties, John DeShazierentershissecondseasonwiththePelicansradiobroadcastteam. while alsodoingoccasionalplay-by-playworkinafill-inroleontheteam’s radiobroadcasts. Prior tojoiningthePelicansfulltime,Kelleyspenttwoseasonsasprimaryradiostudiohost from bothfranchises. and Saintsorganizations,includingexclusiveinterviewswithplayers,coachesexecutives and BlueReport,a30-minuteonlineradioshowthatfocusesonnewssurroundingthePelicans in 2013-14.InadditiontohisdutieswiththePelicans,healsoservesashostof The Black Sean Kelleyentershisninthseasonastheradioplay-by-playvoiceofNewOrleansPelicans SEAN KELLEY JOHN DESHAZIER RADIO PLAY-BY-PLAYRADIO ANNOUNCER EichenhoferisanativeofWaterloo, N.Y. andgraduateofIthaca(N.Y.) College. He hasalsoappearedasaguestonNBA TV. magazine assignments,he’s writtenplayerandteamfeatures fortheNBA All-Star GameandNBA Finalsofficial programs. articles onpastNewOrleansplayersincluding Tyson Chandler, GreivisVasquez andCarlLandry. In additiontothosenational interviewing andprofilingNBA playerssuchas Yao Ming,ChrisBosh, Tony ParkerandKevinDurant. He’swritten magazine Cincinnati Enquirerand The (Louisville)Courier-Journal. Tatum, a1992graduateofWestern KentuckyUniversityandnativeofLouisville,alsopreviouslyservedasaneditorat The its work. Under hisguidance,thesportsstaff of The Times-Picayune hasearnednumerousstate,regionalandnationalawardsfor was partof The Times-Picayune staff thatreceivedtwoPulitzerPrizesforitscoverageofHurricaneKatrinaandaftermath. phase that saw the reduction of The Times-Picayune from a daily newspaper to a more digitally focused endeavor. Tatum for thestate’s largestnewspaper, The Times-Picayune. Mostrecently, Tatum helpedusherNOLA.comthroughatransition EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OFDIGITAL MEDIA over 100featurearticlesfornationalbasketballmagazinesSLAM,InsideStuff andHOOP, N.Y., and Auburn, N.Y., earningan Associated Pressawardforcolumnwriting.Hehaswritten Prior tojoiningthePelicans,EichenhoferwasasportswriterfordailynewspapersinGeneva, team featuresthathaveappearedonNBA.comandindividualwebsites. program. SincecomingtotheNBA in2005,hehasorganizedanddirectedmanyofthemulti- manager. EichenhoferistheprimarywriterforPelicans.comandteam’s GameTime Jim EichenhoferbeginshisninthseasonwiththePelicansaspublicationsandnewmedia EICHENHOFERJIM Prior tojoiningthePelicans, Tatum served13years,firstasdeputythenleadsportseditor, a dailyhalfhourradioshowcoveringbothteamscalledtheBlackandBlueReport. marketing strategy, mobilecommerce,digitaladvertisingandsearchinitiativeswhichinclude and allteamrelatedmobileemailplatforms.Hewillalsomanagetheteam’s overalldigital staffs for both the Pelicans and the , including all social media accounts of DigitalMedia. Tatum overseesthedirectionofalldigitalmediapropertiesandsupport Doug Tatum entershisfirstseasonwiththeNewOrleansPelicansasExecutiveDirector TATUMDOUG PUBLICATIONS AND NEWMEDIA MANAGER BETH BLACKBURNBETH Digital Marketing DIGITAL MEDIASTAFF Manager MICAH KAMLA Digital Marketing Coordinator

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MISC OWNERSHIP NEW ERA NEW MEDIA HISTORY TEAM OPS BBALL ADMINISTRATION PLAYERS 2012-13 RECORDS OPPONENTS MEDIA MISC OPPONENTS RECORDS TEAM HISTORY 2012-13 PLAYERS BBALL OPS ADMINISTRATION OWNERSHIP NEW ERA MEDIA graduate oftheUniversityMassachusetts-Boston. Orleans broadcasts.Hisworkhasearnedhim3regionalsportsEmmys-1withBostonand2NewOrleans.Shumanisa a 2yearstintinsimilarcapacitywiththePhiladelphia76ersbeforejoiningorganizationasProducer/DirectorforallNew Shuman startedhisNBA careerwith5seasonsastheProducer/DirectorforWorld ChampionBostonCelticsfollowedby 214 in RiverRidge,LA. Orlando Magic.SallersonearnedadegreeinmultimediacommunicationfromGeorgiaSouthernUniversity. Sallersonlives Prior to joining the Pelicans fulltime, Sallerson spent one season as the radio intern for the week featuringPelicansHeadCoachMontyWilliams. executives frombothfranchisesand The MontyWilliamsShow, a30minuteradioshoweach Pelicans andSaintsorganizations,includingexclusiveinterviewswithplayers,coaches Black andBlueReport,a30-minuteonlineradioshowthatfocusesonnewssurroundingthe in 2013-14.InadditiontohisdutieswiththePelicans,healsoservesasproducerof The Daniel Sallersonentershisthirdseasonastheradio producer oftheNew Orleans Pelicans RADIO PRODUCER/STUDIO HOST DANIEL SALLERSON matters. liaison withtheNBA andindividualteamdepartmentswithregardstoallbroadcastrelated and In-Arena)crewsbroadcastpersonnel.Shumanservesastheteam’s TV andradio contract administration, Team Vendor operationswithregardstomobileunits(bothbroadcast team broadcastadministrator. HisresponsibilitiesincludeallRadioand Television broadcast Shuman bringsover34yearsofNBA Broadcastexperienceasaproducer, directorand Shuman isinhis21stseasonwiththeNewOrleansfranchise,tenthasBroadcastDirector. DIRECTOR OFBROADCASTING LEW SHUMAN development. educators andpublicrelationsprofessionalsthatholdseventsworkshopsfocused onnetworkingandprofessional Mitchell hasservedasaboardmemberfortheNewOrleansPressClub,anorganizationcomprised ofjournalists,journalism advocating foracurepancreaticcancerthroughresearch,patientsupportandcommunity outreach.SinceJune2012, as themediarepresentative for theNewOrleans affiliate ofthePancreatic Cancer Action Network,thenationalnon-profit Since movingtoNewOrleans,Mitchellhasbecomeengagedinthecommunitythroughvolunteerwork.Shecurrentlyserves 16, aswellthreeconferencetitles. seasons as a member of the Huskies’ tennis team, she helped the squad to three appearances in the NCAA Division II Sweet participating inthePublicRelationsStudentSocietyof America andchairingtheStudent-Athlete Advisory Committee.Infour Mitchell, a2006graduateofBloomsburgUniversity, workedforthreeyearsinthesportsinformationdepartment,whilealso as helpingexecutethecommunicationsefforts forthefootballteam. served astheprimarycontactforsevensportsandactedsecondarywomen’s basketballteam,aswell year asanassistantintheRutgers Athletic Communicationsdepartment.DuringhertimewiththeScarletKnights,Mitchell to her public relations role, Mitchell was also a contributor to the web site. A native of North Canton, Ohio, Mitchell spent a Mitchell startedwiththeorganizationin August 2007andspentfouryearsonthebasketballsideofdepartment.Inaddition prior tothe2011 season.RyanisaNewOrleansnativewhograduatedfromJesuitHighSchooland Tulane University. in Business Administration. in Information and Analytics withminorsinSpanish andLeadershipStudiesfromtheUniversityofDenveraswellaMaster’s Pelicans, MitchellwillalsomanagecorporatecommunicationsfortheNewOrleansSaints. internal communicationswithintheorganization.Inadditiontoherresponsibilitieswith efforts and will serveasapointof contact forallmedia outlets. She willalsomanageall Mitchell isresponsiblefortheday-to-dayoperationsofteam’s corporatecommunications 2011-12 seasonafterservingasthebasketballcommunicationscoordinatorforfouryears. communications manager. Mitchellmovedtothecorporatesideofdepartmentprior Lindsey Mitchell begins her seventh season with the Pelicans, her third as corporate in 2012afterbeginninghiscareerwiththeNewOrleansSaintscommunicationsdepartment trips, All-Star events,SummerLeagueandtheNBA Draft.Hetransitionedtothedepartment performances. As Director, Ryanrepresentsthedepartmentonallteamtravelincludingroad interview requestsbothlocallyandnationally, whilemaintainingstatisticalupkeepofplayer such asthemediaguide,credentialing,writingnewsreleases,fulfillingplayerandstaff the NewOrleansPelicans.Ryanoverseesmanyofdailyaspectsdepartment Matt RyanentershissecondseasonastheDirectorofBasketballCommunicationsfor CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER LINDSEY MITCHELL DIRECTOR OFBASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS RYAN MATT department from2010-2012. A Denver native, Travis inBusiness holds aBachelor’s Prior to joining the Pelicans, Travis internedwith the Denver Nuggets Media relations internal mediarequestsandaccompanyingthe organizationonteamtravel. maintaining teamstatisticaldatabases,organizing gamedayoperations,fulfillingexternaland the department’s primarygamenoteswriter, andisresponsibleforwritingnewsreleases, Communications department,hisfirstasBasketball CommunicationsCoordinator. Travis is Brian Travis enters his second season with the New Orleans Pelicans Basketball BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR BRIAN TRAVIS

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Goapproximately towards downtownNew Exit) andfollowI-10Eastbound Blvd. miles, stayintherightlanesatI-10/I-610split(afterBonnabel Follow airportaccessroadtoI-10East.Goapproximatelyeight N.O. Arena Directions FromtheN.O. Airport (Louis Armstong) tothe practice. to themediathroughout press areawithphoneaccessavailable crews mayshootthefinal15minutesofpractice. There isa department. Photographersandtelevision communications minutes shouldbescheduledinadvancewith the Pelicans five longer than lasting Interviews coaches. and the players of availability the and times practice confirm to department interviews. PleasecontactthePelicanscommunications followingthepracticefor are available immediately courtside to themedia. for thefinal15minutes and coaches The players open but the public, to closed are Practices lot. parking general doors, locatedadjacenttothemainentrance)andparkin enter throughthemediaentranceofbuilding(postedon at 5800 located LA. Mediashould Drive inMetairie, Airline facility,practice at anewlyconstructed practice The Pelicans Practice Policy and followingeachgame. in thepressroomathalftime are available Beverages andsnacks game. before each hours workroom atthearenatwoandahalf A pre-gamemealisservedintheroomadjacenttomedia Meals apply. and rightofway. All NBA leaguerulesregardingphotography cases andlivetelevisioncamerashavefirstpriorityonlocation the designatedarea.Photographersmaynotsitonequipment television andstillphotographers.Photographersmuststayin Limited spaceisavailableateachendofthecourtforboth must beonassignmentforapublicationtocredentialed. available fromthecommunicationsdepartment.Photographers be handledonanindividualgamebasis.Photographsarealso - -