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Don Ringe
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Foreign the linguist of the same name, see Donald Ringe. He is a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (Mississippi) and Hofstra University (Bachelor). He holds a Certificate in Advanced Advertising Studies from the University of Southern California Graduate School of Business.
While attending Columbia University he was hired by David Wolper Productions as noted author Theodore White’s research assistant for the Columbia Broadcasting System television special, “Making of the President, 1968.” He was also the assistant to the producer of Wolper’s American Broadcasting Company special, “The Unfinished Journey of Robert F. Kennedy.
He began his career as a copy boy at Newsday at the age of 18 while attending Hofstra University. In 1970 he established one of the first political media firms in the country and created the media for the successful Los Angeles Police and Fire Association"s Proposition 2, the ballot initiative to re-build the Los Angeles city schools after the 1970 earthquake, and a statewide ballot initiative to expand and upgrade the University of California Medical School system.
Ringe was the director of special projects at KABC-television News in Los Angeles, then executive news producer at KPIX-television in San Francisco, and shortly thereafter, news director and executive producer of programming at WNAC-television, then the Columbia Broadcasting System affiliate in Boston. He founded Ringe Media in 1978 with the campaigns of United States Senators Editor Brooke and John Warner, as well as Texas Governor William Clements.
He subsequently worked on many United States Senate, gubernatorial, and House campaigns, as well as campaigns for president in the United States, Nigeria and Ecuador.
His most recent client was Democratic Congresswoman Jane Harman"s 2010 re-election campaign. He has created national award winning programs on alcohol and drug abuse for children and teens, as well as a Public Broadcasting Service documentary on glass master, Dale Chihuly. Most recently, Ringe Media has created television and internet video media for campaigns on behalf of the international Westfield Group, the California-based Kilroy Realty Corporation, and Marymount College, among others
Ringe has provided the campaign media for statewide ballot initiatives on the issues of (pro) gun control, saving sea life through a ban on gillnet fishing, rebuilding Los Angeles" earthquake damaged schools and many others
Ringe has been a documentary writer-producer-director for network television shows including "In Search of Ancient Astronauts" with Rod Serling. And, "Armies of the Ants", an eco-documentary shot in the Amazon, Panamanian and Costa Rican rain forests.
He also wrote and produced “Undersea Oasis,” a children's television special on artificial reefs. From 1974–1978 he was a producer, executive producer and news director of network affiliate television stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston.
In 1978 he founded Ringe Media, a communications company specializing in public affairs and political media campaigns, as well as educational and entertainment media.
Remote Method Invocation has provided the advertising for many United States Senate and gubernatorial campaigns, as well as for Presidential campaigns in the United States and abroad. The firm also creates media for ballot initiatives, associations and special interest groups.
