Diane Thieke

Diane S. Thieke is the founder of Simply Talk Media, a PR, marketing, and social media consultancy. With more than 25 years in digital media, she helps clients increase their impact in both social and traditional media channels. Previously, Diane led public relations and marketing teams at Dow Jones & Co. She began her career as an editor at Dow Jones’s first online service (now called Factiva), before becoming its first competitive intelligence manager. An early adopter, she launched Factiva’s first online community and its first blogging policy. She holds a B.A. in journalism and English writing from Rider University, and a M.S. in Communications Management from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School. Diane has been an active member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) and serves as VP of membership for the New York chapter board. In 2009, she won a PRSA-NJ Pyramid award for her ebook on PR measurement, “Talk to Me.” A self-described news junkie and tech geek, she is never without her iPhone, or far from her iPad, Kindle, and MacBook.