| Sheldon Rampton | |
| Occupation: | Editor, author |
Sheldon Rampton is an American editor and author. He was editor of PR Watchand is the author of several books that criticize the public relations industry.
In 1995, Rampton teamed with John Stauber as co-editors of PR Watch, a publication of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). They were described as liberal,[1] and their writings are regarded by some members of the public relations industry as one-sided and hostile, but their work drew wide attention.[2] ActivistCash, a website hosted by Washington lobbyist Richard Berman, has castigated them as "self-anointed watchdogs," "scare-mongers," "reckless," and "left-leaning."[3] Rampton and Stauber have, in turn, argued that the ActivistCash critique contains several "demonstrably false" claims.[4] According to a review in The Denver Post, their 1995 book, Toxic Sludge Is Good for You, offered "a sardonic, wide-ranging look at the public relations industry."[5]
After leaving the Center for Media and Democracy in 2009, Rampton became a website developer, joining an open government initiative led by New York State Senate chief information officer Andrew Hoppin.[6] [7] In 2010, Hoppin and Rampton co-founded NuCivic, an open source software company,[8] [9] which they sold in December 2014 to GovDelivery, a software services company now known as Granicus.[10] [11] Rampton currently works as a software engineer at Granicus.[12] He also serves on the board of directors of Global Energy Monitor (GEM), a non-governmental organization that catalogs fossil fuel and renewable energy projects worldwide in support of clean energy.[13]
How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future (2001)
There isn't likely to be much corporate support there. These guys come from the far side of liberal. Saying so is not to detract from their exhaustively detailed reportage and calmly convincing tone; indeed, the book is generally light on rhetoric, and there's hardly a radical quoted.Chisun Lee, "The Flack Catchers", Village Voice, April 10, 2001.
