RIGHT WORD MEDIA | About Us

Michael Abraham
Sr. Writer

Michael Abraham likes to call himself a Montreal writer. He moved there in 1993 and worked for Discreet Logic, first as a technical writer, then as features writer for LOGIK magazine. In a fit of pique and with heavy symbolism, he founded Open Wound Writing in 1996, with Discreet Logic as his first client. Since then, he has written for a variety of companies and publications, including Softimage.com, eCreativeSearch.com, Boards Magazine, the IBC Daily News and Broadcast Hardware International. He continues to live in Montreal with his wife Julie and his sons Zachary and Lucas. He has also promised his mother that, one day, he’ll finish that dissertation.

Ray Ecke
Founder/President

After covering the television production and post-production industry for five years as a reporter for Shoot Magazine, Ecke turned his attention to public relations in 1997. He founded Right Word Media, Inc. with the goal of helping creative companies, both large and small, get their fair share of the media spotlight. His company specializes in working with production companies, post-production facilities, broadcast design firms and new media companies, as well as musicians, artists, independent filmmakers and music festivals.

A graduate of Montclair State University with a degree in English Literature and Journalism, Ecke worked as a writer and editor throughout much of his career. Prior to joining Shoot Magazine he covered such diverse industries as telemarketing, entertainment licensing and even professional golf. He still occasionally writes about music, pop culture and sports for such publications as the New York Press, Cover Magazine and music website Kweevak.com.

Claudia Kienzle
Writer

As a professional freelance writer, Claudia has covered every aspect of the digital media industries, including video, film, multimedia, and broadcast via cable, satellite, terrestrial, and the Web. With thousands of articles published since 1988, Claudia has documented the world’s transition from analog to digital and standard definition to high definition video. Her areas of expertise include digital film, storage area networks, streaming media, nonlinear editing, digital cinema, HDTV, and DVD technology. Claudia holds a B.A. in Journalism/Communications from Rutgers University and is based in Hamilton, NJ.

Kiyash Monsef
Writer

Kiyash Monsef has worked in public relations with film and media clients for the past three years. A graduate of New York University’s film program, Kiyash is a documentary filmmaker, and has worked on both coasts as a producer, cameraman, and editor. He is also an award-winning fiction writer and a published travel journalist.

After covering the advertising, television production and postproduction industry for five years as a reporter for Shoot Magazine, Ray Ecke turned his attention toward public relations and creating a firm with the primary goal of helping creative companies and individuals get their fair share of the media's spotlight.

Launched in 1997, Right Word Media specializes in helping all kinds of entertainment related companies – working in every conceivable medium – tell their story through positive media coverage. Their clients include advertising agencies; entertainment production companies; post-production facilities; visual effects/animation studios; graphic design boutiques; and original music/sound design and audio post houses. Additionally, the company has created and launched successful publicity programs promoting daring independent films and filmmakers; television pundits; independent musicians; and music festivals.

What makes the Right Word Media unique? Simple: a decade of solid journalism experience gives Right Word Media an edge few PR firms can match. We know how journalists think, what they’re looking for and how to shape a story, not because we buy them lunch occasionally, but because we’ve sat behind their desks (in some cases quite literally). That, coupled with an extremely hands-on, goal-oriented partnership with our clients, has insured our well-earned reputation for achieving results.