A PR firm specializing in telling YOUR story to the World

Everyone has a story to tell. The difference for many artists, authors and media personalities comes in having a talented team behind them who can help best communicate that story. Names like Amy Grant, MercyMe, Chris Tomlin, American Idols’ Mandisa and Chris Sligh, Steven Curtis Chapman, Skillet, TobyMac, The Afters, Tenley Molzahn from The Bachelor, Sandi Patty, the David Crowder*Band, Fox News Radio’s Todd Starnes and more have relied upon the expertise of those at The Media Collective to do just that.

And they put their faith in the right people. This talented P. R. team has secured coverage for them in publications including Billboard, People, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, CCM Magazine, R&R, Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, SELF, Seventeen, Marie Claire, Parents, Shape, Focus on the Family, Tiger Beat, POPSTAR! and Seventeen as well as spots on The Tonight Show, Good Morning America, NBC’s Today Show, Live! With Regis & Kelly, The View, Larry King Live, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, MSNBC, Fox News Channel, The CBS Early Show, and CNN’s Showbiz Tonight.

Helmed by 20-year public relations veteran Velvet Rousseau Kelm, The Media Collective was born in January 2003 when Kelm purchased The Resource Agency's music-based public relations division, a firm she has successfully headed since its inception in 2000. Kelm brings to this new company her vast experience in P.R. and artist management and development, which has made her the first stop for many big names in Nashville and beyond.

With a strong team that includes P.R. veterans and rising talent, Kelm & Co. offer full service public relations services to their clients both inside and outside the music industry. As her resume proves, Kelm has been personally involved in the development of some of the Christian music industry's top talent while branching out to offer authors and organizations the benefit of her years of expertise. The staff has long-term relationships in all areas of Christian media and continues to foster strong ties to mainstream outlets as well. Not content to take the usual route, The Media Collective has become known for their out-of-the box thinking, winning them raves from clients and editors.

The Media Collective’s commitment to finding new angles and pursue new outlets has made them a favorite, allowing the company to handpick artists and projects they believe in. Their current roster is a testament to that philosophy, each client representing a relationship that goes behind mere promotion to a true belief in the work being done and the hearts behind those projects.

“It is an incredible privilege to work with people we believe in, and who also have a great story to tell,” comments Kelm. “It is our goal to not only get the best and most coverage for our clients as possible, but to do it in a way that serves them, the media and their publisher/record labels. Not a day goes by that we don’t experience the excitement that working with such a diverse group of talent affords us.”