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Karen Hall

Media strategist, publicist, and keynote speaker. I put you on my stage, publish your story, and get you the publicity that follows.

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About Karen

Ready to stop being the best-kept secret?

Karen Hall turns the expertise, ideas and stories of authors, speakers, entrepreneurs and thought leaders into visibility, credibility and opportunity.

As Founder of Karen Hall Media™, Karen publishes, publicizes and produces. For more than 40 years, she has extracted the gold in people's stories. As Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer for the Los Angeles Tribune, a Grammy-nominated storytelling company, she helps you share your story in print and on stage, creating an emotional connection with your audience.

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Karen Hall is the Founder of Karen Hall Media™ and a publisher, publicist and producer who helps authors, speakers, entrepreneurs and thought leaders turn their expertise, ideas and stories into greater visibility, credibility and opportunity.

As Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer for the Los Angeles Tribune, a Grammy-nominated storytelling company, Karen works at the intersection of media, publishing and producing events. She helps leaders strengthen their authority and expand their reach through books, feature articles, press releases, media coverage, podcasts, magazines and stages that put their message in front of the people who need to hear it.

Known for her ability to extract the gold in someone's story, Karen sees what others often overlook. She creates a safe space in which she helps uncover the experiences, expertise and human stories that make a leader memorable. Then she helps shape and position them in ways that build connection and credibility. She doesn't simply shine the spotlight on her clients. She pulls back the curtain so audiences can discover the person behind the accomplishments and create an emotional connection.

Karen's roots in storytelling began more than 40 years ago as a writer. Her career has included investigative and feature reporting, broadcast journalism, publishing, publicity, event production and media strategy. Today, she produces international broadcasts and in-person events, publishes books and editorial platforms, and creates opportunities for emerging and established voices to step onto larger stages and into greater visibility.

A bestselling author herself, Karen understands that publishing a book, landing an article or stepping onto a stage is only part of building influence. The greater opportunity is connecting those assets strategically so they strengthen one another, creating an ecosystem of credibility around the person and their message.

Through Karen Hall Media™, Karen brings publishing, publicity, media and speaking opportunities together under one strategy, helping powerful voices stop being the best-kept secret and become seen, heard and respected.

I extract the gold.

Services

Where do you want to make an impact?

Your story belongs on a stage

Event producer

Speak at worldwide virtual broadcasts alongside influencers. I build the stage and the lineup, help build your confidence to share your message, and then put you on stage.

Podcast interviews

A seat on The Hero Within™, and introductions to hosts across The Los Angeles Tribune podcast network.

Publish and promote your story

Publisher

Publish your own book, or author your story in a leadership anthology, in an online magazine, or in the Los Angeles Tribune.

Publicist

Features and interviews published online and in syndicated platforms through media blitzes. I write the pitch and distribute the story to hundreds of media outlets. I also run marketing campaigns.

Train your leaders

Psychological safety keynote speaker

A keynote on equipping leaders to create an environment where people feel safe, building trust and resilience at work and at home. Mixed with real life examples and humor, it sticks. For conferences, offsites, workshops and more.

Leadership strategist

Work with me on how you lead: how to create a culture of trust that keeps good people on your team and increases engagement, resulting in greater productivity and profitability.

Tell me what you need

Published by Karen Hall Media™ with the Los Angeles Tribune, the Global Women's Journal shares the stories and insights of women making an impact.

The Summer 2026 Leadership Edition features Becky Robbins, co-founder of Robbins Research International with Tony Robbins, on the cover, alongside stories from 10 contributing authors.

The Inaugural Edition Summer 2025 showcases leaders and mentors from across the world.

Want a copy?

Want your story in the next edition? Tell me about it.

The Los Angeles Tribune Women's Journal, Inaugural Edition, Summer 2025 cover
Inaugural Edition
Global Women's Journal, Leadership Edition, Summer 2026 cover
Leadership Edition

Keynotes and summits

Events where I've spoken or hosted.

Speaker bio for event hosts

Karen Hall is an international keynote speaker and leadership strategist specializing in helping CEOs and leadership teams create psychologically safe workplace cultures where trust grows, people contribute their best thinking, and high-performing teams thrive. Drawing on emotional intelligence and neuroscience, she equips leaders with practical strategies to increase engagement, innovation, resilience, productivity, and profitability.

Serving as Chief Relationship Officer for multiple organizations, Karen has advised C-suite executives on building trust, navigating difficult conversations, and creating healthy organizational cultures. She teaches leaders what they communicate before they speak, helping them create the environment that allows creativity and teamwork to flourish.

Earlier in her career, Karen and her business partner resurrected bankrupt businesses, restoring profitability, rebuilding trust, and coaching leaders to create sustainable growth. As Director of Marketing and Sales, she helped organizations strengthen their market position while building lasting relationships with clients, teams, and communities.

Karen serves as Editor-in-Chief and Executive Producer for the Los Angeles Tribune, a Grammy-nominated storytelling company, where she interviews influential leaders from around the world. She also hosts The Hero Within Podcast™, ranked among the top 2.5% of podcasts globally.

Karen's entrepreneurial spirit began at age nine when she sold GRIT newspapers door-to-door and built her own babysitting business. That early curiosity about people, relationships, leadership, and business grew into a career as an international bestselling author, publicist, publisher, broadcast journalist, and Founder of Karen Hall Media™, where she helps thought leaders amplify their influence and build lasting credibility.

Podcast guest appearances

Podcasts that have had me on.

The Hero Within™

My podcast, in the top 2.5% worldwide. Inspiring true stories of unsung heroes who share how they navigate adversity, build faith, find hope, and return to love.

Karen Hall speaking with a microphone

Speak at the summit

You have a message worth hearing. Let's showcase you on our stage!

The Global Women's Leadership Summit brings together women with stories, expertise and ideas worth sharing. This international virtual broadcast gives you the opportunity to expand your reach and share your message with people around the world.

This isn't just about speaking for a few minutes and disappearing when the event ends.

Guest speaker opportunities include options for professional speaker assets, feature articles, marketing and promotion, and a recorded segment you can continue sharing long after the summit.

If you're an author, speaker, coach, entrepreneur or thought leader with a message you feel called to share, I'd love to hear it!

Latest insights on leadership and human connection

Raw, Real Podcast Episodes to Support Your Mental Health

With my podcast, The Hero Within™ Karen Hall, I've shared about my healing journey and in honor of World Mental Health Day, I'd like to share some of these vulnerable, real and raw conversations with you.

I've shared the deep loneliness that I've felt, as well as postpartum depression, and how painful it has been in my life to suffer all alone. I don't want anyone else to suffer as I have, and that's why I started my podcast. That's why I speak and why I wrote my book.

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Where do you want to make an impact?

  • Bring me in to speak or train your leaders.
  • Share your story on one of my stages.
  • Publish and promote your message.

I read every note myself and reply within two business days.

Global Women's Journal, Leadership Edition, Summer 2026 cover

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Becky Robbins is on the cover, with stories from 10 contributing authors. I'll email you the order link.