Phil Alongi Profile…

The New York Observer’s Felix Gillette profiles NBC’s Phil Alongi as he prepares to leave the network to start a consulting firm…

“It’s been a great run,” Mr. Alongi told The Observer on Thursday afternoon.

Over the past several years, Mr. Alongi has organized, coordinated, and produced hundreds of large events for NBC News, ranging from political debates to the Olympics to the national political conventions to the memorial services for his colleague Tim Russert.

Mr. Alongi said he will use his expertise in logistical planning, television production, and business management to lure in clients interested in organizing and carrying out large public spectacles.

“What I really love to do is to pull together major events,” said Mr. Alongi. “I love coming up with a theme, figuring out how to organize it, how will it play out, how to present a cohesive message, and how do you keep the interest of the audience either in person or via television. That’s the kind of stuff that I’m really hoping to get my hands into.”

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