On Speaking
Philip Dine is an experienced speaker, having addressed groups ranging from educators to international diplomats, from business and labor leaders to national high school conventions. He has appeared on NPR and C-Span, on radio programs and on local TV stations around the country. He has expertise to share on three main topics:
Labor–Management Relations
Philip Dine can address the status of the labor movement, the role of unions, federal policies vis-a-vis labor, labor-management relations and how the media cover labor. He has spoken to union conventions, business executives, labor attorneys and union communicators.
His new book, State of the Unions, is a portrait of where organized labor stands and why it still matters to employees and to the broader economic and political system. Dine has reported on labor for 20 years, was twice nominated for a Pulitzer Price for his labor reporting, has written op-ed pieces for the Wall Street Journal, did graduate studies 
in labor relations at MIT and spent two years in Europe researching unions and immigrant workers.
International Politics
Philip Dine has covered national politics and foreign policy for more than a decade, with a focus on economic issues and national security/defense. He has spoken to organizations about domestic, political and economic issues as well as to groups of international diplomates, foreign policy associations and others on those topics and on how the media cover national security and foreign policy.
His reporting on Afghanistan, Iraq, airport security and other national security issues has been recognized as the year's best correspondence seven times since 1996. His work, Tyranny's Children, on the difficult transition to democracy in Eastern Europe won four national awards in the early 1990s. Fluent in four languages, he has reported from a variety of trouble spots around the world and has been an accredited Pentagon reporter since 2001.
Media & Communications
Philip Dine has been a journalist for more than a quarter-century. During that time, he has frequently written about journalism and media coverage of various issues, and has spoken to diverse groups about communications strategies and how to deal most effectively with the media.
He also has designed and taught a college course on the media and social change, including how journalists cover civil rights, the labor movement, women's groups and foreign affairs. Dine has judged national journalism contests and has been interviewed here and abroad on issues related to the media and communications.