Terry Phillips

In 1976, Phillips began working at KTEH, the public television affiliate in Silicon Valley. He ran the station's video services department.{{citation needed|date=July 2013}} He produced feature stories and presented documentary reports for such programs as “Tomorrow/Today,” an innovative science and technology magazine series on PBS.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgSTIVWKYacNCBVwo37o5bL7wOaf68XyE |title=KTEH |website=YouTube}}{{cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430372186 |title=Master class with Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (VHS tape, 1990) |publisher=[WorldCat.org] |date=2019-01-04 |oclc=430372186 |accessdate=2022-06-11}}

Phillips operated the public access television station for Gill Cable TV in 1977.Gill Line newsletter, issue 14, page 3

Prompted by the 1988 earthquake in Armenia, Phillips traveled to the Soviet Union and began reporting for NBC/Mutual radio. He was one of the first journalists to cover fighting in the Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the border war between Armenia and Azerbaijan.{{Cite web| title=Professor Greb to Celebrate the Golden Anniversary of SJS Broadcast Journalism (1957 – 2007) | url=https://www.charlesherrold.org/NewCDHPix/GrebStory.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828011832/http://www.charlesherrold.org/NewCDHPix/GrebStory.pdf | archive-date=2008-08-28}}Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211210/W8-Z64kFyGg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210607164410/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8-Z64kFyGg&list=PLgSTIVWKYacNt0nf0Zf8NsnAbys5XBARY&index=80 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8-Z64kFyGg&list=PLgSTIVWKYacNt0nf0Zf8NsnAbys5XBARY&index=80| title = Nagorno Karabagh | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}

Following the 1990 Iraq invasion of Kuwait, Phillips reported the first Gulf conflict from Baghdad. He re-located to Moscow to cover the collapsing USSR and was dispatched to Afghanistan, Somalia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Haiti.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgSTIVWKYacNt0nf0Zf8NsnAbys5XBARY | title=CBS News - YouTube | website=YouTube }}

Phillips left daily news reporting in 1996 and entered the world of high technology. He was hired as public affairs director for Omnipoint Communications, a GSM wireless service provider."Researchers Crack Code" The New York Times, Dec. 7, 1999 In that capacity, he also served as an international advocate for the GSM Association, a London-based trade organization for the world's wireless operators. While at Omnipoint, Phillips led the department dealing with company communications, media relations and public affairs. He was a member of the President's Council and published Wireless Etiquette (Omnipoint Books, 1999), the world's first guide to the polite use of instant communications devices, which was written by Peter Laufer. He was a champion of wireless security, challenging claims that GSM conversations were vulnerable to eavesdropping.See RCR Wireless Viewpoint column by Tracy Ford, Dec. 13, 1999 (“Go Terry!”). www.rcrwireless.com/ ARTICLE/19991213/SUB/912130726/viewpoint In 1999, Omnipoint merged with VoiceStream Wireless (now part of T-Mobile)."Voicestream and Omnipoint Announce $3 Billion Merger" NY Times, June 24, 1999

Phillips moved back to California in 2000. He began a five-year investigation into the assassination of Ghevont Tourian, the Armenian Archbishop who was stabbed to death in a New York City church on Christmas Eve Sunday morning in 1933, an event which continues to divide Armenians worldwide. That research led Phillips to write a historical novel, Murder at the Altar (Hye Books, 2008)."Controversial Novel Arrives in Moscow and Yerevan" AZG Daily, Feb. 25, 2009. This review was in the independent website Hetq [http://www.old.hetq.am/en/culture/terry-phillips/]{{cite book | url=https://www.amazon.com/Murder-at-Altar-Historical-Novel-ebook/dp/B004YTFFCG/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=murder+at+the+altar+terry+phillips&qid=1623021989&sr=8-1 | title=Murder at the Altar: A Historical Novel | date=30 April 2011 | publisher=Hye Books }} An anonymous letter to the editor of the Asbarez newspaper called Phillips “an agent of discord” [http://www.asbarez.com/59520/mr-terry-phillips-an-agent-of-discord/][http://www.redroom.com/audio/terry-phillips-interview-part-1 Terry Phillips interview at Red Room] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616153430/http://www.redroom.com/audio/terry-phillips-interview-part-1 |date=2008-06-16 }} A panel discussion of this topic took place at the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research (NAASR) in Belmont, Mass.

In 2005, Phillips returned to his birthplace, and for five years he hosted “Quality of Life,” an interview/news talk series on Valley Public Radio, the NPR stations in Central California.{{cite web | url=http://www.peaceandfreedom2008.org/news_items/news_080129_kvpr.html | title=P&F Campaign 2008: News Item: KVPR Quality of Life 1/29/08 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.stitcher.com/show/central-valley-alliance-of-atheists-and-skeptics/episode/religious-philosophy-mark-boyd-interviewed-on-kvpr-45667671 | title="Religious Philosophy" Mark Boyd interviewed on KVPR }}{{cite web | url=http://www.fresnostate.edu/chhs/cvhpi/programs/cause/resources.html | title=College of Health and Human Services }}{{cite news|title=Radio Show to Feature Mayor Candidates|newspaper=Bakersfield Californian|date=April 22, 2008}} In June 2009, he broadcast the program live from Yerevan, Armenia.

In February 2011, during a series of scandals involving NPR, Phillips wrote an op-ed published in The Fresno BeeTroubling trend in public radio news, The Fresno Bee, Feb. 11, 2011 and the Bakersfield Californian,Money and Ethics at Valley Public Radio, The Bakersfield Californian critical of financial influences on news content. A week later, he was fired.Valley Radio Host Loses Job The Fresno Bee, Feb. 18, 2011 This prompted public reaction from listeners.Reactions were printed in the Bee fresnobeehive.com/2011/02/talking_points_23.html#storylink=misearch and the Californian www.bakersfield.com/opinion/letters/x2098053145/Terry-Phillips-firing.

Phillips is the author of Off the Air: Thoughts About Our Quality of Life (Hye Books, 2011), a compilation of his radio commentaries.

In November 2011, Phillips announced that he had formed an exploratory committee to run for Congress in the newly redistricted 23rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives.Newsman explores challenge to McCarthy http://www.bakersfield.com/news/local/x1347873118/Election-Notebook-Newsman-explores-challenge-to-McCarthy He became an official candidate on March 9, 2012[https://archive.today/20120731131754/http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x1688918616/Election-line-ups-solidify-after-Friday-deadline Election line-ups solidify after Friday deadline] challenging incumbent Rep. Kevin McCarthy.{{cite web |url=http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/politics/local/x1537704543/Challengers-criticize-McCarthys-district-leadership |title=Challengers criticize McCarthy's district leadership - BakersfieldCalifornian.com |access-date=2012-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120428013154/http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/politics/local/x1537704543/Challengers-criticize-McCarthys-district-leadership |archive-date=2012-04-28 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x213982084/23rd-Congressional-District-candidates-talk-health-care-economy-foreign-policy |title=23rd Congressional District candidates talk health care, ... - BakersfieldCalifornian.com |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917050208/http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x213982084/23rd-Congressional-District-candidates-talk-health-care-economy-foreign-policy |archive-date=2012-09-17 |url-status=dead }} He came in second in the June 5 primary election, assuring him a spot on the November 6 runoff ballot.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/06/new-primary-doesnt-deliver-wins-for-no-party-preference-candidates.html#storylink=misearch |title=Capitol Alert: Only five independents win spots in November runoff election |access-date=2012-06-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610085639/http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2012/06/new-primary-doesnt-deliver-wins-for-no-party-preference-candidates.html#storylink=misearch |archive-date=2012-06-10 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/politics/local/x1526557038/McCarthy-Phillips-lay-out-views-to-woo-newspaper-endorsement |title=McCarthy, Phillips lay out views to woo newspaper endorsement - BakersfieldCalifornian.com |access-date=2012-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030224559/http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/politics/local/x1526557038/McCarthy-Phillips-lay-out-views-to-woo-newspaper-endorsement |archive-date=2012-10-30 |url-status=dead }} A newcomer to electoral politics, Phillips ran with no party affiliation.{{cite web |url=http://www.rollcall.com/issues/58_33/Uphill-Climb-for-Candidates-Challenging-Leaders-218615-1.html?pg=2 |title=Uphill Climb for Candidates Challenging Leaders : Roll Call News |access-date=2012-11-14 |archive-date=2013-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628074148/http://www.rollcall.com/issues/58_33/Uphill-Climb-for-Candidates-Challenging-Leaders-218615-1.html?pg=2 |url-status=dead }} He garnered more than 57,000 votes — nearly 27 percent of the total.{{cite web | url=http://www.smartvoter.org/2012/11/06/ca/kr/us_congress.html | title=US Congress for Kern County, CA }}

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• [http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Terry_Phillips Armeniapedia article on Phillips]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20111007090616/http://old.hetq.am/en/culture/terry-phillips-2/#more-6806 Hetq Online review of Murder at the Altar]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120622195701/http://www.phillipsforcongress.com/ Terry Phillips for Congress official website]
• [https://www.Imagine-Air-Theater.com]

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