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Lisa

Contributing Writer @ Lucid News
I am a seasoned political communications professional with a background in journalism, news editing and nonprofit marketing. I have directed communications programs for progressive statewide campaigns in California, Idaho and Maine, and I have worked as a communications consultant focused on media relations and strategic communications for U.S. House and U.S. Senate campaigns across the United States. I have covered national and state-level politics for independent media including Common Dreams, Sludge and Lucid News. I am interested in the intersection of social movements and electoral reforms as well as healthcare, citizen participation in the democratic process and the essential role of the free press in holding power to account.
Lucid News
Westminster College
Maine, USA

Skills

Public Relations
Communications
Coordination
Scheduling
Storytelling
Google Drive
Adobe Creative Cloud
Photoshop
Illustrator
InDesign
WordPress
Drupal
action network
ngp van
vote builder
Media Relations
Project Management
Campaign Management
Campaign Concepting
Campaign Planning
State and Local Policy
Social Media
Media Planning
Media Management
Outreach
CSS
Strategic Planning
Writing
Editing
Journalism

Work experiences

Contributing Writer

Lucid News

May 2021 ~ Present
I cover the intersection of politics, policy and the movements to decriminalize and legalize psychedelic drugs.

Staff Writer

Common Dreams

Sep 2020 ~ Sep 2020
1 mo
Reported on breaking and current local, national and global political news for progressive, independent media outlet focused on aggregating and expanding on existing reporting as well as some enterprise work. Scheduled sharing of my own reporting on Common Dreams' Facebook and Twitter accounts, which have 372K and 76.6K followers respectively. Loaded and published content via Drupal.

Political Communications Consultant Copywriter

C2G Strategies

Apr 2020 ~ Jun 2020
3 mos
Strategic message development and media & press outreach/coordination Provided strategic messaging support to candidates and top-level staff. Coordinated press and earned media for campaigns including pitching and scheduling interviews, writing and sending press releases and updating campaign websites with press releases and media feeds. Coached candidates for interviews. Email campaigns Developed and wrote email campaigns for progressive Congressional-level candidates. Wrote, edited and generated narratives and copy for candidates for U.S. House and U.S. Senate Followed the news cycle to tie national and local narratives and stories to our candidates' platforms. Developed messaging for supporter lists that number in the tens of thousands. Website builds maintenance Built and maintained candidate websites in Wordpress. Coordinated with the digital fundraising team for landing pages, petition embeds and media & press feed updates. Developed and redesigned existing sites while maintaining campaign look and feel. 1 of 3

Senior Associate

Erikson Communications Group

Jan 2020 ~ Apr 2020
4 mos
Wrote and edited copy for progressive candidates and campaigns/organizations web copy, press releases, emails, social media posts, text scripts . Managed social media pages of multiple clients. Assisted with graphic design for campaign collateral. Organized and scheduled press coverage.

Communications Director

Betsy Sweet for U.S. Senate

Oct 2019 ~ Jan 2020
4 mos
Organized communications strategy on and offline. Wrote and edited press releases, campaign literature copy, website copy, candidate speeches and email campaign content. Managed email/digital vendors. Built and maintained WordPress website. Coordinated messaging and content across social media, website, supporter newsletter, press outreach. Managed texting campaigns in Spoke.

Multimedia Marketing Specialist

Teton Valley Health, Inc

Jan 2013 ~ Dec 2018
6 yrs 0 mos
Established and directed online presence of nonprofit healthcare organization. Coordinated with the Director of Marketing and PR on media outreach Managed marketing, public relations and design efforts for nonprofit healthcare system. Spearheaded brand consistency and awareness through writing/editing press releases, website/social media maintenance and outreach, video creation and publication, etc. Developed collateral materials for internal and external use.

Communications Director

Alison Hartson for U.S. Senate

Mar 2018 ~ Jun 2018
4 mos
Coordinated communications for progressive, corporate-free candidate. Wrote and edited press releases, articles, op-eds, video scripts, speeches and newsletters. Partnered with core executive team on communications strategy, grassroots media outreach, campaign fundraising strategies, etc. Organized communications and content development across multiple platforms including candidate website, social media accounts and supporter newsletter. Managed paid advertising via Google Ads for search and video advertising.

Managing Editor

Teton Valley News

Jan 2007 ~ Dec 2012
6 yrs 0 mos
Directed newsroom staff and operations, wrote and edited news articles including coverage of city and county governments and local courts and managed the website. Interviewed, hired and supervised/managed editorial staff reporters, photographer, interns, freelance contributors . Identified staff strengths and effectively delegated tasks hard news coverage, feature stories, special projects, etc. . Managed editorial content calendar and special publication schedule. Assisted with layout of newspaper and magazines Adobe Creative Suite . Updated company website with breaking news and articles from the print product. 2 of 3

Educations

Westminster College

Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Communications, Political Science

2004 - 2006

University of Southern California

Other
English

2000 - 2002
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