Aubry Buzek Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas Area

• Serves as a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service spokesperson with reporters and the media on sensitive, complex, highly visible, and controversial matters, some of which may have international significance.• Responds to inquiries for information and interviews from national and international wire services, television and radio networks, nationally and internationally circulated newspapers and magazines, the legal community, interest groups, consultants, and the public.• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with representatives of the news media, representatives of non-government organizations (NGOs), and with FWS employees in the headquarters, regional and field offices; Department of the Interior public affairs specialists; and employees of other agencies, bureaus, and offices.• Authors and produces a wide variety of FWS media advisories, news releases, official statements, talking points, announcements, letters, internal memoranda, and related materials concerning assigned program areas.• Assists regional program managers with communications strategy, planning and implementation focusing on regional and national conservation priorities and long-term proactive goals.

345Th Public Affairs Detachment

• Justified Accord 2019: Provided public affairs support at Justified Accord 2019 in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia. Justified Accord is a combined, joint exercise designed to strengthen partnerships, increase interoperability and enhance the capability and capacity of international participants to promote regional security and support peacekeeping operations for the African Union Mission in Somalia.

205Th Theater Public Affairs Support Element

• Task Force 41: Activated in December 2018 for Task Force 41 to provide public affairs support for the presidential funeral events for President George H.W. Bush in Houston, Texas. As part of the credentialing team, conducted media credentialing and media escorting tasks for more than 260 media at seven locations.• Special Operations Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve- Iraq: Deployed from January-November 2016 with SOJTF-OIR-I, an operational command in Iraq dedicated to the U.S. and coalition special forces operations against ISIS. Wrote and edited varied and integrated communications products including news releases, feature stories, speeches, and fact sheets on U.S. and Iraqi partner operations. Advised Iraqi partners’ social media strategy through classes, mentoring and weekly meetings. Crafted speeches, talking points and tweets for Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve spokesman on SOJTF-OIR-I’s contributions to OIR to support the weekly brief to the Pentagon Press Corps.

Austin, Texas Area

• Responsibilities include advanced media relations for traditional and new media, developing and implementing communications plans and serving as an agency spokesperson for a state government agency devoted to managing and conserving the natural and cultural resources of Texas.• Responds to media requests, drafts and distributes press releases, preps agency subject matter experts, creates talking points and scripts and organizes press conferences to communicate natural resource and wildlife conservation messaging with the media and public. • Coordinates and oversees the research, writing, editing, and production of informational programs and materials for release to news media and for use by agency, the public and other agencies.• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with representatives of the print and broadcast media and national organizations interested in public lands and fish and wildlife conservation. • Coordinates with other state and federal government agencies to ensure consistent and coordinated messaging to media and the public regarding conservation and natural resource topics.• Collaborates with other TPWD communications sections and contributes content as needed including producing social media content for main Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts; writing feature articles for Texas Parks and Wildlife Magazine; creating episodes of Under the Texas Sky podcast; writing informative regulatory content for The Outdoor Annual; and providing video for Texas Parks and Wildlife PBS Television show.• Looks for storytelling opportunities within the agency and beyond to help increase awareness of the importance of conserving the natural and cultural resources of Texas, increase participation in outdoor recreational activities, drive traffic to revenue-producing products including hunting and fishing licenses and promote state park visitation and other special programs and events.

Clovis, Nm

• Wrote news articles for daily print and digital distribution to inform a regional audience of news and events concerning the community.• Interviewed community members, photographed events, and researched information for more than 200 breaking news and feature stories posted on the CNJ web site, in print, and on social media. • Coordinated interviews with subject matter experts and conducted thorough research to produce multiple creative products a day under tight deadlines.• Attended court proceedings, press conferences and public meetings for news stories and highlights on city and county government.• Made Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to government agencies and pulled documents and records from magistrate and district courts to gather information for story development.• Developed and maintained working relationships with local public information officers and government officials.

Mcas Miramar, San Diego, Ca

• Responsible for gathering information and producing communications products to broaden the public awareness of the Marine Corps role and mission. • Wrote more than 80 articles for publication in the weekly “Flight Jacket” military newspaper; shot, edited and published video and photo for DVIDS and the Defense Media Agency; and used social media tools to promote events and published stories. Supervised and mentored a staff of seven writers to produce high-quality, focused coverage of Marine Corps training missions and operations.• Assisted the community relations department on an ongoing basis with escorting and speaking to local media, planning an annual air show, and coaching personnel for interviews.• Received several awards for excellence in writing and received an achievement award for documenting the 2009 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show and for planning and escorting media during the Balboa/Make-A-Wish Foundation VIP event, which directly related to the increase in media coverage and visitors to the air station.

Defense Media Activity Iwakuni, Japan

• Shared the Marine Corps story with global external audiences and disseminated command information to local internal audiences through TV and radio. • While working in the TV News section, produced 39 television and radio news stories for the daily local newscast “Inside Iwakuni” on American Forces Network News in the Pacific, the Pentagon Channel, and social media. Wrote scripts and anchored more than 120 pre-recorded and live newscasts.• As the supervisor of the Radio section, managed a team of four full-time and volunteer disk jockeys, interviewed executives and influential community leaders, logged more than 1,400 hours of live radio, provided community information to a listening audience of more than 5,000 people, and produced and hosted 19 live radio remotes to promote community relations events such as the annual air show.• Attended the 48th National Press Photographers Association NewsVideo Workshop and received several awards for public affairs products, including placing first in the Command Information Campaign category of the 2008 United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association/Division of Public Affairs Merit Awards Competition.

Master'S Degree, Cultural Studies: Media Studies Concentration

The master's and doctoral degrees in Cultural Studies with a concentration in Media Studies allows students to follow a course of study.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication And Media Studies, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi, Lambda Pi Eta

Certifications, Basic Public Affairs Specialist, Broadcast Communication Specialist

- To train selected enlisted personnel and civilian employees of DOD components in the principles, techniques and skills required.