Andrea LePain is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of combined media and public relations experience. She founded eMedia in 2016.Andrea specializes in media relations and translating complex topics into engaging and relevant storylines that appeal to target audiences. She has developed a wide range of contacts across national and regional business media including WSJ, NYT, Forbes, Fortune, Bloomberg TV, CNN and ABC. Her client experiences include MIT Professional Education, Absorb LMS, Nuxeo, Imprivata, Cardiologs, Selux Diagnostics, BIOMODEX, AdhereHealth, Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization (BIDCO), Mirick O’Connell, Atlantis Charter School, the NCRMA and more. Previously, as Vice President of Greenough Communications, she led media and communications strategy for a wide range of clients across the healthcare, technology and professional services industries – providing counsel, developing plans and executing successful engagement strategies for dozens of leading brands. Before joining a PR agency, Andrea rose the ranks to become Managing Editor of the nation’s largest 24-hour news channel, NECN; she served as a primary editorial decision-maker responsible for story selection and planning for the network’s programming. Andrea also researched and developed enterprise stories and successfully launched the station's first investigative unit. In 2009, she was honored with the national Edward R. Murrow award for an investigative documentary film she produced which led the Massachusetts legislature to toughen the state’s fire codes.Andrea earned her bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism from Boston University. She currently lives outside Boston with her husband, Tim, and twin boys.