Anouk Hoedeman Email & Phone Number

Netherlands

Expert advice on reducing bird-collision risk at existing buildings (including homes) and in the design of new buildings. Building assessments, recommendations for retrofitting, review of building plans, bird-safe design advice, educational presentations, training for bird-collision monitoring, bird rescue and rehabilitation advice, communications related.

Ottawa, Canada Area

• Founded and led Safe Wings Ottawa (safewings.ca) to reduce bird mortality from window collisions through rescue, research and education
• Provided expert advice on bird-safe building design and retrofitting, conducted risk assessments, and developed collision mitigation plans. Clients included Public Service and Procurement Canada, Environment Canada.
• Advocated successfully for bird-safe building design requirements at the federal and municipal government levels, and provide expertise and input into the creation of the Ottawa Bird-Safe Design Guidelines and the.
• Offered educational presentations and training for building industry professionals, government agencies and other stakeholders concerning bird-glass collisions
• Trained and oversaw volunteers conducting bird-collision monitoring
• Monitored buildings for bird collisions, and collected and analyzed data

• Provided writing, editing, writing, strategic communications planning and media relations services on a freelance or contract basis for government and private-sector clients
• Extensive experience producing a broad range of materials, including articles, press releases, Q&As, social media content, backgrounders, op-eds, media lines, speeches, scripts and reports

• Developed and implemented communications strategies to generate international media coverage
• Provided strategic communications advice, services and support, developed media lines and speeches, and managed crisis communications
• Acted as the primary contact for media, and as a liaison for the public and strategic partners
• Developed, prepared and distributed communications materials such as press releases, backgrounders, images and press kits
• Planned and coordinated media previews, press conferences and other events

• Researched and wrote briefing notes, reports, press releases and success stories tailored to a range of audiences, including politicians, the media and the general public
• Advised NSERC’s Communications department on media relations and communications strategies

• Supervised production of Connections section of Capital News Online (www.capitalnews.ca), an award-winning Internet magazine produced by Carleton’s School of Journalism
• Trained undergraduate and graduate students in story planning, writing, editing, graphics, photography and interactive features

• Planned and managed newspaper’s weekly Showcase magazine (circulation 400,000), assigned stories, and supervised writers and copy editors
• Designed pages, prepared material for publication, and coordinated production

• Edited copy to ensure grammatical, stylistic and substantive accuracy, wrote headlines, prepared material for publication, and coordinated work flow and production with section editors and other departments
• Created and maintained page templates, style book and databases

• Edited news copy and columns, wrote headlines, and designed pages and graphics
• Assisted in newspaper’s transition to pagination and conversion to Mac platform

• Edited copy, contributed story ideas, proofread, and wrote headlines for weekly newspaper

Master, Journalism

B.A., Journalism