Ashley Braun Email & Phone Number

- Has written news and features for publications including Science, The Atlantic, Scientific American, Discover Magazine, Slate, Hakai Magazine, and Longreads- Interviews experts on an array of environmental and scientific topics and works with editors to deliver clear, compelling, and accurate stories under deadline-Fact-checks for publications including Science News and Discover Magazine

- Writes monthly science news stories under deadline for Samplings department

Seattle, Wa

- Edits, manages, and produces content for Drupal-based website at response.restoration.noaa.gov - Edits, manages, and produces stories for Wordpress blog at usresponserestoration.wordpress.com - Writes stories on oil spill response, environmental restoration, and marine debris for website and blog - Writes, copyedits, and edits photos for various communications products

- Wrote, edited, and produced environmental news and feature stories- Interviewed experts in areas such as science, sustainable food, politics, and business - Produced multimedia web features, such as videos, photo slideshows, special series, and polls- Daily web production activities, e.g., published stories, curated top news stories on website home page, wrote and edited headlines and story summaries, copy edited HTML email newsletters, researched and edited photos-… Show more - Wrote, edited, and produced environmental news and feature stories- Interviewed experts in areas such as science, sustainable food, politics, and business - Produced multimedia web features, such as videos, photo slideshows, special series, and polls- Daily web production activities, e.g., published stories, curated top news stories on website home page, wrote and edited headlines and story summaries, copy edited HTML email newsletters, researched and edited photos- Contributed to the ongoing re-design and re-launch of website and content management system features- Managed organizational Twitter account- Increased traffic from Twitter 64 percent from 2009 to 2010, establishing it as a top five traffic source Show less

- Wrote short news stories for editorial department- Edited organizational outreach and communications products for marketing and fundraising departments- Managed and edited a weekly email newsletter distributed to more than 80,000 students and faculty for Grist's partnership with Arizona State University's Office of Sustainability- Managed and updated daily the organizational social media profiles on: Facebook, Twitter, Digg, YouTube, and MySpace- Increased Twitter followers… Show more - Wrote short news stories for editorial department- Edited organizational outreach and communications products for marketing and fundraising departments- Managed and edited a weekly email newsletter distributed to more than 80,000 students and faculty for Grist's partnership with Arizona State University's Office of Sustainability- Managed and updated daily the organizational social media profiles on: Facebook, Twitter, Digg, YouTube, and MySpace- Increased Twitter followers 124 percent and Facebook fans by 194 percent from 2008 to 2009- Moderated the website's online community- Initiated experiments in online news engagement through contests, third-party widgets, polls, and the daily news-curated Facebook application Hot Dish (a project of NewsCloud and funded by the Knight Foundation) Show less

- Wrote press releases, promotional text, marketing blog posts, and web site content- Provided support and research to the marketing manager for institutional communications and promotions, i.e., partner barter agreements, content syndication, media influence tracking and reporting- Managed and updated Grist online social media profiles- Sustainable Life Media: Official event blogger for Sustainable Brands Conference 2008- Managed Grist online advertisers, ad trafficking (web… Show more - Wrote press releases, promotional text, marketing blog posts, and web site content- Provided support and research to the marketing manager for institutional communications and promotions, i.e., partner barter agreements, content syndication, media influence tracking and reporting- Managed and updated Grist online social media profiles- Sustainable Life Media: Official event blogger for Sustainable Brands Conference 2008- Managed Grist online advertisers, ad trafficking (web and email), scheduling, and reporting Show less

Bachelor Of Science, Environmental Sciences, Spanish

Activities and Societies: University of Notre Dame Environmental Research Center (UNDERC), Students for Environmental Action, Center.

Education record

Centro de Estudios Internacionales, Study Abroad Program, Toledo, Spain

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