Brittany Crocker Email & Phone Number

Knoxville, TN, US

Point person for communicating with clean energy, defense and manufacturing brands to create accessible campaigns to communicate highly technical information. Develops, leads and executes public relations strategies for clients in the energy and technology sectors, focusing on clean and renewable energy brands. Writes and releases thought leadership.

Reserve Public Affairs Officer currently serving as administration department head for the Navy Office of Community Outreach. Recently returned from 12-month tour directing public affairs and strategic communication for the U.S. Navy's only installation in Africa (details below).

Forward-deployed to execute high-stakes media strategies in dynamic and challenging environments. Coordinated crisis communication, strategic content development, and cross-functional collaboration, while fostering positive relations with international and host-nation partners. Served as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing critical communication.

Directed editorial content and operations for The Military Wallet and Veteran.com during their acquisition, improvement, redesign, and relaunch.Mission Impact:- Created and implemented content strategies, including SEO optimization and increased editorial quality standards, which resulted in significant increases in organic traffic, direct traffic, and.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

- Reported stories of local, as well as national significance for the USA Today Network.- Responsible for a wide variety of local and national interest coverage, including crime, public health, breaking and trending news, education, science, technology, energy and public utilities.- Covered the Department of Energy beat for two years, reporting on nuclear.

Jefferson City, Missouri

- Staff Sergeant (E-6), responsible for training, leading and start-to-end oversight of multimedia production teams. - Operated media operations centers, responded to media queries and provided on-camera interviews. Created written, photo and video content for state and federal communications platforms and for distribution to civilian media. - Supported.

Operation Enduring Freedom

- Command Information Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) deployed in support of a Joint Task Force in a restricted environment. - Responsible for creating talking points, holding statements, photos, videos, graphics, scripts and announcements for JTF command.- Presented reports to command element flag officers during battle update briefs. - Supported Joint.

Remote

- Periodically contributed articles covering Oak Ridge environmental cleanup and the nuclear weapons complex to EXM's Weapons Complex Monitor and Nuclear Security and Deterrence Monitor publications.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Supported long-term investigative projects while studying in Washington as a White House PressCorrespondents Association scholar.- Researched federal court cases and created a database to support reporting on Brady law and prosecutorial misconduct for NPR station WAMU.- Contributed early research and data work to WAMU's investigative report "Collateral.

Columbia, Missouri Area

- Covered city government and relevant issues. - Developed and maintained source relationships within the local police force, city council, area homeless community and multiple interest groups. - Coverage included campaign finance, local elections and enterprise and long-term investigative stories exposing organized crime, investigations and projects.

Colubmia, Missouri

- Provided grading, teaching and advising assistance for media law course of roughly 300 students per semester.

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

- Planned, hosted, edited and produced first season of Tenn Talks quarterly podcast series: "Bedtime Stories with Brittany Crocker."- Assisted with grant writing and launch for Tenn Words crowd-sourced news initiative. - Performed data aggregation and analysis. - Assisted with regular radio news content production.

Columbia, Missouri

- Research and production assistant responsible for content creation and supervision of undergraduate teams working for multimedia journalism outlet Empathetic Media. - Contributed to production of a virtual (VR) forensic walk-through which debuted on the Oculus Rift at the True/False documentary film festival.

Columbia, Missouri

Remote

- Held position as freelance web editor for Inform (formerly News Distribution Network). - Responsible for boosting advertising revenue by embedding relevant videos into existing digital content for the Miami Herald and Detroit News.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

- Reviewed and revised existing website. - Transformed printed partnership manual into an online interactive experience. - Created strategic training packets for future United States partners. - Shot photos and wrote barrio descriptions for interactive ArcGIS maps of Buenos Aires.

Columbia, Missouri

- Student reporter and producer responsible for digital content including stories and blog posts.- Contributed riot photos from Buenos Aires, Argentina and a radio segment from Tijuana, Mexico.

Columbia, Missouri

- Pitched, researched, reported, and produced stories during weekly newsroom shifts as part of reporting course work for NPR affiliate KBIA, NBC affiliate KOMU, and start-up mobile news company, Newsy.

Master'S Degree, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Reynolds Journalism Institute technology development competition* Completed seminar and internship in.

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Tau Sigma honor society, Student Veterans Association, GIS charity map-athon, tech development competition.

Military Public Affairs

* Basic Combat Correspondence (2011) * Advanced Leaders Course for Public Affairs (2017) * Public Affairs and Communication Strategy.

Political Science