Responsible for strategic communications for industry association representing European producers of ethanol and related businesses. Deliver focused messaging to EU policymakers and key influencers; conceive new content across various media platforms (including video, visuals, social media); develop relations with media in Brussels and across Europe; coordinate with member companies on strategic communications.

Responsible for news coverage of EU affairs and politics for fast-growing publication that has revolutionized the Brussels media landscape and quickly become indispensable reading for European policymakers and opinion-shapers. Manage team of eight full-time reporters in Brussels and Paris bureaus. Also chief editor for POLITICO Brussels Playbook, a morning newsletter with 50,000 subscribers daily.

Responsible for overall public affairs and communications strategy, including campaigns to highlight industry projects on sustainability and product stewardship. In charge of media relations for both proactive messaging and rapid-response to breaking news. In charge of ECPA’s Public Affairs team, ensuring seamless coordination between communications and advocacy efforts.

Responsible for overall communications strategy, including campaigns to highlight industry projects on sustainability and product stewardship. In charge of media relations for both proactive messaging and rapid-response to breaking news. Also in charge of ECPA’s Public Affairs team, ensuring seamless coordination between communications and advocacy efforts.

As Head of Political Communications, I was in charge of strategic positioning and message management for the association across a variety of platforms: online, social media, publications, events, media relations, crisis management. I worked to promote solar photovoltaic technology at European level, through focused messages advocating clear policy goals and targets. Key to this effort was increasing EPIA’s visibility as a strong voice not just in the renewable energy community, but on the Brussels landscape as a whole.

Work included:* Freelance writing for The Wall Street Journal* Free-lance editing services for specific clients* Editorial and communications consulting

Editor of Weekend Journal, the weekly arts and culture section of the Wall Street Journal Europe. Full responsibility for running a four-person team publishing popular feature supplement: conception of issue themes and story ideas; commissioning and editing stories from staff writers and free-lancers around the world; approving art ideas and photo selection; working with online staff to create Web content; coordinating with US Weekend Journal staff on European culture stories; providing stories for use in three global WSJ editions and on all publishing platforms.Deputy Editor of Weekend Journal Jan. 2007-Nov. 2008Duties included generating story ideas and commissioning free-lance writers, news and feature editing of commissioned stories as well as re-tailoring of US-generated feature stories for European readership; headline and caption writing; copy editing and management of copy flow; editing and consultation on photo selection, layout and design. On several occasions I skippered the section when the Editor was away. I also wrote several cover stories, as well as interviews with notable arts and culture personalities, and Top Picks arts reviews.

Writer specializing in EU affairs, US politics, travel, humor. Projects and clients included: · Weekly media column in European Voice newspaper; · Regular contributions to bimonthly magazine e!Sharp; · Editorship of special EV50 "Europeans of the Year" magazine in autumn 2002, and significant contributions to later editions; · Free-lance articles published in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Slate, Parliament magazine, The Bulletin. · Worked extensively with the European Journalism Centre as a moderator/coordinator for weeklong programs for journalists visiting the EU institutions--a position that involved required significant public-speaking skills and logistical planning; · Also served as European editor for TCS Daily, an online journal of analysis and opinion; position required organization, staging and moderation of conferences, seminars and debates.

Duties included: managing newsroom, assigning stories and editing news, feature, and analysis copy. In

Helped conceive and launch monthly glossy publication covering the culture of power and the performance art of politics in Washington. Editorial responsibilities included: developing and assigning stories, working with writers, editing copy, conjuring clever headlines and captions, writing major feature stories.

Responsible for editorial management of acclaimed twice-weekly newspaper covering Congress and federal political campaigns. Ran nine-reporter newsroom; assigned and coordinated coverage; worked with staff writers and contributors on story development; designed and edited editorial page; edited news and commentary copy; wrote headlines and designed page layouts; wrote editorials; wrote popular twice-a-week "Heard on the Hill"​ column; participated in design of new "POLITICS"​ section; supervised publication's major graphic redesign; assisted in launch of "Roll Call Online" web site.

Substantive editing and page layout; story development; editorial page content; "Heard on the Hill."

Some news and feature editing; reporting on political campaigns (including the 1992 presidential race), Congressional leadership, ethics investigations; "Heard on the Hill."

Beats included ethics committees and political campaigns; also produced a wide variety of analysis and humor pieces; started writing "Heard on the Hill" column in April 1990.

for Emmy Award-winning, nationally televised public affairs program. Formulated topics and questions for panelists; wrote news copy; researched show topics; produced and wrote video and audio promos; assisted production and editing of videotape segments; covered 1988 political campaigns, including production and reporting work at both national conventions.