Big Thunder P:ublic Relations operates as a freelance public relations business that offers a wide variety of public relations services to clients across multiple industries. I personally handle all work for clients, which means they get the benefit of my many years of experience in the PR trenches -- including more than 15 years of work for a large international public relations and advertising agency.

Public relations consulting, strategic communications, media relations, social media content creation, creative problem solving using marketing and public relations strategies and tactics to help companies position themselves for faster growth in the marketplace.

Features, hard news, breaking news, business, people profiles, now on contract as features writer for Minnesota Lawyer, available for assignments, deadline-hardened.

Journalism, copywriting. News features, profiles, backgrounders, true crime, op-eds, how-to/technical articles, general news. Published in media such as the Minneapolis StarTribune, Denver Post, Minnesota Lawyer 9on contract , Twin Cities Reader,, MPLS-ST PAUL Magazine, Corporate Report-Minnesota, Format Magazine, Skyway News, Southwest Journal (Minneapolis), Downtown Journal, Minnesota Real Estate Journal, Edina Magazine, MPR (photography online). Getty Images professional photography contributor.

Conceive, plan, implement communications program for Whitewater, a young company focused on providing online professional development educational programs for educators nationwide.

Worked at a creatively driven large advertising and public relations. Grew on the job from account executive to agency partner. Managed and implemented public relations programs for clients such as the National Pork Producers Council (the Pork: The Other White Meat campaign); launch of the DSS (digital satellite television) industry with Hubbard Broadcasting/USSB; annual holiday season programs for Dayton-Hudson Stores (Santa Bear and Miss Bear met and became famous on my watch); Branson, Missouri Tourism (created the Branson Entertainer, a broadsheet newspaper); Reading Rainbow (the Emmy Award-winning years with LeVar Burton); 3M Automotive Trades (all about the world of automotive body repair); Minnesota Grown; B. Dalton Bookseller (the glory days for bricks-and-mortar booksellers); The Salvation Army; General Mills. Produced numerous national media relations campaigns; media tours; satellite media tours; created posters, cookbooks, recipe booklets, newsletters, newspapers, op-eds, a national literacy campaign with the American Booksellers Association followed by a national food literacy campaign led by the pork industry; industry advertorials for 3M Automotive Trades and the DSS partners (including DirecTv).

Rich variety of responsibilities, including writing press releases, design/write corporate annual and quarterly reports and specialty publications, collateral (marketing brochures), media relations - regional, national, international, investor relations - working with financial analysts (banking, oil & gas industry clients), much involvement with commercial and residential real estate industry clients.

Managed editorial output for chain's flagship Lake Minnetonka area newspapers in suburban Twin Cities, oversaw staff of 4-6 reporters, wrote editorials, also served as key feature writer for company's Weekender publication. Cut teeth working on sports beat, reporting, photography

General assignment reporter for independent daily newspaper in Minneapolis. Breaking news, features, crime, politics, entertainment - true generalist position. Tough boss.