Graham Shelby Email & Phone Number

Louisville, KY, US

Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Write speeches for public events, advise on communications strategy and serve as project manager for the CITY OF ALI documentary.

Writing articles and essays for a wide array of media outlets including The New York Times, NPR, Reader's Digest, Garden & Gun, AARP The Magazine, Kentucky Living, Salon, The Moth Radio Hour and Lexington Herald-Leader.

Perform original stories for children and adults. Performed at The Moth Mainstage at The Players Club in New York City in addition to the Tejas (Texas) Storytelling Festival, National Storytelling Conference, Corn Island Storytelling Festival, Frazier History Museum and at schools and libraries and other venues. Serve as host of the Louisville Moth Story.

Frankfort, Kentucky, United States

Wrote approximately 200 speeches for a variety of administration leaders including Governor Andy Beshear, First Lady Britainy Beshear, Lt. Governor Jacqueline Coleman and Secretary Eric Friedlander.

Louisville, Kentucky Area

Wrote speeches, articles and other communications for the Office of Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer.

Louisville, KY

Wrote internal and external communications for Humana's Corporate Communications department. Created online personal health journal: Blog 213. (www.blog213.com)

Generate story ideas, write and produce stories and features on local issues including politics, education and the arts. Substitute host for WFPL's Morning Edition, Here and Now and other programs.

Wrote technical documentation for Medicare enrollment procedures. Wrote and directed several video presentations for internal marketing campaigns.

Designed and conducted writing workshops for K-12 teachers and students. Developed techniques to help students overcoming barriers to creativity. Offered innovative ways to deliver curriculum in order to engage students and help schools meet state testing and accountability goals.

Hosted the local broadcast of NPR's Morning Edition, wrote and delivered news, sports, weather and traffic reports. During this time, Morning Edition was the highest rated program in the market.

Taught English to Japanese junior high school students in a small town north of Tokyo. Facilitated several exchanges with schools in the U.S. Developed skills in conversational Japanese.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Journalism, Graduated With Distinction

Mfa, Creative Nonfiction Writing

B.A., Journalism

Activities and Societies: Kentucky Kernel

Education record