Jacob Long Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Missouri, United States

• Spokesman and senior advisor for Trudy Busch Valentine – a nurse, mother, grandmother, and the 2022 Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Missouri who ran on reproductive freedom, banning foreign ownership of American.
• Responsible for the development and execution of the campaign’s overall communications and press strategy that included more than 120 campaign events, more than 50 press interviews, four statewide RV tours, and four.
• Prepared, reviewed, and approved more than 100 news releases, policy proposals, speeches, op-eds, press statements, and other written and electronic campaign materials
• Pitched proactive, research-based stories and responded daily to local and national reporters, securing extensive earned media coverage in statewide daily newspapers, TV, radio, national publications, and earning the.
• Traveled the state with the candidate, providing routine communications counsel in preparing for public events and remarks, debates, media interviews, etc.
• Provided communications support to all other facets of the campaign, including social/digital, political/organizing, and research

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

• Spokesman and senior advisor for Presiding Judge Michael Stelzer, 34 circuit and associate circuit judges and court-appointed commissioners, and more than 600 employees responsible for the daily operations of the.
• Developed and implemented the court’s first communications and social media plan with a heavy emphasis on combating disinformation and educating the public about the role and responsibility of the local judiciary
• Responsible for conducting proactive community outreach and engagement with neighborhood groups, legal associations, schools, and other key stakeholders
• Managed all internal communications for court employees regarding COVID-19 policies and procedures, new hires or appointments, weather-related closures, and other court-related news or information
• Responded to daily media inquiries, provided routine updates to reporters about high-profile cases, and managed press access to courtrooms during major trials or hearings
• Secured local and national press surrounding positive court initiatives and programs, including the Freedom Suits Memorial and award-winning treatment court program

Greater St. Louis Area

• Serve as chief spokesperson and senior-level policy advisor for Mayor Lyda Krewson and more than 20 executive branch City departments and Cabinet-level positions, comprising of a $1.1 billion budget and 7,000 employees
• Manage a multifaceted communications strategy for the Administration’s priorities, programs, and policy initiatives, including COVID-19 response, public safety, affordable housing/homelessness, business development.
• Responsible for aggressive overhaul of Mayor’s social and digital media presence that has resulted in nearly 30 million new impressions, more than 20 million total page views on the City’s website, and a 1,000%.
• Write press releases, schedule one-on-one interviews, and plan press conferences to share news and announcements and provide real-time updates to the press and community at large
• Develop talking points and briefing materials on key issues, news events, and other topics to prepare the Mayor and City leadership in advance of media interviews and other press events
• Maintain positive relationships with reporters, editors, and assignment editors to proactively pitch stories of strategic importance and respond to media inquiries in a timely and respectful manner with accurate.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Contributed weekly and monthly long-form investigative news reports as a member of the station’s I-TEAM investigative unit focused on crime, corruption, government, and politics
• Worked alongside a photographer/editor and two producers to enterprise story ideas, conduct research, gather visual elements, analyze data, track historical trends, and convey material in an understandable, creative.
• Cultivated reliable, trustworthy, and highly placed sources to routinely break major stories with exclusive information and high community interest well ahead of the competition
• Earned a Mid-America regional Emmy Award for exposing a local prosecutor’s office caught on cell phone video refusing criminal charges against a known and confessed drug dealer, allowing him to walk free and keep selling
• Uncovered an elected prosecutor trying to get out of paying hundreds of dollars in traffic tickets he got for blocking crosswalks and fire hydrants with his taxpayer funded vehicle
• Broke the story of a suburban cop who was forced to retire amid an internal affairs investigation surrounding sexually explicit videos he made on duty while ignoring calls for service

Dedham, MA

• Collaborated with photographers and editors to aggressively cover breaking news, provide live reports, and enterprise original “only on” stories in one of the country’s largest, most competitive television news markets
• Prompted legislative action after uncovering loophole in Massachusetts state law that allowed known sex offenders to gain access to school buildings with children present while working as a subcontractor for.
• Exposed tenants at a public housing unit scamming the system by renting out their taxpayer-supported apartment as an Airbnb as part of a series of reports that contributed to tough new regulations on short-term rental.
• Other major assignments included live coverage of the death of former First Lady Barbara Bush from the Bush compound, multiple winter storms and nor’easters that caused severe coastal flooding, power outages, and.
• Demonstrated superb ability to exercise time management and organizational skills in meeting several daily deadlines amid an extremely fast-paced work environment

Greater St. Louis Area

• Promoted to serve as lead field reporter for station’s top-rated legacy 10 p.m. newscast
• Routinely produced, shot, wrote, voiced, edited, and presented general assignment day-of stories as a “one-man-band” reporter/multimedia journalist
• Cultivated reliable, trustworthy, and highly placed sources to routinely break major stories with exclusive information and high community interest well ahead of the competition
• Other major assignments included live coverage of civil unrest over the deadly shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, the 2016 Presidential debate at Washington University, the 2016 election of former Missouri Governor.
• Earned multiple regional Emmy Award nominations for excellence in creative storytelling and on-camera reporting
• Consistently filled-in as primary news anchor across all dayparts

Jacksonville, Florida Area

• Aggressively covered overnight breaking news, providing multiple live reports and constant updates on social media
• Routinely shot, wrote, voiced, edited, and presented general assignment day-of stories for early afternoon and evening newscasts as a “one-man-band” reporter/multimedia journalist
• Major assignments included live gavel to gavel coverage of the 2013 “stand your ground” trial and acquittal of George Zimmerman, the 2013 abduction and murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle, the 2014 conviction of.
• Earned a Suncoast regional Emmy Award for exclusive continuing coverage of the first-ever pair of conjoined twins born and successfully separated in Jacksonville history
• Spearheaded new “Job Hopping with Jacob” franchise to showcase rare, interesting, and unique jobs of everyday Floridians
• Consistently filled-in as primary news anchor across all dayparts

Peoria, Illinois Area

• Promoted to solo anchor and producer of four live weekend evening newscasts
• Supervised weekend news operation, including breaking news coverage, reporter stories, script approval, and social media
• Worked collaboratively with photographers to produce original stories consistent with station’s “Taking Action for You” brand
• Reported live three days a week from the market’s only full-time newsroom bureau dedicated to exclusively covering the Twin Cities
• Major assignments included the 2009 Beason, Ill. family of five killing spree, traveling statewide during an extremely close 2010 Illinois Governor’s race, President Obama’s 2011 visit to Peoria, Ill., Mitt Romney’s.
• Served as primary fill-in anchor for weekday evening newscasts

Bachelor'S Degree, Broadcast Journalism

Activities and Societies: • Served as Executive Producer, Anchor and Reporter of TV-10 News, an award-winning television station covering.

Diploma