Keith Michaud Email & Phone Number

Stockton, California, United States

Write web stories, press releases, social media posts, reports and more for the San Joaquin Council of Governments. SJCOG is the planning, financing and coordinating agency for the San Joaquin region overseeing transportation, housing and habitat conservation. SJCOG is a joint-powers authority comprised of representatives from San Joaquin County and the cities of Stockton, Lodi, Manteca, Tracy, Ripon, Escalon and Lathrop. SJCOG’s broad range of responsibilities include managing the Measure K transportation sales tax program, collecting county demographic and economic data, airport land use planning, and regional air quality. SJCOG partners with a network of local governments, private organizations and community groups to deliver a variety of local, state and federal programs that support the streets, roads, highways, public transit, and other transportation resources that help our residents get where they need to be. It is also responsible for assigning each city and the county its fair share of affordable housing.You can reach me for work-related matters at michaud@sjcog.org.

Stockton, California Area

Write stories, press releases, media advisories, source lists, social media content, communications plans, scripts for The Academic Minute, and other materials to promote the reputation of the oldest charted university in California. Post work using content management systems and social media. Prepare faculty, students, staff and alumni to be interviewed by media. Maintain cooperative relationships with media to increase opportunities for earned coverage and content marketing in print, television, radio, and online. Use mass notification systems to distribute internal and emergency messaging.

Stockton, California Area

Write stories, press releases, media advisories, source lists, social media content, communications plans, scripts for The Academic Minute, and other materials to promote the reputation of the oldest charted university in California. Post work using content management systems and social media. Prepare faculty, students, staff and alumni to be interviewed by media. Maintain cooperative relationships with media to increase opportunities for earned coverage and content marketing in print, television, radio, and online. Use mass notification systems to distribute internal and emergency messaging.

Stockton, Ca

Plan, design, write and edit print and online content for 17,000-circulation monthly publication covering business news in San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties. Post daily content updates on the publication’s website using Joomla K2 content management system and direct updates to social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.

Stockton, Vacaville, Northern California

Authored 2,700-word piece on space tourism, Spaceport America and Virgin Galactic for the May issue of DAVID Magazine; crafted talking points and numerous templates for letters presented to the state commission on redistricting; wrote numerous opinion pieces published nationally; cataloging the library and papers of a former U.S. Congressman; editing a children’s book; fact-checking several chapters of the upcoming Road Trips USA; coached several young authors.

Wrote and posted breaking local and wire news on The Record’s Web site using Saxotech Integrated Mediaware; processed and posted photos and fact boxes for Web posts; sent traffic and breaking news text messages to mobile phone subscribers; wrote breaking news and crime blotter for print using Harris Jazbox; and monitored and processed terms of service violations on Web site forums.• Increased traffic to Web site by writing and aggressively posting breaking news and photos.

Supervised staff writers covering breaking news and features; edited copy and coordinated photos, graphics and online components for print and Web site; managed story budgets and scheduling of staff writers.• Directed The Record’s monthly reader empowerment series on public safety called “An Eye on Safety.”• Developed form for The Record to allow for more efficient story editing, story package tracking, and page flow.

Directed content and design of daily opinion and comment pages. Directed newspaper’s major special sections and wrote a weekly column. Participated in The Reporter’s editorial board. Member of the local Police Activities League board of directors and judged several student writing contests.• Redesigned The Reporter’s comment, opinion and Forum pages to bring readers revitalized pages. Drafted content, policy and design manual for producing Op-Ed pages.

Created and headed two-person team that organized and produced the editorial and graphic content of the newspaper’s regular and special projects that covered everything from local celebrations to all-inclusive community retrospectives. Edited and designed the weekly auto section and the Op-Ed pages. Wrote a weekly column.• Developed The Reporter’s Special Sections Department to improve the overall presentation of the newspaper’s special sections. Resulting awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Association, California Newspaper Advertising Executive Association, Associated Press News Executives Council, and other groups. Also increased ad revenue via special sections.

Designed and edited local and wire pages, and edited the front page. Edited weekly auto section and Op-Ed pages. Wrote a weekly column.

Served as general assignment reporter covering crime, the police and fire departments, and two state prisons in Vacaville. Traveled to Africa, Europe and Haiti to cover humanitarian efforts involving Travis Air Force Base personnel.

General assignment reporter covering crime, police and fire departments, and city government.

General assignment reporter covering crime, courts, county government and wine industry.

Wrote and edited news, spots and features for coastal weekly. Also took photos for print, wrote editorials and designed pages.

Bachelor'S, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Editor of The Orion, the campus newspaper, for two semestersWas a member of a firefighting hand crew for three.

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