Matthew Davis Email & Phone Number

What I do: My job is to take complex topics and create a narrative that makes them lively and accessible. I approach my work with the attitude that everything is intrinsically interesting. But it usually requires an extensive immersion in the topic to locate compelling angles and themes. What I write: I provide words in many different packages: Reports, op-eds, blog posts, press releases, and, if I must, Tweets, though I confess intense ambivalence about the Twittersphere. Now Medium, there’s a social media platform that I love. Main interest is to create original content to reach targeted audiences. Who I write for: Most of my work these days is as a senior consulting writer to Burness, a global communications firm that supports nonprofits. Most Burness clients are research-oriented organizations focused on health and global agriculture concerns. Clients I have served via Burness include the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa, the International Livestock Research Institute, the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, the Global Health Technologies Coalition, and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. My Background: I started as a reporter in high school and went on to work in print, radio and television news. I’ve worked as a reporter for The News & Observer, Nature Magazine, States News Service, Washington Fax, WRAL-TV and WIIS radio in Key West. For the last 20 years, I’ve been in the communications and PR business, handling assignments from non-profits, international organizations and the occasional corporate client. I served as a speechwriter and communications adviser on trade and economic issues at the Organization of American States and developed reports for the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology. You should know: I value independence and productive, creative, amiable professional relationships. (Message me for links to work )

Listed skills include Strategic Communications, Press Releases, Media Relations, Public Relations, and 8 others.

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  University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill