Michele Mariani Vaughn Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Lead team of editors, graphic designers, and messaging experts producing publications including research analyses, briefs, fact sheets, and blog posts for research and policy institute that informs and shapes federal and state policies to reduce poverty, promote equity, and build opportunity. Collaborate with press and digital colleagues to reach wide-ranging audiences, including policymakers and their staffs. Designed and operate a writing coaching program that helps Center analysts strengthen their writing skills.

At the Pew Center on the States, a division of the non-profit Pew Charitable Trusts, I served as a research director, editor and chief of staff for a hybrid research and information unit that uses journalism, policy analysis, and original quantitative research to provide government leaders with the information they need to make well-reasoned decisions.

Co-author of award-winning college textbook that provides an introduction to state and local government, published by CQ Press, a division of SAGE Publications.

Directed business coverage for the leading magazine for the home building industry, where I complemented my own reporting with the work of freelance journalists to deliver award-winning coverage and analysis of an industry in flux.

Reported and wrote articles for annual Government Performance Project, including assessments of state tax systems, state public health and mental health systems, and state and county government management, for the leading monthly magazine covering state and local government.

Master Of Public Policy, Concentration In U.S. Government Institutions And Policy Management

B.A., Magazine Journalism And Policy Studies

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Daily Orange