Tamara Straus Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, Ca, Us

I assign and editing coverage of the nonprofit sector, supervising five reporters, and manage the Chronicle of Philanthropy's news content collaboration with the Associated Press and The Conversation.

San Francisco, California, United States

•Managed all editorial aspects of digital and print newspaper covering San Francisco•Assigned and edited stories for staff reporters in education, tech, environment, and politics•Edited columnists, opinion writers, and freelance news and A&E contributors•Wrote occasional articles•Received raise and promotion within first six months of hire

•Wrote and edited book chapters, white papers, and presentations related to climate riskand machine learning research and modeling•Wrote newsletters on Economics.com research for Mark Zandi and other economists•Managed external and international communications content and collaborated withcommunications, public relations, marketing, and sales teams

•Freelance journalist for San Francisco Chronicle, California Magazine, San Francisco Examiner, Quartz, The Nation, New Republic, Mother Jones and Salon.com•Book proposal editor and ghostwriter for nonfiction titles•Writer/editor for Bay Area nonprofits and for-profits politics, culture and economic development •Communications director for Internet for All Now Act (AB 1665) passed by Governor Brown in October 2017

•Led communications strategy and media relations for launch of artificial intelligence researchconsortium, funded by C3.ai and including UC Berkeley, Berkeley Lab, University of IllinoisUrbana-Champaign, National Center for Supercomputing Association, Stanford, MIT, CarnegieMellon, University of Chicago, and Princeton•Managed communications vendors and contractors, ensuring successful project implementation

Berkeley, California, United States

•Directed communications for UC Berkeley’s interdisciplinary hub for international development: wrote white papers, case studies, proposals, op-eds, newsletters on human rights, labor, water, sanitation, health, infrastructure and climate resilience•Staff lead for Master of Development Engineering, an interdisciplinary degree for sustainable development careers•Edited and placed op-eds and articles for faculty, research staff and students (received 2019 university-wide Spot Award for op-ed workshops)•Supervised writers and web developers for websites and social media channels •Co-taught Development Engineering courses to graduate students•Led communications strategy and media relations for launch of artificial intelligence research consortium, C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute, with eight other universities•Received two promotions and highest evaluations

Stanford, Ca

•Assigned and edited articles on environmental policy, economic development, ESG, impact investing, health care, education and social enterprises by a wide range of writers—university professors, CEOs, nonprofit directors and government leaders—for award-winning Stanford University magazine and daily website•Wrote articles and blogs for SSIR’s print publication and website•Moderated webinars on social innovation topics•Represented SSIR at governmental, nongovernmental and academic conferences

San Francisco, Ca

•Assigned and edited stories on deadline for the newspaper’s front page and features sections on politics, media, technology, arts and culture•Supervised six general assignment reporters, editorial interns and dozens of freelancers•Wrote articles for features sections•Served as editorial liaison between main news and features departments

San Francisco, Ca

•Awards: During editorship, Zoetrope received a National Magazine Award for Best Fiction, four O. Henry Awards, six Pushcart prizes, eight Best American Short Story selections and two PEN Awards •Financials: Reduced losses of Francis Ford Coppola’s magazine 80% by cutting production and direct mailing costs, increasing revenue through tripling of advertising revenue, and forging cross-promotional relationships with NPR, San Francisco International Film Festival, Los Angeles Times Book Festival, Salon.com and the San Francisco Chronicle•Editing: Edited short stories by award-winning writers, commissioned articles on film and literature, wrote and developed screenplays

Master'S Degree, English And Comparative Literature

Bachelor'S Degree, Russian/International Affairs