Edit, report, write and promote stories advocating Organized Labor and issues pertaining to working families. Work closely with publisher and directly manage a three-person news staff and two-person design and production team.• Redesigned and modernized newspaper’s weekly print edition and website to more fully engage readers in labor issues, project/job developments, worksite issues, legislative affairs and regulatory changes.• Optimized news and feature coverage with a focus on rank-and-file members, worker health and jobsite safety issues, charitable community outreach, legislative coverage and political analysis.• Transformed social media presence on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, supplementing the newspaper print edition with links to expanded online content and direct communication with readers to improve awareness and understanding of issues impacting working families.• Empower union leadership, providing editorial coaching and array of communications platforms to reach their members and the general public.

Professional editing services for current and aspiring authors at a rate of 35 cents per page.

Developed comprehensive media relations and employee communications plans, fostering positive corporate image through relationships with key trade and mainstream media. • Created and managed online media room, providing easy access to company news, trade media coverage and executive interview opportunities.• Designed, developed and maintained Recycling Division landing page for customers to access news stories, white papers, executive interviews and available service portals. • Developed strategic communications plan for corporate safety team to drive safe industrial work practices. • Managed crisis communications related to Chapter 11 financial restructuring resulting from the 2008-2009 financial crisis including media relations, executive presentations and employee communications.

Edited, coached and mentored reporters in a three-person bureau, coordinating print and online coverage of county and municipal government, courts, environmental, education, health and development issues. • Developed investigative series identifying radioactive and chemical contaminants buried at former nuclear fuel rod assembly plant in Hematite, Mo. The coverage prompted water testing, which determined contamination of residential drinking wells, prompting the landowner to fund extension of public water service to affected residents.

Led coverage of county and municipal government, courts, people and events in Jefferson County, Mo., delivering accurate, timely, engaging and easy-to-understand stories. • Recognized by Mothers Against Drunk Driving for coverage of alcohol-related driving issues exposing a state crime reporting loophole that allowed drivers with multiple DWI arrests to retain their license. The coverage resulted in a change in Missouri law.