Tom Farmer Email & Phone Number

• Responsible for media and public inquiries concerning MassHousing and its affordable housing and loan programs.• Responsible for the planning and execution of special events and press conferences and writing news releases and press advisories.• Responsible for writing event remarks and talking points for the MassHousing executive director and senior administrators.• Responsible for providing content for the MassHousing website at www.masshousing.com. as well as content for an internal web-based newsletter, employee intranet and social media sites.

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• Supervised, assigned and edited newsroom of six reporters, a full-time intern and two staff photographers.• Coordinated regional coverage with editors of three other daily newspapers as part of the Eagle Tribune Publishing Company based in North Andover, MA.• Coordinated staff schedules and assisted in yearly staff performance reviews.• Primary contact for community leaders and the public concerning coverage or issues involving the newspaper.

• Responsible for media and public inquiries concerning the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority and the Central Artery/Tunnel Project in the city of Boston.• Planned and executed special events and press conferences and wrote news releases and press advisories.• Wrote speeches and talking points for the MTA chairman and senior administrators.• Proofread and edited correspondence from the MTA chairman and senior administrators and provided content for the MTA website at www.masspike.com.• Produced seasonal newsletters for MTA employees.

• Freelance reporter assigned to cover metropolitan and suburban news events.• Skilled enterprise reporter with the ability and contacts to develop exclusive news stories.• Developed dozens of influential government, law enforcement, and civic news sources.• Strong background in military and history reporting.

• Reporter/Editor • Covered the top general assignment and breaking news events in the Boston area from October 2000 to June 2005, including award-winning coverage of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.• Sunday Set-up Editor• Responsible for assigning and supervising reporters for Monday edition from January 2001 to June 2005. • Night City Editor • Responsible for assigning and editing news coverage for final editions from March 1997 – October 2000.

• Police/Fire Reporter • Covered all police, fire and breaking news stories on the North Shore on daily deadline.• Suburban Reporter• Responsible for covering all news events in the city of Peabody and town of Lynnfield.• Sports Reporter• Covered professional, college and local sporting events.