Communications & Public Affairs

About Me

I recently accepted a position managing new/social media for the Portman for Senate campaign.  Before that I was a freelance writer, editor and consultant with a focus on communications, new media and public affairs. I have a MA in history and have taught at the college level.

Despite a variety of job titles, communications has been the focus of my entire career. Over the last ten years I have drafted, edited, and presented a wide variety of documents and projects from speeches, press releases, and opinion journalism to newsletters, internal communication and website content; from formal research papers and policy analysis to talking points and blog posts. This has often involved gathering complex information, analyzing and summarizing it, and then effectively communicating it to a specific target audience.

I have also been involved in online journalism and blogging for over eight years. I have been published in National Review, The Washington Times, Human Events, and The Huffington Post; and was a founding member, and am a contributing editor of, Red State – the most widely read right of center blog on Capitol Hill and the most cited right of center blog in the media.