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NONPROFIT COMMUNICATIONS
MEDIA RELATIONS
I have drafted press releases and pitch emails for special announcements, key research, program events, and initiatives. These efforts have generated local and national coverage with several outlets including, Architectural Digest, WTTG Fox 5 DC, WJLA News Channel 8, Chicago Tribune, Healthbeat, Afro News, The Hechinger Report, The Washington Informer, Governing, and Town and Country Magazine.

Press Releases
6/10/2026 - NACCHO HIGHLIGHTS LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS' PREPAREDNESS EFFORTS AHEAD OF THE FIFA WORLD CUP 2026
2026 - PODCASTS EPISODES: JUNE, MAY, APRIL, MARCH, FEBRUARY, JANUARY
2025 - PODCASTS EPISODES: DECEMBER, NOVEMBER, OCTOBER, SEPTEMBER, AUGUST, JULY, MARCH, FEBRUARY, JANUARY
4/5/2021 - FIFTH & WELSHIRE LAUNCHES SECOND COLLECTION
2/10/2021 - LYSA RATLIFF NAMED CEO AT KABOOM!
10/7/2019 - THE SMILE GENERATION® AND KABOOM! TO PUT KIDS FIRST BY INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY IN FORT WORTH
9/19/2019 - BOPC, BLUECROSS BLUESHIELD, RALPH C. WILSON, JR. FOUNDATION, AND KABOOM! TO BUILD NEW PLAYGROUND IN BUFFALO
2018 - TIRE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PRESS RELEASES
2017 - TIRE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION PRESS RELEASES
5/18/2016 - EPILEPSY FOUNDATION'S 2016 HERO OF EPILEPSY AWARD RECIPIENT
7/29/2016 - EPILEPSY FOUNDATION INDIANA ANNOUNCES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
9/28/2016 - EPILEPSY FOUNDATION ENTERS A $16 MILLION PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
Earned Media
11/11/2025 - HEALTHBEAT - 5 FROM THE FIELD: Q&A WITH NACCHO CEO LORI FREEMAN
5/8/2025 - GOVERNING - FEDERAL CUTS COULD HAMPER DALLAS COUNTY'S HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM
11/9/2023 - HEALTHNEWS - NACCHO REQUESTS RESPONSE FOR THE ALARMING RATES OF INFANT SYPHILIS
8/2/2023 - THE WASHINGTON INFORMER - D.C. AREA JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT CHAPTER HOLDS 'SHARK TANK' - LIKE CONTEST
8/3/2022 - WTTG FOX 5 DC - DC STUDENTS WIN PROJECT COMPETITION
5/13/2021 - THE HECHINGER REPORT - TWENTY-SIX STUDIES POINT TO MORE PLAY FOR YOUNG CHILDREN
4/23/2021 - TOWN & COUNTRY - SPRING 2022 BRIDAL TRENDS TO KEEP IN MIND FOR YOUR UPCOMING NUPTIALS
3/8/2021 - THE WASHINGTON INFORMER - INTERVIEW WITH CEO - VIDEO
6/14/2020 - CHICAGO TRIBUNE - EDITORIAL: CHICAGO FORWARD — YOUR PROPOSALS, AND HOPE FOR OUR YOUTH4/24/2020 - ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST - HOW COVID-19 IS CHANGING OUR PERSPECTIVE ON PLAYGROUNDS
4/10/2017 - WTTG FOX 5 DC - NATIONAL CAR CARE MONTH
6/26/2016 - BUZZFEED - 17 THINGS EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT EPILEPSY
4/21/2016 - WTTG FOX 5 DC - NATIONAL EPILEPSY AWARENESS MONTH
4/21/2016 - WTTG FOX 5 DC - 2016 NATIONAL WALK FOR EPILEPSY
11/6/2015 - ABC NEWS CHANNEL 7 - NATIONAL EPILEPSY AWARENESS MONTH
2/12/2014 - AFRO NEWS - D.C. YWCA CELEBRATES MILESTONE WITH LARGEST GED GRADUATING CLASS
2/5/2014 - NEWS CHANNEL 8 - ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM MILESTONE GRADUATION
6/5/2012 - THE STEVE HARVEY MORNING SHOW "TAKING IT TO THE STREETS" - YWCA NCA'S ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM
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