Audience engagement experience

I have experience in all elements of audience engagement, from curating articles and data into creative social media graphics, to filming and editing vertical video and writing newsletters.

Social media design

I have curated complex, jargon-heavy stories or complicated data into easily accessible posts for social media. I am proficient in Canva, Photoshop, Datawrapper, and Figma for designing social media graphics.

Social video

I have scripted, filmed, and edited short-form videos adapted from trending articles I have written, completing the process in a matter of hours to maximize the reach of each story. I am proficient in Premiere, Figma, and Canva for video editing.

Newsletters

I have written, edited, and built sections of the Houston Chronicle’s flagship 713 Morning newsletter, as well as the Texas Tribune’s flagship morning newsletter, The Brief. I am proficient in the newsletter platforms Mailchimp, Sailthru, and Beehiiv.

Other audience work

In addition to the experience listed here, I have honed other audience engagement skills, including

  • Homepage curation (including headline testing and search engine optimization)

  • Writing and sending breaking news alerts (both app and email alerts)

  • Promoting stories and posting callouts on Reddit, Facebook, and Whatsapp

  • Writing threads on X, Bluesky and Threads

  • Using Google Trends, Parse.ly, and Chartbeat analytics to make data-driven decisions on which stories to promote