Allyn West
Senior Communications Manager @ Environmental Defense Fund | Ph.D. in Creative Writing
- Role
- Senior Communications Manager, Advocacy Storytelling at Environmental Defense Fund
- Location
- Murray, KY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Allyn West
I\'m a senior communications manager focusing on advocacy storytelling at Environmental Defense Fund and EDF Action. I write a free weekly newsletter about U.S. environmental politics and policy and support the development of original multimedia content — op-eds and commentary, interactive maps, narrative videos, data visualizations — for every platform. Previously, I managed the One Breath Partnership storytelling project in Texas. A former editor and member of the editorial board at the Houston Chronicle, I also contribute critical essays there and the Texas Observer, Oxford American, The Architect\'s Newspaper, and elsewhere. I have an M.F.A. in poetry and a Ph.D. in creative nonfiction.
Experience
Senior Communications Manager, Advocacy Storytelling
May 2019 — Present · KY, US
Education
Ball State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Journalism
2000 — 2004
University of Houston
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Creative Writing
2008 — 2015
New Mexico State University
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Creative Writing
2004 — 2007
Skills
- News Writing
- Online Journalism
- Blogging
- Literature
- Digital Media
- Urbanism
- Social Media Marketing
- Online Advertising
- Social Media Communications
- Marketing
- Copy Editing
- Editing
- Journalism
- Creative Writing
- Proofreading
- Writing
- Reporting
- Social Media
- Newsletters
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