Jason Medina

About Jason Medina

Jason Medina works at the Tampa Field Division for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, where he supports the Justice Department\'s efforts to combat violent gun crime & deter firearms trafficking in Southwest, Central & North Florida. Prior to joining ATF, Jason served at U.S. Central Command, where he formulated communication strategies to advance U.S. military objectives in the Middle East.Jason started his career as a public affairs officer in the U.S. Air Force in 1997, after graduating from the University of Florida. While in uniform, he managed and implemented employee communications, media relations, community outreach and crisis management programs for complex and diversified organizations. His service included assignments to Bosnia, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Jason also has private sector public relations experience, having worked at Hill+Knowlton Strategies in New York City and Tampa.He earned a masters in strategic public relations from George Washington University in 2018 and undergrad from the University of Florida in 1997.Since making his home in Tampa in 2007, he has been active in the community, with advisory roles in Univ of Florida\'s College of Journalism & Communication Advisory Board, Univ of South Florida’s Zimmerman School of Communication Advisory Board and Alafia River State Park\'s Community Council.Jason is also a FEMA-certified public information officer and has an active \"Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information\" clearance.Specialties: employee communications, media relations, community outreach, crisis, issue management, media pitching, media training, social media, public relations, TS/SCI, strategic communication

Experience

1. Public Information Officer

   ATF

   Jul 2022 — Present · Tampa, FL, US

Education

• University of Florida

  B.S., Public Relations

  1993 — 1997

• Harvard Extension School

  Master of Arts - MA, Journalism

  2018 — 2024

• The George Washington University

  M.S., Strategic Public Relations

  2017 — 2018

Skills

• Public Affairs
• Training
• Media Studies
• Team Leadership
• Speech Writing
• Newsletters
• Government
• Communications Planning
• Tactics
• Messaging
• News Writing
• Crisis Management
• Politics
• Journalism
• Talking Points
• Security Clearance
• Strategic Communications
• Public Relations
• Internal Communications
• Press Releases
• Media Relations
• Community Relations
• Editing
• Copy Editing
• International Relations
• Message Development
• Social Media
• Writing
• Executive Media Training
• Leadership
• Crisis Communications
• Reputation Management
• Pitching Stories
• Communications Strategy
• Spokesperson
• Key Messaging
• Community Outreach
• Corporate Communications
• Public Speaking
• Publicity