Nedra Pickler

About Nedra Pickler

Nedra brings deep perspective from inside the media after nearly two decades at The Associated Press and as a commentator on television and radio. She co-leads the firm\'s North American crisis practice and frequently trains executives for media interviews and public speaking.Nedra advises Fortune 500 companies, philanthropies, media companies, policy advocates and others looking to influence internal and public conversations. She led the firm’s pro-bono support for the prosecution of George Floyd’s murder, which won the Public Relations Society of America’s top honors, the Best of Silver Anvil Award, and the SABRE Award for best in crisis management. She also led the team that won the 2025 SABRE Award for Best in Crisis Management for World Central Kitchen\'s Feeding in Gaza. She compiles the FGS Capital in Context weekly newsletter and annually addresses students at Harvard’s Kennedy School on media interview techniques.Nedra is a proud native of Flint, Michigan, and a graduate of Michigan State University’s Journalism School. Upon graduating, she was hired by the AP’s Detroit bureau to cover breaking news and later moved to Lansing to pursue her dream of covering politics before transferring to Washington in She covered the Obama and George W. Bush presidencies and was part of an election team nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She also previously covered the auto industry and federal courts, including legal disputes and criminal investigations involving corporations and prominent figures.

Experience

1. Partner

   FGS Global

   Jul 2015 — Present

   Advises clients on communications strategy, including crisis communications, reputation management, thought leadership and brand awareness. Previously Glover Park Group and then Finsbury Glover Hering, the newly merged FGS Global launched in June 2022 as a pre-eminent global communications and public affairs consultancy.

Education

• Michigan State University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Journalism

  1994 — 1998

Skills

• Politics
• Breaking News
• Ap Style
• Press Releases
• Digital Media
• Media Skills Training
• Editing
• Public Relations
• Journalism
• Feature Articles
• News Writing
• Social Media
• Strategic Communications
• Online Journalism
• Storytelling
• Ap Stylebook
• Newspapers
• Broadcast Journalism
• New Media