Tara Tidwell Cullen
Writer, editor and researcher focused on human rights // communications director at National Immigrant Justice Center
- Role
- Director of Communications at National Immigrant Justice Center
- Location
- Chicago, IL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Tara Tidwell Cullen
I am a writer, editor, immigrant and human rights activist and researcher, and…
Experience
Director of Communications
National Immigrant Justice Center
Sep 2006 — Present
I lead NIJC\'s communications team as we develop and execute multiplatform strategies and content to tell stories about the need for fair and humane immigration laws, and collaborate with people who are directly impacted to share their stories. I also research, write, and edit reports, press releases, and op eds; administer the NIJC website (immigrantjustice.org); manage the production of videos and other multimedia projects; and oversee outreach to email list subscribers and a social media audience of more than I helped launch and co-authored the inaugural reports for NIJC\'s Immigration Detention Transparency and Human Rights Project (immigrantjustice.org/transparencyandhumanrights), which monitors the Department of Homeland Security\'s immigration detention and enforcement system through analysis of documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act.
Education
Northwestern University
BS-journalism
DePaul University
MA
Skills
- Non-Profits
- Quarkxpress
- Strategic Communications
- Spanish
- Editor
- Nonprofits
- Writing
- Communications & Advocacy Strategy
- Newsletters
- Storytelling
- Photoshop
- Editorial
- Editing
- Social Media Marketing
- Social Media
- Press Releases
- Journalism
- Public Relations
- Blogging
- Research
- Media Relations
- Copy Editing
- Writer
- Content Development
- Final Cut Pro
- Indesign
- Audacity
- Dreamweaver
- Community Outreach
- Pro Tools
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