Shannon delves deeply into societal topics that matter today, covering culture, politics, health, entertainment, and pop culture. Her reporting and commentary have appeared in a long list of national and regional publications, including Forbes, PBS, Apple News, The Huffington Post (Entertainment, Parents, Women, Politics), DCist, The Richmond Times Dispatch, The Fix, Nicki Swift, Today.com, Newsweek, Yahoo Finance, Golf Course Architecture, The Imprint, Media Shift, Press.org, The Progress-Index, BuzzFeed, The Chronicle of Social Change, The Raw Story, Style Weekly, and more. Her pieces are frequently selected by local and national news aggregators as and featured as relevant to the day’s top stories.
Having worked in the fields of community, public, and government relations for more than twenty years, Shannon is an immensely effective communicator and liaison. Her extensive interaction with government officials, celebrities, media, and the general public has enabled Shannon to partner with government agencies, private corporations, advertising/public relations agencies, nonprofit organizations, and military institutions. Navigating these connections has taught her how to tailor messages to specific audiences, speak their language, and create material that really packs a punch.
Shannon’s stories, pitches, proposals, award entries and media advisories have received national attention. She knows how to skillfully craft a message and has written well over a thousand pieces—one of which was even selected to be part of a writing textbook.
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