School safety is a deeply important topic for both school staff and families. Communication plays a key role in helping families understand the steps schools are taking behind the scenes to keep our communities safe. We sat down with Justine, one of our communications professionals who supports districts in Southwest Washington, to talk about how to approach this important topic with clarity, consistency, and care.
School safety is a deeply important topic for both school staff and families. Communication plays a key role in helping families understand the steps schools are taking behind the scenes to keep our communities safe. We sat down with Justine, one of our communications professionals who supports districts in Southwest Washington, to talk about how to approach this important topic with clarity, consistency, and care.
School safety is a deeply important topic for both school staff and families. Communication plays a key role in helping families understand the steps schools are taking behind the scenes to keep our communities safe. We sat down with Justine, one of our communications professionals who supports districts in Southwest Washington, to talk about how to approach this important topic with clarity, consistency, and care.
What was it like to present at the 2024 AWSP/WASA Summer Conference? It was such a great experience. I loved connecting with a room full of other school leaders who are all working to find new ways to communicate with our unique communities. It felt good to share...
What’s the first thing you think about when you’re framing a shot at a school event? Justine: When I’m framing a shot at a school event, I try to feature people as the focal point whenever possible. It’s most effective to show people interacting with one another and...
How are you incorporating AI tools into your communications work?My AI usage focuses primarily on visual content. I regularly use AI tools within Photoshop for image enhancement, including subject removal and content fill-in when resizing images. The AI Smart...
Mika Yoshida, our Assistant Director of Communications, checked in with Justine Hanrahan, Communications Manager, about the importance of incorporating social media into your year-round communications and engagement strategy. Why is a consistent presence on social...
Every year Evergreen Public Schools produces a breadth of music programming. What kinds of groups do you work with and what kinds of concerts do you capture? The bulk of our musical programming is from our middle and high schools. We cover four regional choir...
School funding is a multi-faceted beast. Crafting finance messaging for public consumption can challenge even the most seasoned communicator. But you seem to have a natural understanding of how to interpret complex data into digestible infographic bites. What advice...
You two won an international award recently for a video you made together, right? Fred: Yes, we won a Hermes Gold Award for a pro bono video we did last fall. Melissa: It was actually the first video we ever collaborated on. My daughter was in a local theater...
Can you give us an overview of the initial request that came in? Sure! We’ve been working with NWESD 189 for years including the conversion of their agency website from Drupal to WordPress. When the School Communications Collaborative was formed, we started working...
ESD 112 is well-known for helping districts communicate the complexities of levy funding and clear up questions that voters have. The work must be challenging.Sharing information about levies is challenging communications work, but it’s one of our specialties. It...