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Alison Schafer Adjunct Associate Professor School of Communication

Bio
Alison Schafer is an adjunct professor of Journalism. She is a strategic communications consultant, media trainer, and producer of visual content for broadcast and the Internet.  Her areas of expertise are international communications and education, and she has helped develop social media strategies and outreach for or organizations with global reach.  Recent projects include messaging and media training for World Bank managers from Kosovo to counteract negative press around a new brown coal plant, and in Mumbai to handle media covering the relocation of a community following the redevelopment of a train route.  As a producer, she has created and filmed stories on the Bank’s work in places across the globe, including Chine, Tajikistan, Vietnam, and Turkey. Read More
For the Media
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