EPA Region 9 · USACE South Pacific Division · Redwood Comics
Content Operations
Building content operations across federal agencies and independent publishing means solving the same core problem in different environments — what does this audience need, where does it live, and who owns keeping it current. The work here spans daily news intelligence, institutional publications, and web management across three organizations.
EPA Region 9 News Clips
Every morning, before the agency day begins, the EPA Region 9 News Clips product is already assembled — a curated digest of coverage relevant to the region, its programs, and the communities it serves. The regional distribution list runs to more than 850 subscribers, but the product's reach extends further: EPA Headquarters personnel have subscribed on their own initiative, drawn by the editorial judgment of a clips package that selects rather than simply aggregates.
The same discipline shaped media monitoring at USACE South Pacific Division, where the audience spanned four district commands and a headquarters staff with overlapping jurisdictions. Producing the daily clips is one part of the role. Building the bench capable of sustaining it — through staff training and hands-on quality control as each edition moves up the chain — is the other.
Keeping Region 9 Informed
Keeping Region 9 Informed is the bi-weekly internal newsletter that functions as editorial connective tissue for the region — surfacing the events, achievements, and external coverage that a distributed workforce of scientists, engineers, and administrators might otherwise miss. Every EPA Region 9 employee receives it.
The newsletter's reach has drawn notice at the national level. EPA Headquarters recognized the product's quality, and the Regional Administrator — who simultaneously serves Region 2 — brought the format to New York so his team could replicate it. That's the clearest measure of a communications product: when the people you report to start building something like it elsewhere.
Between the Redwoods
The editorial discipline built across a decade of federal newsletter work carries directly into Between the Redwoods, the newsletter for Redwood Comics. Writing consistently for a niche, invested audience — knowing what to elevate, how to frame it, and when brevity serves better than depth — is the same skill whether the subject is environmental science or sequential art.
Between the Redwoods covers new releases, creative process, and the broader independent comics world for an audience of readers, collectors, and fellow creators. It is produced with the same editorial standards that shaped the federal publications it grew out of.
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Platform & Site Management
Content operations extends beyond publications to the platforms that house institutional knowledge and brand identity. Managing 9online, spd.usace.army.mil, and the Redwood Comics web presence means sustaining content infrastructure across three organizations with distinct audiences, governance models, and technical environments.
Content architecture and editorial governance for EPA Region 9's internal platform. AP style editorial standards applied across federal internal communications for a multi-audience environment spanning scientific, administrative, and regional program staff. Daily content operation integrated with the news clips workflow and sustained through documented editorial governance.
External web presence for USACE South Pacific Division spanning four district commands. Managed a full platform migration from the legacy system to the Armed Forces Public Information Management System, including content audit, migration, and ongoing site management within the DoD publishing framework.
Web presence and content management for an independent comics publisher. Editorial calendar management for new releases, creator updates, and reader-facing content — applying the same governance discipline that shaped the federal publications work to an independent media operation.