Media Relations

Munich Re Automation Solutions • 20 February 2024

Press Release: Munich Re Automation Solutions accelerates insurance underwriting with SARA interview screens module | Munich Re Automation Solutions

SARA Interview Screens will streamline the customer experience and accelerate insurers’ operational processes. The module equips insurers with a comprehensive, efficient solution to optimise policy application processing.

Abi Global Health • 30 January 2024

Press Release (Ghostwrite for CEO): "AI-Powered Telemedicine Pioneer Abi Global Health Lands €4.6 Million Series A"

Abi Global Health, a B2B2C provider of on-demand virtual healthcare services using a proprietary AI layer to accelerate, augment, and optimise delivery, announce a €4.6 million Series A investment round. The funding was led by Mundi Ventures and Uniqa Ventures.

The New York Times • 20 June 2015

Media Placement: Iowa Court Ruling Says Doctors Can Prescribe Abortion Drugs by Video

WASHINGTON — The Iowa Supreme Court

The Des Moines Register • 2 February 2018

Op-ed (Ghostwrite) for Ron Berg, Prelude Behavioral Health:As opioid crisis spirals out of control, one angle is largely ignored

As opioid crisis spirals out of control, one angle is largely ignored

"What’s largely absent from the conversation, however, is what health and human services professionals can do to intervene before opioid use disorders strike down the men, women and children who are suffering."

Corridor Business Journal • 30 January 2024

Op-Ed (Ghostwrite) for Ron Berg, Prelude Behavioral Health, "Businesses Needed in Opioid Fight"

Op-ed appealing to business leaders to join the fight against addiction, citing financial in addition to social costs. PR placement 1/3 for client Prelude Behavioral Health, an Iowa treatment center, ahead of legislation addressing substance use disorders in Iowa, USA.

The Des Moines Register • 15 February 2018

Op-ed (Ghostwrite) for Prelude Behavioral Health - "Grieving father's plea: Stop stigmatizing addiction"

Op-ed PR placement for client Prelude Behavioral Health, an Iowa treatment center for substance use disorder, ahead of legislation addressing substance use disorders in Iowa, USA.

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Yahoo Finance • 7 March 2024

Media Placement and Quote: GOP-led Iowa Senate OKs bill to defund Planned Parenthood

"The Republican lawmakers who continue to advance this bill should be ashamed of themselves," said Rachel Lopez, a Planned Parenthood of the Heartland spokeswoman, in a statement after the vote. "They are playing political games, with the lives of low-income Iowans at stake."

Associated Press • 7 March 2024

Press Release Co-Authored with Veronica Fowler, ACLU

Iowa Public Radio • 30 June 2017

Media Placement and Quote: Operations Ending At Four Planned Parenthood Clinics

Four of Iowa’s 12 Planned Parenthood clinics are ending operations today. This is a result of state Republican lawmakers successfully blocking federal funding to medical providers that perform abortions. No public dollars are used to pay for abortions in Iowa.

AP News • 19 April 2017

Media Placement and Quote: Iowa lawmakers OK 20-week abortion ban, 3-day wait period

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa legislators sent Gov. Terry Branstad a measure Tuesday that would ban most abortions at 20 weeks of pregnancy and impose a 72-hour waiting period on women seeking the procedure, a move highlighting the state’s conservative shift since the November election.

CBS Minnesota • 15 January 2017

Media Placement and Quote: Iowa Plan To Defund Planned Parenthood May Cut Kids Program

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's governor has proposed cutting funding for needy kids as part of his plan to defund Planned Parenthood, a rare step even as Republican-dominated states grapple with whether to sacrifice federal dollars in order to lessen the organization's influence.