Gil Rudawsky brings 20 years of communications experience to PRDaily. He spent much of the last two decades as a journalist, most recently as a senior business and local news editor for the Rocky Mountain News and a senior financial blogger for a top business website. He is a regular contributor to PRDaily.com, focusing on crisis communication issues.

Gil is a senior account director at GroundFloor Media in Denver, heading up the crisis communication and issues management practice. His experience offers an insider’s look into how news operations work, what media is looking for and how to best approach them. He offers clients help with crisis planning, strategic communications, written communications materials and social media.

Twitter: @gilcommedia

Blog: http://crisis.groundfloormedia.com/

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