In this episode we are joined by former journalist and reporter, Liz Benjamin, who shares information on how social workers can engage the media, navigate the political world for macro level change, and even create their own media content to get their message out.
About our guest:
Liz Benjamin currently is the Managing Director at Marathon Strategies, a communications and research firm. Before that, she was the host of “Capital Tonight”, a tv show that aired nightly on Spectrum News and focused on New York politics and policy. Benjamin was also the creator and editor of “State of Politics”, the show’s companion blog.
Prior to joining Spectrum News, Benjamin worked for four years at the New York Daily News, and for ten years at the Albany Times Union, where she covered everything from towns to Albany City Hall to the state Capitol, and she launched “Capitol Confidential” – the first blog focused on state politics operated out of the Capitol.
