Experience

The Enterprise Center

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Civic Storytelling Program Director

  • Jan 2022 - Present

• Marketing and Communications Director

  • Oct 2018 - Feb 2022

  I lead all marketing and communications efforts at The Enterprise Center, which focuses on the innovation economy in Chattanooga. I produce videos, draft strategic plans, write press releases and blogs, draft talking points and presentations, and oversee social media. The Enterprise Center aims to promote digital equity in Chattanooga, provide programming for the Innovation District of Chattanooga, and coordinate tech-related research and development that utilizes Chattanooga's fiber optic network. Show less



Mary Helen Montgomery

• Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

• Podcast & Video producer - Independent

  • Dec 2015 - Oct 2018

  Produced podcast episodes and conducted research for various shows, including Placemakers from Slate, Gravy from the Southern Foodways Alliance, Neighbors from Nashville Public Radio, Criminal Podcast, and This American Life. Produced documentary-style marketing videos for Baylor School. Created documentary video, audio, and written content for The Chattanooga Memory Project with The Chattanooga Public Library. Produced podcast episodes and conducted research for various shows, including Placemakers from Slate, Gravy from the Southern Foodways Alliance, Neighbors from Nashville Public Radio, Criminal Podcast, and This American Life. Produced documentary-style marketing videos for Baylor School. Created documentary video, audio, and written content for The Chattanooga Memory Project with The Chattanooga Public Library.



Transom Story Workshop

• Woods Hole, MA , Athens, GA, and Nashville, TN

• Teaching Assistant

  • 2015 - 2018

  In this role, I worked the lead instructor of Transom to help students create compelling audio stories during either one-week or two-month intensive workshops. I helped students learn how to produce a podcast/radio story from start to finish, incorporating lessons in strong writing, narrative storytelling techniques, and technical skills. In this role, I worked the lead instructor of Transom to help students create compelling audio stories during either one-week or two-month intensive workshops. I helped students learn how to produce a podcast/radio story from start to finish, incorporating lessons in strong writing, narrative storytelling techniques, and technical skills.



Chattanooga Times Free Press

• United States
• Newspaper Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Multimedia Reporter

  • Mar 2013 - Nov 2015

  In this role, I developed multimedia strategy and produced video, audio, websites, and interactive online tools for daily stories as well as special projects. In 2014, I was on a team of four staff members nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for project that explored the "no snitch" culture and cycle of violence in Chattanooga. In this role, I developed multimedia strategy and produced video, audio, websites, and interactive online tools for daily stories as well as special projects. In 2014, I was on a team of four staff members nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Local Reporting for project that explored the "no snitch" culture and cycle of violence in Chattanooga.



WUTC

• Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

• Reporter/Producer

  • Feb 2012 - Feb 2013

  I reported and produced three or four features stories each week for Chattanooga's local NPR station. Stories explored the culture and experiences of people in the region. I reported and produced three or four features stories each week for Chattanooga's local NPR station. Stories explored the culture and experiences of people in the region.



The Christian Science Monitor

• United States
• Online Audio and Video Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jan 2011 - Sep 2011

  Wrote articles for online and print editions of business section Wrote articles for online and print editions of business section



The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting

• Intern

  • Sep 2010 - Jan 2011

  Researched, reported, and wrote a series of investigative articles about Maine's criminal justice system Researched, reported, and wrote a series of investigative articles about Maine's criminal justice system



The Chronicle of Higher Education

• Intern

  • 2010 - 2010