Alison Schafer is a strategic communications consultant, media trainer and producer of visual content for broadcast and the Internet. Her area of expertise is international communications, and she has helped develop social media strategies and outreach for organizations with global reach.
She has also been a media trainer for over a decade, working closely with the World Bank and the Voice of America. Her training ranges from straightforward messaging to crisis work on fairness, balance and accuracy. She has led communications training workshops for World Bank staff in offices around the world, focusing on local and international media.
Recent projects include messaging and media training for Bank managers from Kosovo to counteract negative press around a new brown coal plant, and in Mumbai to handle media covering the relocation of a community following the redevelopment of a train route.
As a producer, she has created and filmed stories on the World Bank’s work in places across the globe, including China, Tajikistan, Vietnam, and Turkey. Her work has aired on platforms as diverse as CNN International and China’s CCTV, along with multiple other global outlets and webcasts.
Alison is also a professor at American University. Her academic expertise is focused on the intersection between the news media and foreign policy. She holds a Masters degree in international relations and international economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
