Robert Monroe is an award-winning writer, author, editor, and strategic communicator.


 

 

Robert Monroe

 

Experience

 

December 2006 to present – Associate Director of Communications, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.

  • Author of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2021), published by Arcadia Publishing

  • Serve as key media relations liaison.

  • Create strategies for effective news media coverage and high visibility for Scripps.

  • Serve as designated contact person for the University of California NGO at United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations.

  • Write and pitch op-eds and news releases to advance Scripps’ external news coverage objectives.

  • Create social media campaigns that leverage unique and distinctive aspects of Scripps Oceanography research.

  • Plan and produce press conferences, media awareness campaigns and field media opportunities.

March 2017 to May 2017 - Interim Director of Strategic Communications, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.

  • Managed staff of four full-time employees

  • Hired freelance staff

  • Completed performance evaluations 

  • Managed departmental budget

May 2006 to present – Editor, Explorations, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, La Jolla, Calif.

  • Assess editorial value of written content, still photography, and video and create multimedia packages that maximize the public reach of Scripps science.

  • Recruit, train, and work direct student writers interested in developing written science communication skills.

  • Oversee all aspects of magazine production including web design.

  •  Create editorial strategy. Align content themes with institutional objectives.

Nov. 2000 to May 2006 - Senior Writer, Explorations, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, Calif.

  • Wrote and photographed science features on a wide variety of oceanography topics.

July 2000 to Nov. 2000 - Technology Writer, Daily News of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.

  • Covered Los Angeles computer, telecommunications and biotechnology industries.

May 1999 to July 2000 - Staff Writer, Daily News of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.

  • Specialized in health and higher education coverage and covered major news events.

 

Dec. 1997 to May 2000 – Contributing writer, EyeNet, San Francisco, Calif.

 

 

  • Regularly contributed trend and news pieces to the member magazine of the American
    Academy of Ophthalmology.

 

July 1993 to May 1999 - Staff Writer, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Ontario, Calif.

 

  • Was Bulletin's first Pulitzer Prize nominee for series "Wayne's Last Stand.”

  • Broke several stories on the health and science beat which I created.

Education

Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
- College of Arts and Science, Bachelor of Arts in English, May 1990

 

University of East Anglia, Norwich, England, Sept. 1988 to June 1989

 

 

 

Awards

2014 – Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals MarComm Award – Honorable Mention “Keeling Curve Twitter feed”

2007 – CASE District VII Gold Medals – Best Newsletter, Best Annual Report

2000 California Newspaper Publishers Association

Better Newspapers Award Spot News - First Place

2000 Associated Press News Executives Council Best Newswriting Award - Second Place

1998 Society of Professional Journalists Inland Pro Chapter Best Feature Award - First Place

1997 SPJ Inland Pro Chapter Best Deadline Reporting Award - First Place

1995 SPJ Inland Pro Chapter Best Feature Award - First Place

1993 Health Care Journalism Award - Hospital Council of Northern and Central California - First Place