Kate Flynn Jacobs is a communications consultant specializing in strategic planning, writing communications and media training.  Her more than 30 years of experience includes media relations, speechwriting, communications planning, crisis communications, annual report writing, and corporate newspaper editing. She has won awards from the Public Relations Society of American and the International Association of Business Communicators.  For 17 years, she has taught at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, focusing on Public Relations theory and writing courses.