Lew Frederick

Current

• Owner at Northwest Ideas, LLC
• Board member at Oregon State Board of Education

Past

• Host-Narrator at KOPB
• Director of Public Information at Portland Public Schools
• Former Board member at National PTA

• News Reporter at KGW-TV
• TV News Reporter-Science/Assignment Editor at KGW
• News at KIng Broadcasting- 62 KGW Radio/ KINK-FM

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Education

• Portland State University
• Earlham College

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Lew Frederick’s Summary

NORTHWEST IDEAS, LLC is a Strategic Communications Consulting firm specializing in strategic planning, community relations, education, politics and science, including health.

LEW FREDERICK is a former television news reporter and public information officer for the Portland Public Schools, the largest school district, in the largest media market, in Oregon. He provides crisis communications, media relations, public information and community relations.

Lew Frederick’s Specialties:

"What we've got here is failure to communicate."
It's not just a line from a movie.
It's our business to prevent that from happening.

NORTHWEST IDEAS, LLC: Lew Frederick and Sue Hagmeier. We use our skills as facilitators and communicators to help others see how good your ideas are:
Connect and pool expertise.
Research and organize information.
Translate jargon.
Strengthen the message.
Present to "outside" audiences.
Find common ground..
Get good, useful information to the public.

Lew Frederick’s Experience

• Owner

  Northwest Ideas, LLC

  (Public Policy industry)

  Currently holds this position

• Board member

  Oregon State Board of Education

  (Public Policy industry)

  June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)

  Also delegate to the National Association of State Board of Education. Government Affairs Committee and HIV/AIDS Study Group

• Host-Narrator

  KOPB

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  January 2005 — October 2007 (2 years 10 months)

  Several Series for the Annenberg Media-Learner.org
  (1999-2003) Rediscovering Biology: http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/biology/
  America's History in the Making: http://www.learner.org/resources/series208.html (narrator)
  Multimedia professional development courses for middle and high school teachers.
  “OPB Oregon Experience: Beatrice Morrow Cannady, Oregon Civil Rights Pioneer”, http://www.opb.org/programs/oregonexperience/cannady/

• Director of Public Information

  Portland Public Schools

  (Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

  1993 — 2006 (13 years)

  Crisis response, Media contact, Community relations, Primary liaison with students via the Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council, District historian, Ombudsman,

• Former Board member

  National PTA

  (Public Policy industry)

  2004 — 2006 (2 years)

• News Reporter

  KGW-TV

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

  May 1977 — June 1993 (16 years 2 months)

  Specialized in science, health, education, political and community issues. Weekend Assignment Editor. Hosted “Viewpoint,” a weekly public affairs program.

• TV News Reporter-Science/Assignment Editor

  KGW

  (Public Policy industry)

  1977 — 1993 (16 years)

  Specialized in science, health, education, political and community issues. Weekend Assignment Editor. Hosted “Viewpoint,” a weekly public affairs program,

• News

  KIng Broadcasting- 62 KGW Radio/ KINK-FM

  (Broadcast Media industry)

  1976 — 1977 (1 year)

  General Assignment Reporting and Traffic information

Lew Frederick’s Education

• Portland State University

  Urban Studies/Communication 2000 — 2012 (expected)

  PhD Candidate. Proposed Dissertation: Science and Television News

• Earlham College

  1969 — 1973

Additional Information

Lew Frederick’s Groups:

Wanderers, Bus project, Apollo Project,
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
OSU College of Science (Board of Visitors)
National PTA
Portland Cable Access (Now Portland Community Media) (past president)
Volunteer Center of Portland (Now a part of Hands On Portland), AFTRA-Portland Chapter
Portland City Club (past member of the High-Tech and Business, Education and Human Resources and Membership Committees)
Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Science Writers Program
Oregon Graduate Institute, Leadership Development Board
Oregon Assembly for Black Affairs
Democracy’s Edge
Oregon Public Broadcasting (Citizens Advisory Board)

•    Black Executives Network
•    Investigative Reporters and Editors
•    Radio & Television Professionals Network
•    Oregon Professionals of Color

Lew Frederick’s Honors:

Delegate: Democratic National Convention, Oregon 3rd Congressional District, 2004.
Science Writer's Fellowship. Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, 1991. Physiology Class/Molecular-Cell Biology/Yeast Genetics/Microscopy/Immunology.
Bush/Knight Fellowship. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984-85.
"The Cutting Edge: Science and Television News" sponsored by the Scientists Institute for Public Information. 1989-Miami, 1991-Chicago and 1992-Research Triangle, North Carolina.
Volunteer of the Year award, Portland Public Schools, 1989.

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