Rena Singer
GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIST & storyteller
Tell stories that inspire and activate supporters and partners, shift the global discourse, and change our world
About
UNIQUE EXPERIENCE, expertise, AND SKILL SET
I am a storyteller and communications strategist focused on impact.
For nearly two decades, I worked as a journalist for top-tier global media outlets, including a decade as a foreign correspondent in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. I’ve travelled more than a mile below the earth’s surface to speak with South Africa’s first women gold miners, crossed the Chalbi desert to interview nomadic communities threatened by drought, and by float plane to the Char of Bangladesh to see, first hand, how a toilet can transform lives.
After leaving journalism, I went on to serve as communications lead for the world’s foremost land rights organization and collaborated with partners to develop powerful messaging to catalyze the global land rights movement.
As a senior thought leadership advisor for the last nine years, I have helped mission-driven leaders craft op-eds, speeches, and blogs to achieve their goals.
“I worked extensively with Rena on a range of communications needs during her time at Landesa. Found her to be extraordinarily capable across the whole gamut of needed communications skills. ”
Services:
Annual Reports
Blogs & op-eds
speech writing
story gathering
storytelling
thought leadership
Clients include:
Portfolio
OP-EDS:
HOW THE POOR GET WASHED AWAY NEW YORK TIMES
WHAT THE CANCER MOONSHOT IS MISSING STAT
STARTING WITH THE STATE SSIR
THE IMF’S CHANCE TO CLAMP DOWN ON KLEPTOCRATIC BORROWERS THE FINANCIAL TIMES
LAND TO THE TILLER OF MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE
TAPPING GLOBAL HEALTHCARE’S GREATEST RESOURCE PROJECT SYNDICATE
NOT YOUR LAND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
SECURING LAND RIGHTS IN AFRICA PROJECT SYNDICATE
SOW REAP GROW SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
BLOGS:
SHIFTING SANDS: SHIFTING POWER SOCIAL INVESTOR MAGAZINE
LEVELING THE PHILANTHROPIC PLAYING FIELD THE CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY
FROM VOLCANO TO TABLE: THE SECRET TO SUSTAINABILITY SOCIAL INVESTOR MAGAZINE
THE COWBOY COCKTAIL SOCIAL INVESTOR MAGAZINE
FLUSHED AND FORGOTTEN: THE FIGHT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SOCIAL INVESTOR MAGAZINE
AFRICAN WOMEN ON THE PATHWAY OUT OF POVERTY UN CHRONICLE
HOW BICYCLES ARE CHANGING EDUCATION FOR GIRLS IN RURAL AFRICA BROOKINGS
EQUALITY CAN’T WAIT SOCIAL INVESTOR MAGAZINE
THEY CAN’T ASK GOOGLE, SO THEY ASK ME ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS ONE.ORG
FOUNDATIONS MAKE GRANTS LIKE THEY ARE WALL STREET DAY TRADERS CHRONICLE OF PHILANTHROPY
A PLOT AND A PATH TO FREEDOM SSIR
LAND REFORM FOR THE MODERN ERA DEVEX
WHAT UBER AND AIRBNB CAN TEACH US ABOUT GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT NEXT BILLION
FIGHTING FOR HER FARM AND HER DAUGHTERS ONE.ORG
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Photos in Rwanda and Kenya courtesy of Deborah Espinosa