
Assignment Manager
Resources for working journalists and content creators
Latest News Stories
Read our previous Assignment Manager newsletters
Assignment Manager Aug. 19
Need a back to school story? Learn more about our experts that can talk this week about: record-breaking Volunteer of America’s Operation Backpack® expands to 20+ states, how AI-power school model growing across the US, safe backpacks for kids’ backs, and national book donations to fill literacy gaps.
Contact us to book an interview or get more information
Assignment Manager Aug. 11
Learn more about our experts that can talk about: record-breaking Volunteer of America’s Operation Backpack® expands to 20+ states, how AI-power school model growing across the US, safe backpacks for kids’ backs, and national book donations to fill literacy gaps.
Contact us to book an interview or get more information
Assignment Manager Aug. 4
Learn more about our experts that can talk about: the first authentic Greek ice cream shop in the U.S., 70 families will get keys to a new future at Volunteer of America’s supportive housing development, 1,000+ families to receive supplies at Operation Backpack®, how to avoid the injuries most golfers ignore, and the popularity - and pain - of America’s fastest-growing sport, pickleball.
Contact us to book an interview or get more information
Assignment Manager June 24
Learn more about our experts that can talk about: summer safety and why pain flares in the heat, what a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz could mean for businesses, and the AI-powered school that has kids asking for summer school.
Contact us to book an interview or get more information
Assignment Manager June 3
Learn more about our experts that can talk about: free opera event at the Lincoln Memorial, the cooling job market and US economy, and the AI-powered school that has kids asking for summer school.
Contact us to book an interview or get more information
Assignment Manager May 27
Learn more about our experts that can talk about: Tariff Whiplash, the menopause-pain link no one talks about, and a second chance for troubled youth to earn their diploma or GED.
Contact us to book an interview or get more information
Assignment Manager May 6
Learn more about our experts that can talk about: Medicaid cut impacts, Maternal Health Month, one mom’s 23-year battle against medical gaslighting, and a second chance for troubled youth to earn their diploma or GED.
Contact us to book an interview or get more information
Assignment Manager April 28
Learn more about our experts that can talk about: a nonspeaking artist’s debut exhibit, adult tummy time for “Tech Neck,” a second chance for troubled youth to earn their diploma or GED, prioritizing AI in the classroom, and will tariffs kill fast fashion and luxury goods?
Contact us to book an interview or get more information
Assignment Manager April 8
Learn more about our experts that can talk about: how tariffs will reshape everyday life, stillbirth prevention during black maternal health month, how AI is rewiring the classroom, nonspeaking artist’s debut exhibit, and an invitation to the short film Stillness is an Illness presented by PUSH for Empowered Pregnancy.
Contact us to book an interview or get more information
Assignment Manager April 1
Learn more about our experts that can talk about: car tariffs, kids trading textbooks and a classroom for real world experience running a food truck, Stress Awareness Month, and one group’s efforts on National Fact-Checking Day to eliminate misinformation on fetal movements.
Contact us to book an interview or get more information
Assignment Manager March 11
Learn more about our experts that can talk about: the future of education, the impact of tariffs and government layoffs, keeping your back healthy this spring, and real students being successful after rethinking traditional education models.
Contact us to book an interview or get more information
Assignment Manager Feb. 11 2025
Learn more about our experts that can talk about: Trump’s Tariffs, Department of Education dismantling, the teen who built Al-powered dating advice, heart risks from shoveling snow.
Contact us to book an interview or get more information
Assignment Manager Jan. 11 2025
Learn more about our experts that can talk about: Post-TikTok World, Dealing with the Psychological Impact of the California Wildfires, Can Bars & Restaurants Survive the “Dryuary” Desert, Ice, Snow, and Back Pain: Winter’s Triple Threat, and AI Coming to a Classroom Near You
Assignment Manager Dec. 18 2024
Learn more about Volunteers of America’s holiday programs, The Future of Education, preventing holiday back pain and more.
Assignment Manager Nov. 19, 2024
Learn more about seniors reuniting for Thanksgiving after Hurricane Helene, tips to keep your Turkey Trot safe, experts on the future of education under Trump, the post election business disruptions, VOA’s Giving Machines, and Limani DC’s Winter Wonderland.
Assignment Manager Nov. 11, 2024
Learn more about the surprising reason Gen Z is missing more work, a new short film that reveals the life-altering power of decisions in pregnancy, plus the hidden inflection points that can make or break industries, and Asheville seniors reuniting for Thanksgiving after Hurricane Helene.
Assignment Manager Oct. 8, 2024
Learn more about the long-term psychological effects on first responders, victims, caregivers and more after natural disasters like hurricanes, the Freedom Fighters to be honored at 14th Annual OXI Courage Awards, DMV Cyclists rallying for cancer research at Georgetown, and a new short film that reveals the life-altering power of decisions in pregnancy
Assignment Manager Sept. 17, 2024
Learn more musical artist Wordsmith bringing history to life in a powerful performance with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, a group of parents launching an “internet scrub” to correct misinformation about fetal health ahead of Stillbirth Awareness Day on September 19, a student athlete who turned to stem cell therapy after multiple spine fractures which allowed him to recover fully and go on to compete, and a D.C. bike commuter who is taking his ride to the next level for cancer research.
Assignment Manager Sept. 3, 2024
Learn more about the completion of the WWI Memorial, the BellRinger cycling fundraiser, as well as a spine surgeons input on the the perfect tennis swing and essential stretches to keep you playing pain-free, plus a group of parents launching an “internet scrub” to correct misinformation about fetal health ahead of Stillbirth Awareness Day on September 19.
Assignment Manager July 30, 2024
Learn more about the free WOW! Indonesia Festival, why hundreds of D.C. bikers are hitting the hot pavement, the new tool making a splash in philanthropy and a Greek island dining experience.