Bio
Clare Kennedy is a third-generation journalist and native of Tampa, Florida. She does website management, social media and content creation for 91做厙's Physical Sciences Directorate, a research portfolio that encompasses nanoscience, chemistry, nuclear and high energy physics, and materials sciences, among others. She plays a similar role at the Water Power Program.
She comes to ORNL after a 15-year career as a reporter and editor at a long list of newspapers and digital media companies. Most recently, she was an editor for a multinational real estate analytics company called the , where she coordinated coverage for the largest cities in Texas, Tennessee, the Southwest, Midwest and Pacific Northwest.
Ms. Kennedy lives in West Knoxville with her husband, a research scientist specializing in hydrology and earth systems modeling, their son, and a 20-pound tabby cat named Teddy. She can be found frequently on and the entity formerly known as .
Awards
Winner of from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing for
Education
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota
Professional Affiliations
- Knoxville Writers' Guild
- Society of Professional Journalists