Join POPVOX Foundation’s Deputy Director Anne Meeker and Senior Communications Advisor Gabriela Schneider for an insider’s look at Congressional casework — a vital form of oversight where Congressional staff help constituents navigate federal bureaucracy when standard channels fail. Learn how casework stories can reveal systemic issues affecting your community and spotlight rare moments of bipartisan cooperation. This AMA-style training is designed for journalists covering Congress and the federal government who want to deepen their reporting toolkit.
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Speakers
Anne Meeker is Deputy Director of POPVOX Foundation, and a former House caseworker. She was a founding member of the POPVOX Foundation team as Director of Special Initiatives. She previously served as a Fellow with OSU’s Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability’s Deliberative Town Hall project, and as Director of Constituent Services for Congressman Seth Moulton, where she worked to use data and technology to deliver smarter casework services to residents of the MA06. Anne holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology from the University of Oxford (St. Hugh's College), and an MSc in History from the London School of Economics. She is also a proud Clevelander, and will take any opportunity to talk up the Rust Belt.
Gabriela Schneider is the Senior Communications Advisor at POPVOX Foundation. She has dedicated her career to advancing democracy reforms and guiding strategic communications for mission-driven organizations. Most recently, she was the Communications Director for the Democracy and Open Government team at Demand Progress/Demand Progress Education Fund. She increased their media footprint and elevated national news coverage of the growing movement to modernize Congress through revamped technological systems and improved personnel policies.
She previously served as Chief Communications Officer at Issue One, where she organized public awareness campaigns engaging former elected officials to champion bipartisanship in Congress, government ethics, and campaign finance reform. As Communications Director of the Sunlight Foundation, she led the organization’s myriad communications efforts and media partnerships, shaping the national dialogue on open government and transparency, civic tech, and the rise of dark money in elections.
Gabriela has been published in Teen Vogue, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. She earned her masters in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and bachelors in journalism from Lehigh University, where she proudly served as general manager of its radio station, WLVR.
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