Strategic Communications · Journalism · Public Affairs

Make your message impossible to ignore.

Trimmel Gomes is a communications strategist and journalist who helps companies, nonprofits, and government agencies earn attention, shape narratives, and move audiences to act. A journalist's instinct. A strategist's discipline.

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Now booking keynotes and advisory engagements for 2026–2027.

Reporting and production for

◆NPR ◆PBS ◆Associated Press ◆The New York Times ◆i24News ◆Times Now

What we do

One expert. Every room that matters.

Organizations don't need five vendors. They need one strategist who has sat on both sides of the microphone, who knows how newsrooms decide, how policymakers listen, and how audiences move.

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Strategic Communications Advisory

Ongoing counsel for leaders and organizations: message architecture, campaign strategy, stakeholder engagement, and the steady judgment of someone who has managed high-stakes narratives for two decades.

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Public Affairs & Government

Communications that move policy and public opinion: legislative communications, community engagement, and public-sector storytelling built for scrutiny. A registered vendor with the State of Florida.

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Keynotes & Media Training

Keynotes that decode the modern media landscape for your audience, and media training that prepares your executives for the interviews that define reputations.

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Why it works

He doesn't guess how the media thinks. He was the media.

From beat reporter to leading one of the country's most historic public radio networks, Trimmel brings rare, insider understanding of how newsrooms choose stories, how narratives take hold, and how organizations earn coverage that matters.

  • Two decades across journalism, corporate, legal, labor, and public-policy communications
  • Global reporting and production across radio, television, and digital
  • Chairman of the Board, Florida First Amendment Foundation
  • Advisor to public agencies, nonprofits, and private-sector leaders
Meet Trimmel
Trimmel Gomes
20+
Years in media & communications
6
Global outlets reported for
3
Sectors served: private, nonprofit, public
1
Strategist in your corner

How we work

Engagements built around your goals

Whether you need a keynote, a quarter of counsel, or a communications partner for a public contract, every engagement starts with a conversation about outcomes.

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Advisory Retainers

Ongoing strategic counsel for leadership teams: messaging, media strategy, and rapid-response judgment on call.

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Project Engagements

Defined-scope work: campaign launches, crisis preparedness, message development, executive media training.

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Government Contracting

Communications services for public agencies, procured cleanly through established vendor channels.

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Speaking

Keynotes, panels, and workshops that leave audiences thinking differently about media and message.

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Have a message that matters?

Tell us where you need to be heard. We'll tell you honestly how to get there, and what it takes.

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