Category Writing
Webinar: Story Planning Strategies

Pioneer utility storytellers Mike Teegarden and Megan McKoy-Noe shared ideas to help strengthen your storytelling in this recorded webinar from Jan. 12, 2023. They refer a few times to Pioneer’s content planning calendar. You can download a digital version at…
Webinar Archive: Writing Headlines that Hit Home

Recording of our April 16, 2021 webinar: Writing Headlines that Hit Home
Celebrating Your History

Celebrating 50 years of Service in Rural Alaska, a 90-page book detailing the struggles and victories won by Alaska Village Electric Cooperative. To create the community history book, AVEC Public Relations Officer and Utility Pioneer Amy Murphy teamed up with Pioneer Assistant Editor Mike…
Save & Share Your Story

Jeff Beaman and Courtney Linville of Central Electric Cooperative (CEC) worked closely with Pioneer Utility Resources to commemorate the co-op’s 75th anniversary in central Oregon. The 64-page book, “Generations: Building Lines, Changing Lives,” includes treasures such as the July 17, 1940 telegram…
Saving (and Celebrating) Your History

Silver Award, Best Large Special Publication (Class 1) NRECA 2014 Spotlight on Excellence Award Winner Christine Stallard of Coos-Curry Electric (CCE), Oregon, worked closely with Pioneer Utility Resources Assistant Editor Mike Teegarden to design a 100-page book. The special publication celebrates…