Jeff Cowart is an award-winning journalist, fiction writer, writing coach and editor. He has served as executive editor, managing editor, city editor, and as political and investigative reporter for newspapers in Louisiana, Florida and South Carolina.

His writing and editorial leadership workshop credits include organizations such as The Washington Post, the New York Times, the Tribune Company, Gannett, HGTV and others.

He is a former deputy chief of staff and press secretary for Louisiana Governor Charles E. “Buddy” Roemer and a veteran advisor to candidate and issues campaigns. For nearly two decades he has worked with corporate clients developing and implementing strategies related to public perception and positioning, message and brand, market and business development, issues management and crisis communications.

For the past two years he has led Trinity Writers, an ongoing creative writing workshop based in San Antonio, Texas.