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Joanna Klonsky Communication Strategies is the Chicago-based communications consultancy founded and managed by media strategist Joanna Klonsky.

JKCS helps political candidates, elected officials, corporations, government agencies, advocacy organizations and other civic organizations create and implement strategies for communicating with their target audiences so they can advance a progressive agenda that improves people’s lives.

Joanna has served as communications director or press secretary on political campaigns in the national, state, municipal and judicial arenas. She provides strategic consulting on media and messaging for a range of clients, including political candidates and campaigns, elected officials, government agencies and initiatives, non-governmental agencies and private sector entities.

Joanna was a 2011 New Leaders Council fellow and was a founding board member of Chicago Votes Action Fund. She was named as one of Crain’s Chicago Business’ 40 Under 40 in 2016, and one of Chicago Magazine‘s “New Power Players” in 2019. In 2015, she was named Chicago’s “Best Political Flack” by the Chicago Reader. Joanna co-produces The Girl Talk, a monthly live talk show at The Hideout dedicated to highlighting badass Chicago women hosted by award-winning teacher and activist Erika Wozniak and Block Club Chicago founder and editor Jen Sabella.