Taryn Hecker Media: Small Business Marketing Specialist Serving Idaho & Montana
Taryn Hecker Media: Small Business Marketing Specialist Serving Idaho & Montana
Taryn Hecker Post has more than 20 years of experience as a newspaper reporter, photographer and public relations and marketing consultant.
Taryn began her journalism career in 1999 as a reporter at The Coeur d'Alene Press as an education reporter, special sections editor, arts and entertainment editor and crime reporter. She worked 7 years as an investigative reporter in The Spokesman-Review's Idaho bureau covering crime, public safety and civil and criminal court cases in Idaho's five northern counties. Her award-winning reporting included coverage of the state and federal death penalty cases against convicted serial killer Joseph Edward Duncan.
Taryn became a small business owner in 2008, opening a photography studio in Spirit Lake, Idaho, specializing in portraits, weddings and commercial photography. As a freelance marketing consultant, Taryn led marketing campaigns and performed public relations duties for a variety of clients in nonprofit, public and private sectors.
In 2018, she launched Taryn Hecker Media with the goal of helping small businesses achieve their marketing goals. She has worked with a variety of public and private sector clients including FedEx feeder airline Empire Airlines, Empire Unmanned, ALLWEST Testing & Engineering, Verdis, Kootenai County, Associated Logging Contractors of Idaho, Idaho Stage Construction, Welch Comer Engineers, the Regional Housing & Growth Issues Partnership, Panhandle Parks Foundation, Bombastic Brewing, Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre, Parks Reece Gallery, contemporary artist Virginia Lynn, Wired2Learn Foundation and others.
Taryn is currently working on her first book, a historical biography of her fourth great-grandfather 1800s Army dragoon and explorer Enoch Steen. Her writing has been published in The Spokesman-Review, Coeur d'Alene Press, The Inlander and other publications.
Taryn lives in Montana's Paradise Valley with her husband, Justin. She enjoys fly-fishing, genealogy, foraging, cooking, riding motorcycles and travel.
Taryn can be reached at taryn@tarynhecker.com
Justin Post joined Taryn Hecker Media in 2022 after working more than 20 years at newspapers in Idaho, Ohio, Indiana, California and Montana. He’s won numerous awards for his reporting, editorial writing, photography and newspaper layout and design.
Justin served for nearly a decade as managing editor of The Livingston Enterprise newspaper in Livingston, Montana, where he oversaw the production of the daily newspaper while assisting with management of other newspapers within the 13-publication Yellowstone Newspaper Group.
His public relations experience also includes working as communications/research director for the Montana Public Service Commission in Helena, where he spearheaded a wide range of tasks such as writing and distributing news releases about matters pertinent to energy, telecom, water, motor-carrier, pipeline and railway-safety policy.
Justin also has experience organizing roundtables and other public meetings, maintaining electronic media and assisting in the preparation of testimony to the state Legislature. He’s also prepared notes, speaking points and conducted research on legislative and regulatory affairs in Montana and beyond.
His work in journalism and public relations has taught him the importance of building sources and translating complicated economic, financial and technical information to reporters and the public.
Justin cut his teeth in journalism more than 20 years ago at the St. Maries Gazette Record in northern Idaho, where he enjoyed hunting and fishing in his spare time. He also worked as a reporter for The Youngstown Vindicator, The Warren Tribune-Chronicle, The Times of Northwest Indiana and The Montana Standard in Butte before joining The Livingston Enterprise as managing editor.
He brings a wide range of experience to Taryn Hecker Media including marketing, public relations, social media management, feature writing, website and graphic design, photography and consulting services.
Justin can be reached at justin@tarynhecker.com
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