Director of Strategic Communications
Orange County (FL) Sheriff's Office
Orlando, Florida, United States
Michelle Guido is the Director of Strategic Communications for the Orange County Sheriff’s Office (FL) and a media specialist with more than 25 years of award-winning journalism across print, digital and television platforms. Before joining the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in 2018, she was the Orlando Police Department’s first civilian Public Information Officer, Managing Editor of WESH 2 News in Orlando; Breaking News Editor at the Orlando Sentinel; and an editor and reporter at the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, where she was a member of the staff awarded the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the Loma Prieto Earthquake.
Her media background has enabled Guido to integrate a new approach to Law Enforcement’s ability to tell its own story through the use of social media. She played an integral communications role in the 2016 mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub. The work of OPD's Public Information Officers earned accolades and awards, and some of the methods utilized in the Pulse tragedy have been held up as best practices for Law Enforcement communicators.
Monday, October 21, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET