Edward Borges
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Edward Borges is communications director for the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications.
Previously, he was communications director for the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. He developed and guided the agency's narrative, including comprehensive media relations, to advance Governor David Paterson
and Commissioner Gladys Carrion
's reform of New York State's juvenile justice, child welfare, and child care systems. In this capacity, he was the architect of the highly successful and nationally recognized media campaign to close more than a dozen juvenile jails where children in custody had been maltreated by state employees. He also led the agency's crisis management communications; served as principal liaison between the Governor's communications team and the agency; wrote op-ed articles and speeches; and developed and implemented the agency's Web 2.0 and social networking marketing strategies (YouTube, Facebook).
Before moving joining the Spitzer / Paterson administration, he was a motion picture literary agent at International Creative Management
(ICM), the talent and literary agency in Century City, and was a consultant on diversity issues to Disney's ABC Television Network.
In the late 1990s, Borges was legislative director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) flagship affiliate, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) -- the leading civil rights organization in New York State. In this position, he tracked state and county legislation impacting New Yorkers’ civil liberties; developed and executed detailed political and media relations strategies; lobbied members of the Legislature, Governor’s staff, and newspaper editorial boards; wrote special reports, op-ed articles, and speeches; and served on the ACLU’s National Communications Strategy Group.
Borges spent more than a decade working as a journalist. He was a contributing writer at Los Angeles
magazine, The New York Observer, and The Village Voice
and a staff writer for The New York Daily News and The Miami Herald
. While at the News, he won three Associated Press
Managing Editors Awards for Writing. Borges also was involved in developing the highly popular website, The Smoking Gun
.
Borges is fluent in Spanish
and is learning Mandarin Chinese.
He was raised in Jamaica, New York and currently lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn
. His parents are natives of Puerto Rico.
Previously, he was communications director for the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. He developed and guided the agency's narrative, including comprehensive media relations, to advance Governor David Paterson
David Paterson
David Alexander Paterson is an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of New York, from 2008 to 2010. During his tenure he was the first governor of New York of African American heritage and also the second legally blind governor of any U.S. state after Bob C. Riley, who was Acting...
and Commissioner Gladys Carrion
Gladys Carrion
Gladys Carrión, Esq. was named commissioner of the New York State Office of Children and Family Services by New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer in January, 2007 and confirmed by the New York State Senate...
's reform of New York State's juvenile justice, child welfare, and child care systems. In this capacity, he was the architect of the highly successful and nationally recognized media campaign to close more than a dozen juvenile jails where children in custody had been maltreated by state employees. He also led the agency's crisis management communications; served as principal liaison between the Governor's communications team and the agency; wrote op-ed articles and speeches; and developed and implemented the agency's Web 2.0 and social networking marketing strategies (YouTube, Facebook).
Before moving joining the Spitzer / Paterson administration, he was a motion picture literary agent at International Creative Management
International Creative Management
International Creative Management is a talent and literary agency with offices in Los Angeles, New York, and London. ICM is a full-service agency representing creative and technical talent in the fields of motion pictures, television, fiction and nonfiction publishing, music, live performance,...
(ICM), the talent and literary agency in Century City, and was a consultant on diversity issues to Disney's ABC Television Network.
In the late 1990s, Borges was legislative director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) flagship affiliate, the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) -- the leading civil rights organization in New York State. In this position, he tracked state and county legislation impacting New Yorkers’ civil liberties; developed and executed detailed political and media relations strategies; lobbied members of the Legislature, Governor’s staff, and newspaper editorial boards; wrote special reports, op-ed articles, and speeches; and served on the ACLU’s National Communications Strategy Group.
Borges spent more than a decade working as a journalist. He was a contributing writer at Los Angeles
Los Angeles (magazine)
Los Angeles magazine is a monthly regional magazine of national stature. Published by Emmis Communications and produced monthly since the spring of 1961, LA Magazine is a combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design, the definitive resource...
magazine, The New York Observer, and The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
and a staff writer for The New York Daily News and The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald
The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company headquartered on Biscayne Bay in the Omni district of Downtown Miami, Florida, United States...
. While at the News, he won three Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
Managing Editors Awards for Writing. Borges also was involved in developing the highly popular website, The Smoking Gun
The Smoking Gun
The Smoking Gun is a website that posts legal documents, arrest records, and police mugshots on a daily basis. The intent is to bring to the public light information that is damning, shocking, outrageous, or amazing, yet also somewhat obscure or unreported by more mainstream media sources...
.
Borges is fluent in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
and is learning Mandarin Chinese.
He was raised in Jamaica, New York and currently lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Park Slope is a neighborhood in western Brooklyn, New York City's most populous borough. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Flatbush Avenue to the north, and 15th Street to the south, though other definitions are sometimes offered. Generally...
. His parents are natives of Puerto Rico.