Karen Testa
Corporate Communications • Crisis Communications • Crisis Management • Media Relations • Message development • Reputation Management • Strategic Communications • Strategic Media Relations
Managing Director
Karen Testa is a Managing Director at Mercury, based in Philadelphia, and specializing in messaging and media. She has expertise in project and crisis management, environmental, health and educational issues, and distilling complex information into narrative that is accessible and interesting to readers. Her work in markets across the U.S. gives her a thorough understanding of the national media landscape.
Karen Testa is a Managing Director at Mercury, based in Philadelphia, and specializing in media. She has expertise in project management, reporting projects and distilling complex information into narrative that is accessible and interesting to readers. Her work in markets across the U.S. gives her a thorough understanding of the national media landscape.
Karen joined Mercury after a 25-year career as a reporter, editor and manager at The Associated Press. For seven years she served as the head of The AP’s operations for the Eastern U.S., overseeing the news report, hiring and staff development in 10 states and a regional publishing center based in Philadelphia.
Karen twice served as The AP’s news editor in Boston, where she led the coverage of the aftermath of jets being hijacked from Boston’s Logan Airport and flown into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001; the first state to legalize gay marriage; and the Red Sox ending their World Series drought after 86 years.
Karen has also worked as a reporter and newsroom manager in Albany, Miami, Springfield, West Palm Beach and Boston.
Karen began her journalism career at The Post-Standard of Syracuse, NY and served several years as an adjunct professor of journalism at Boston University. She is a native of Georgetown, MA and a graduate of Syracuse University.
Karen joined Mercury after a 25-year career as a reporter, editor and manager at The Associated Press. For seven years she served as the head of The AP’s operations for the Eastern U.S., overseeing the news report, hiring and staff development in 10 states and a regional publishing center based in Philadelphia.
Karen twice served as The AP’s news editor in Boston, where she led the coverage of the aftermath of jets being hijacked from Boston’s Logan Airport and flown into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001; the first state to legalize gay marriage; and the Red Sox ending their World Series drought after 86 years.
Karen has also worked as a reporter and newsroom manager in Albany, Miami, Springfield, West Palm Beach and Boston.
Karen began her journalism career at The Post-Standard of Syracuse, NY and served several years as an adjunct professor of journalism at Boston University. She is a native of Georgetown, MA and a graduate of Syracuse University.
