A small firm for work
that holds up.
Thompson Alder is a strategic communications practice. We take on a small docket of engagements at a time, for work that stands on facts: data, reporting, books, and film. Most of what we do is quiet, and we prefer it that way.
We put substantive work in front of the right reporters, one at a time. That means reading a writer before writing to them, sending material a desk can file from, and making the introduction only when the story and the beat actually meet.
We do not do volume. No purchased lists, no blasts, no drip sequences. A note from this firm was written for the person it reached, and it says plainly who we work with and why we wrote.
- Everything we send is verifiable. Every figure in a note traces to a live source a reporter can check. No manufactured urgency, no embargo we cannot honor.
- We write to people on the record. Only the professional addresses a writer or their outlet has published. Every contact in our files carries its source.
- One follow-up, then we stop. Silence is an answer. We follow up once, briefly, and leave it there.
- A person signs off. Nothing reaches a reporter without a named person standing behind it, and every reply is read and answered by one.
Thompson Alder draws on more than a decade in newsrooms, documentary film, and public-interest data work, since 2011. We keep the docket short so each engagement gets the attention it needs.
We do not publish a client list, and we do not name the writers we work with. If we have written to you, you are welcome to ask us anything, including exactly who we represent on the story at hand. You will get a straight answer.